7. God shall bless us. The prayer of the first
verse is the song of the last. We have the same phrase twice, and truly the
Lord’s blessing is manifold. How many are his beatitudes! How choice his
benedictions! They are the especial heritage of his chosen. He is the Saviour
of everyone, but especially of them that believe. In this verse we find a song
for all future time. God shall bless us, is our assured confidence; he may
smite us, or strip us, or even slay us, but he must bless us. He cannot turn
away from doing good to his elect. And all the ends of the earth shall fear him. The far-off will fear. Ignorance will be removed, insolence subdued,
injustice banished, idolatry abhorred, and the Lord’s love, light, life, and
liberty will be over all.
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