Psalms 9:13. Have mercy upon me, O Lord; -
What a blessed prayer that is, - a prayer useful on all occasions, - under a sense of sin, or under a load of sorrow, - burdened with labour, or crushed with despondency. It is a prayer which is like the cherubim’s sword, which turned every way; you may use it as you will: "Have mercy upon me, O Lord;" -
Psalms 9:13. Consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that lifted me up from the gates of death:
What a lift that is, - lifted up from the gates of death into life, and ultimately into heaven! What an almighty God our Lord proves himself to be at a dead lift! When every other arm is paralyzed, he comes to us, and lifts us up from the gates of death.
Psalms 9:13. Have mercy upon me, O Lord; -
What a blessed prayer that is, - a prayer useful on all occasions, - under a sense of sin, or under a load of sorrow, - burdened with labour, or crushed with despondency. It is a prayer which is like the cherubim’s sword, which turned every way; you may use it as you will: "Have mercy upon me, O Lord;" -
Psalms 9:13. Consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that lifted me up from the gates of death:
What a lift that is, - lifted up from the gates of death into life, and ultimately into heaven! What an almighty God our Lord proves himself to be at a dead lift! When every other arm is paralyzed, he comes to us, and lifts us up from the gates of death.