The Psalmist cannot conclude, however trying the personal exercises of the soul may be, without taking confidence in divine faithfulness, and proclaiming Jehovah's glory in the contemplation of it. At all events, the Lord shall be blessed forevermore. As if he had said, What signifies all discouragements within me, or around me; without, though fightings; and within, though fears; yet the Lord reigneth, let the earth rejoice. God my Father is faithful, Jesus liveth, his blood and righteousness are the same, and the Holy Ghost sets to his seal that God is true. Hence I will put a double Amen to it; so it is, and so it must and ever shall be, Amen. Jehovah is blessed forever and ever; and let all the people say, Amen.
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MY soul, did Ethan; determine to sing of the covenant-mercies of the Lord, and to make this the song of his rejoicing forever: and wilt thou suffer thine harp to hang upon the willows? Wilt thou not take it down, and proclaim the same covenant faithfulness of Jehovah to all generations? Hear what the Lord God himself hath said concerning it. - Mercy is by Jehovah himself built up forever: yea, the sure mercies of David. And is not Christ this mercy? Are not all mercies, that are real mercies, founded in him, and flowing wholly from him? Is it not Jesus that gives sweetness, value, enjoyment, and continuance to every mercy? And do not all blessings truly derive their very, property as blessings, from Jesus? Oh! blessed consideration! Mercy is built forever. Jehovah hath made a covenant with his chosen; and hence in the word and oath of Jehovah, all blessings, temporal, spiritual, and eternal, are secured. Hallelujah.
And hast thou, my soul, heard and known this joyful sound? Art thou walking in the light of the divine countenance? Art thou rejoicing in Jesus all the day: and in his righteousness art thou making thy boast? Is this holy One, this almighty One, this chosen One of God, thy chosen? And dost thou say of him, this is He whom my soul loveth? Lord, do thou choose our heritage for us!
Holy Father! my soul desires to bow down before thy footstool, under a deep sense of sin. In how many ways, and in how many and various paths of transgression, have I forsaken thy laws, and walked not in thy judgments! Lord, I accept the punishment of my iniquity, and bless thee for the precious nevertheless in thy covenant-engagements to Jesus, whereby thou hast said, that thou wilt not lie unto David. For his sake, Lord, help me to rest upon the full assurance of all thy covenant promises, that his seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before thee. May my soul exultingly rejoice in the Lord, and for the triumphs of Christ, cry out in the same language with thy servant, Blessed be the Lord forevermore. Amen, and Amen.