1. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever. Whatever we may observe about us or experience in our own persons, we
ought still to praise God for his mercies, since they most certainly remain the
same, whether we can perceive them or not. We are not only to believe the
Lord’s goodness, but to rejoice in it evermore. We have not one, but many mercies
to rejoice in, and should therefore multiply the expressions of our
thankfulness. It is Jehovah who deigns to deal out to us our daily
benefits; he blesses it with eternal mercies—let us sing unto him forever.
With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. The
mouth has a warmer manner than the pen, but the pen’s speech lives longest, and
is heard farther and wider. Note that in this second sentence he speaks of faithfulness.
The grace of an unfaithful God would be a poor subject for music, but
unchangeable love and immutable promises demand everlasting songs. In times of
trouble it is the divine faithfulness which the soul hangs upon. It will also
be always desirable to make it known, for people are too apt to forget it, or
to doubt it, when hard times press upon them. Skeptics are so ready to repeat
old doubts and invent new ones that believers should be equally prompt to bring
forth evidences both old and new.
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