Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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Psalms
Book: Psalms
Chapter: 124
Overview:
The security of the righteous.
(1-3) Prayer for them, The ruin
of the wicked.
(4,5)
1-3 All those minds shall be truly stayed, that are stayed
On
God. They shall be as
Mount Zion, firm as it is; a mountain
supported
By Providence, much more as a holy mountain supported
By promise. They cannot be removed from confidence in
God. They
abide for ever in that
Grace which is the
Earnest of their
Everlasting continuance in
Glory. Committing themselves to
God,
they shall be safe from their enemies. Even mountains may
moulder and come to nothing, and rocks be removed, but
God's
Covenant with his people cannot be broken, nor his care of them
cease. Their troubles shall last
No longer than their strength
will
Bear them up under them. The rod of the wicked may come,
may fall upon the righteous, upon their persons, their estates,
their liberties, their families names,
On any thing that falls
to their
Lot; only it cannot reach their souls. And though it
may come upon their
Lot, it shall not
Rest thereon. The
Lord
will make all work together for their good. The wicked shall
only prove a correcting rod, not a destroying
Sword; even this
rod shall not remain upon them, lest they distrust the promise,
thinking
God has cast them off.
4,5 God's promises should quicken our prayers. The way of
Holiness is straight; there are
No windings or shiftings in it.
But the ways of sinners are crooked. They shift from one purpose
to another, and turn hither and thither to deceive; but
disappointment and misery shall befall them. Those who cleave to
the ways of
God, though they may have trouble in their way,
their
End shall be peace. The pleading of their
Saviour for
them, secures to them the upholding power and preserving
Grace
of their
God.
Lord, number us with them, in time, and to
eternity.