1. O Lord God, to whomvengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself: or, “God of retributions, Jehovah, God of retributions, shine forth!” A very natural prayer when innocence is trampled down, and wickedness
exalted on high. If the execution of justice be a right thing—and who can deny
the fact?—then it must be a very proper thing to desire it; not out of private
revenge, in which case one would hardly clare to appeal to God, but out of
sympathy with right, and pity for those who are made wrongfully to suffer. Who
can see a nation enslaved, or even an individual downtrodden, without crying to
the Lord to arise and vindicate the righteous cause? The toleration of
injustice is here attributed to the Lord’s being hidden, and it is implied that
the bare sight of him will suffice to alarm the tyrants into ceasing their
oppressions. God has but to show himself, and the good cause wins the day. He
comes, he sees, he conquers! In these evil days we need a display of his power,
for the ancient enemies of God and man are again struggling for the mastery,
and if they gain it, woe unto the saints of God.
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