1. Truly, or, more correctly, “only,” God is good to Israel. He is only good, nothing else but food
to his own covenanted ones. He cannot act unjustly or unkindly to them. Even to such as are of a clean heart. These are the true Israel, not the
ceremonially clean but those who are clean in the inward parts, the vital
mainspring of action. To such he is, and must be, goodness itself. The writer
does not doubt this, but lays it down as his firm conviction. It is well to
make sure of what we do know, for this will be a good anchor-hold for us when
we are molested by those mysterious storms which arise from things which we do
not understand. Experience has placed some tangible facts within our grasp; let
us, then, cling to these, and they will prevent our being carried away by those
hurricanes of infidelity which still come from the wilderness, and, like
whirlwinds, smite the four corners of our house and threaten to overthrow it. O
my God, however perplexed I may be, let me never think ill of thee. If I cannot
understand thee, let me never cease to believe in thee. Thou art good to those
whom thou hast made good; and where thou hast renewed the heart thou wilt not
leave it to its enemies.
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