9. The strong desire of the easterns to have children caused the birth of offspring to be hailed as the choicest of favors, while barrenness was regarded as a curse; hence this verse is placed last as if to crown the whole, and to serve as the climax to the story of God’s mercy. The glorious Lord displays his condescending grace in regarding those who are despised on account of their barrenness, whether it be of body or of soul. Sarah, Rachel, the wife of Manoah, Hannah, Elizabeth, and others were all instances of the miraculous power of God in literally fulfilling the statement of the psalmist. We marvel greatly at the Lord who dwells on high, that he has deigned to visit such poor worthless things. Like Hannah we have said, “There is none holy as the Lord; for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.”
Praise ye the Lord. The psalm is a circle, ending where it began, praising the Lord. May our life-psalm bless the Lord, whose mercies never cease. Let us praise him in youth, and all along our years of strength; and when we bow in the ripeness of abundant age, let us still praise the Lord, who does not cast off his old servants.
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