Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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Psalms
Book: Psalms
Chapter: 122
Overview:
Confidence in
God under contempt.
- Our
Lord Jesus has taught us to look unto
God in
Prayer as our
Father in
Heaven. In every
Prayer a good
Man lifts up his soul
to
God; especially when in trouble. We desire
Mercy from him; we
Hope he will show us
Mercy, and we will continue waiting
On him
till it come. The eyes of a servant are to his master's
directing
Hand, expecting that he will appoint him his work. And
also to his supplying
Hand. Servants look to their master or
their mistress for their portion of meat in due season. And to
God we must look for daily
Bread, for
Grace sufficient; from him
we must receive it thankfully. Where can we look for help but to
our Master? And, further, to his protecting
Hand. If the servant
is wronged and injured in his work, who should right him, but
his master? And to his correcting
Hand. Whither should sinners
turn but to him that smote them? They humble themselves under
God's mighty
Hand. And lastly, to his rewarding
Hand. Hypocrites
look to the world's
Hand, thence they have their reward; but
true Christians look to
God as their Master and their Rewarder.
God's people find little
Mercy with men; but this is their
comfort, that with the
Lord there is
Mercy. Scorning and
contempt have been, are, and are likely to be, the
Lot of
God's
people in this world. It is hard to
Bear; but the servants of
God should not complain if they are treated as his beloved Son
was. Let us then, when ready to faint under trials, look unto
Jesus, and
By Faith and
Prayer cast ourselves upon the
Mercy of
God.