14. The Lord is my strength and song, my strength while I was in the conflict, my song now that it is ended; my strength against the strong, and my song over their defeat. He is far from boasting of his own valor; he ascribes his victory to its real source; he has no song concerning his own exploits, but all his paeans are unto the Lord whose right hand and holy arm had given him the victory. And is become my salvation. The poet-warrior knew that he was saved, and he not only ascribed that salvation unto God, but he declared God himself to be his salvation. It is an all-comprehending expression, signifying that from beginning to end, in the whole and in the details of it, he owed his deliverance entirely to the Lord. Thus can all the Lord’s redeemed say, “Salvation is of the Lord.” We cannot endure any doctrine which puts the crown upon the wrong head and defrauds the glorious King of praise. God sometimes gives a secret strength to his people, and yet they question their own salvation, and cannot therefore sing of it. Many are, no doubt, truly saved, but at times have so little strength that they are ready to faint, and therefore they cannot sing: when strength is imparted and salvation is realized, then the song is clear and full.
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