Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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Psalms
Book: Psalms
Chapter: 67
Overview:
A
Prayer for the enlargement of
Christ's kingdom.
- All our happiness comes from
God's
Mercy; therefore the first
thing prayed for is,
God be merciful to us, to us sinners, and
Pardon our sins.
Pardon is conveyed
By God's blessing, and
secured in that. If we,
By Faith, walk with
God, we may
Hope
that his
Face will shine
On us. The psalmist passes
On to a
Prayer for the
Conversion of the
Gentiles, which shows that the
Old
Testament saints desired that their advantages might also be
enjoyed
By others. And many
Scripture prophecies and promises
are wrapped up in prayers: the answer to the
Prayer of the
Church is as sure as the performance of
God's promises. The joy
wished to the nations, is holy joy. Let them be glad that
By his
Providence the
Lord will overrule the affairs of kingdoms; that
even the kingdoms of this world shall became the kingdom of the
Lord, and of his
Christ. Then is declared a joyful prospect of
all good when
God shall do this. The success of the
Gospel
brings outward mercies with it;
Righteousness exalts a nation.
The blessing of the
Lord sweetens all our
Creature-comforts to
us, and makes them comforts indeed. All the world shall be
brought to
Worship Him. When the
Gospel begins to spread, it
shall go forward more and more, till it reaches to the ends of
the
Earth. It is good to cast in our
Lot with those that are the
blessed of the
Lord. If nothing had been spoken in
Scripture
respecting the
Conversion of the
Heathen, we might think it vain
to attempt
So hopeless a work. But when we see with what
confidence it is declared in the Scriptures, we may engage in
missionary labours, assured that
God will fulfil his own
Word.
And shall we be backward to make known to the
Heathen the
knowledge with which we are favoured, and the
Salvation we
profess to
Glory in? They cannot learn unless they are taught.
Then let us go forward in the strength of the
Lord, and look to
him to accompany the
Word with the
Holy Ghost; then
Satan's kingdom
shall be destroyed, and the kingdom of our
Redeemer established.