7. O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people. Thou before, and thy people following. The Lord went before and,
therefore, whether the Red Sea or burning sand lay in the way mattered not; the
pillar of cloud and fire always led them by a right way. When thou didst march through the wilderness. He was the Commander-in-Chief of Israel, from
whom they received all orders, and the march was therefore his march. We
may speak, if we will, of the “wanderings
of the children of Israel,” but we
must not think them purposeless strayings; they were in reality a well-arranged
and well-considered march. Selah. This seems an odd place for a musical
pause or direction, but it is better to break a sentence than spoil praise. The
sense is about to be superlatively grand, and it is never untimely to remind a
congregation that the worship of God should be thoughtfully and heartily
presented.
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