Psalms 146

REFLECTIONS UPON PSALM CXLVI.—Happy are they whose God is the Lord, and whose praises never end! But the greatest on earth appear as insignificant nothings before God, or even to a gracious heart, nothing on earth is properly a man’s property but his grave. But, though in man there be no help, no ground of hope, our God-man is mighty to save; and hope in him knows no 2 disappointment. Be stirred up therefore, my soul, to depend on him, who is my almighty Maker, my faithful and promise-performing Friend, my kind and righteous Protector, my bountiful Provider, my omnipotent Deliverer, my gracious Enlightener, my seasonable Restorer, my perpetual Preserver, and the just Punisher of my enemies;—my King, my God, and my ALL! REPLECTIONS UPON PSALM CLXVII.—How good and great must God be in himself, when his greatness, wisdom, power, and goodness, are so manifested in all his works. And, when he so observes and provides for all his creatures, how impossible is it that his ransomed children should be overlooked or starved! Much of God is to be seen in all around us—in luminaries, in animals, in crops, in seasons, in human persons or societies; but above all, in his church, and in his word. If these be abused by us, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for us