Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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Psalms
Book: Psalms
Chapter: 43
Overview:
David endeavours to still his
Spirit, with
Hope and confidence
in
God.
- As to the quarrel
God had with
David for
Sin, he prays, Enter
not into
Judgment with me, if Thou doest
So I shall be
condemned; but as to the quarrel his enemies had with him, he
prays,
Lord,
Judge me, and in thy
Providence appear
On my
behalf. If we cannot comfort ourselves in
God, we may stay
ourselves upon him, and may have spiritual supports, when we
want spiritual delights. He never cast off any that trusted in
him, whatever fears they may have had of their own state. We
need desire
No more to make us happy, than the good that flows
from
God's favour, and is included in his promise. Those whom
God leads, he leads to his holy
Hill; those, therefore, who
pretend to be led
By the
Spirit, and yet turn their backs upon
ordinance, deceive themselves. We are still to pray for the
Spirit of
Light and
Truth, who supplies the want of
Christ's
bodily presence, to guide us in the way to
Heaven. Whatever we
rejoice or triumph in, the
Lord must be the joy of it.
David
applies to
God as his never-failing
Hope. Let us pray earnestly,
that the
Lord would send forth the
Truth of his
Word, and the
Light of his
Spirit, to guide us into the way of
Holiness,
peace, and
Salvation. The desire of the
Christian, like that of
the
Prophet in distress, is to be saved from
Sin as
Well as
sorrow; to be taught in the way of
Righteousness By the
Light of
heavenly
Wisdom, shining in
Jesus Christ, and to be led
By this
Light and
Truth to the New
Jerusalem.