4. In God I will praise his word. Faith
brings forth praise. The one who can trust will soon sing. God’s promise, when
it is fulfilled, is a noble subject for praise, and even before fulfillment it
should be the theme of song. It is in or through God that we are able to
praise. We praise as well as pray in the Spirit. Or we may read it—in extolling
the Lord one of the main points for thanksgiving is his revealed will in the
Scriptures, and the fidelity with which he keeps his word of promise. In God have I put my trust. Altogether and alone should we stay ourselves on God.
What was a gracious resolve in the former verse is here asserted as already
done. I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. Faith exercised, fear
is banished, and holy triumph ensues. All flesh’s malice will be
overruled for my good. Man is flesh, flesh is grass. There were two verses of
complaint, and here are two of confidence; it is well to weigh out a sufficient
quantity of the sweet to counteract the sour.
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