9. Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain. The
march of God was not signalized solely by displays of terror, for goodness and
bounty were also made conspicuous. Bread from heaven and winged fowls fell all
around the host; good gifts were poured upon them, rivers leaped forth from
rocks. The earth shook with fear, and in reply, the Lord, as from a cornucopia,
shook out blessings upon it; so the original may be rendered. Whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. As at the end of each
stage, when they halted, weary with the march, they found such showers of good
things awaiting them that they were speedily refreshed. Their foot did not
swell all those forty years. When they were exhausted, God was not. They were
his chosen heritage, and therefore, although for their good he allowed them to
be weary, yet he watchfully tended them. To this day, the elect of God in this
wilderness state are apt to become fired and faint, but their ever-loving
Jehovah comes in with timely succors, cheers the faint, strengthens the weak,
and refreshes the hungry. This timely supply of grace stays them again upon the
eternal foundation.
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