19. Blessed be the Lord. At the mention of the presence of God among men the singers utter an
earnest acclamation suggested by reverential love, and return blessings to him
who so plentifully blesses his people. Who daily loedeth us with benefits.
Our version contains a great and precious truth, though probably not the
doctrine intended here. God’s benefits are not few nor light, they are loads;
neither are they intermittent, but they come daily; nor are they
confined to one or two favorites, for all Israel can say, he loedeth us
with benefits. Delitzsch reads it, “He daily bears our burden,” and
Alexander, “Whoever lays a load upon us, the Mighty God is our salvation.” If he himself burdens us with sorrow, he gives strength sufficient to
sustain it; and if others endeavor to oppress us, there is no cause for fear,
for the Lord will come to the rescue of his people. Even the God of our salvation. No matter how strong the enemy, we shall be delivered out of his
hands; for God himself, as King, undertakes to save his people from all harm. Selah.
Well may the strings need retuning; they have borne an unparalleled strain in
this mighty song.
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