Psalms 21

REFLECTIONS UPON PSALM XXI.—Chiefly, my soul, behold here the everlasting honours, joys, happiness, and blissful influences, of thy Redeemer! Behold how fixed is his kingdom and dignity in the infinite, everlasting, and unchangeable, wisdom, power, mercy, equity, goodness, and truth, of the Most High! Behold the inexpressible vengeance which kindles upon and destroys his Jewish—his heathen—his antichristian—and other incorrigible enemies—But rejoice, my soul, in this God thy Saviour. Rejoice at the glory with which he is crowned—at the life granted to and lodged in him; and in his being made blessings for evermore to MEN—blessings for evermore to ME! And let the ruinous overthrow of his Jewish, or other enemies, make me to stand in awe of provoking him, by presumptuous refusals of him, or by rebellion against him. Rich is that salvation purchased by him—honourable and lasting is its benefits! God gives exceedingly above what we can ask or think! Crowns, and all other enjoyments, are God’s gifts to men. All affliction or destruction of persons or nations is the work of God’s hand, and the reward of their sin. And the ruin of the wicked, particularly of the despisers of Jesus Christ, contributes to the salvation and love of his people