1. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me. Urgent need suggests the repetition of the cry. He who would receive
quickly must ask twice. For mercy the psalmist pleads at first, and he feels he
cannot improve upon his plea, and therefore returns to it. It is most fit that
in distress we should seek mercy from him in whom it dwells. For my soul trusteth in thee. How can the Lord be unmerciful to a trustful soul? Our
faith does not deserve mercy, but it always wins it from the sovereign grace of
God when it is sincere, as in this case where the soul of the man believed. Yea,in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge. As the little birds find
ample shelter beneath the parental wing, so would the fugitive place himself
beneath the secure protection of the divine power. When we cannot see the
sunshine of God’s face, it is blessed to cower down beneath the shadow of his
wings. Until these calamities be overpast. Evil will pass away, and the
eternal wings will abide over us till then. Blessed be God, our calamities are
matters of time, but our safety is a matter of eternity. When we are under the
divine shadow, the passing over of trouble cannot harm us; the hawk flies
across the sky, but this is no evil to the chicks when they are safely nestling
beneath the hen.
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