Psalms 9

REFLECTIONS UPON PSALM IX.—All success, granted by God to us, ought to animate us to the most hearty praises and thanksgiving for that and all other deliverances. And, while prosperity renders us thankful, our chief joy must be in the God of our mercies. It is himself, as the Most High in Christ, that is our infallible security against fear or danger. And, though the wicked prosper for a time, they are marked for lasting destruction. And, when God begins, he will make an end. Thrice happy are they, however poor and oppressed, who have this God of Jacob, this high Sovereign, this righteous Judge, for the object of their knowledge and trust! The more they know of him, the more they will trust in him. Sweet shall be their songs of deliverance in the church, in the ordinances below, but especially in the heavenly Zion above. But, while God remembers them in mercy, and grants their long-waited-for requests, fearfully will he manifest his holiness, equity, and power, in the temporal and eternal ruin of his and their wicked enemies.—But ought we not here chiefly to contemplate, with joy and thankfulness, the blessings of redemption, and the victories of our Redeemer over sin, death, and hell, Jews, heathens, and antichristians, and all other incorrigible opposers; and to believe that we through him shall be more than conquerors!