5. They break in pieces thy people, O Lord,
grinding them with oppression, crushing them with contempt. Yet the
people they break in pieces are God’s own people, and they are persecuted
because they are so; this is a strong plea for the divine interposition. And afflict thine heritage, causing them sorrowful humiliation and deep
depression of heart. The term thine heritage marks out the election of
the saints, God’s peculiar interest and delight in them, his covenant relation,
of long standing, to them and their fathers; this also is a storehouse of
arguments with their faithful God. Will he not defend his own?
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