8. Thou answeredst them, O Lord our God. A sweet title and a cheering fact. Thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions. He forgave the
sinners, but he slew their sins. The passage refers to the nation which was
spared through the intercession of these three holy men, but yet was severely
chastened for its transgressions. In answer to the cry of Moses the tribes
lived on, but the then existing generation could not enter Canaan; Aaron’s
golden calf was broken, though the fire of the Lord did not consume the people;
and Israel smarted under the harsh government of Saul, though at Samuel’s
request its grumbling against the theocratic rule of their fathers’ God was not
visited with pestilence or famine. So to forgive sin as at the same time to
express abhorrence of it is the special glory of God, and is best seen in the
atonement of our Lord Jesus. Are you a believer? Then paternal discipline will
be laid upon you if your walk be not close with God.
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