1. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. We must consider the whole psalm as written for the tribes in the
desert, and then we shall see the primary meaning of each verse. Moses, in
effect, says—wanderers though we be in the howling wilderness, yet we find a
home in thee, even as our forefathers did when they came out of Ur and dwelt in
tents among the Canaanites. To the saints the Lord Jehovah, the self-existent
God, stands instead of mansion: he shelters, comforts, protects, preserves, and
cherishes all his own. It is wise to draw from the Lord’s eternal
condescensions reasons for expecting present and future mercies, as the
psalmist did in the next psalm wherein he describes the safety of those who
dwell in God.
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