Psalms 57:2. I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
Faith is never dumb; true faith is a crying faith. If thou hast a confidence in God of such a kind that thou dost not need to pray, get rid of it; for it is of no use to thee; it is a false confidence, it is presumption. Only a crying faith will be a prevailing faith. "I will cry unto God most high:" the very height and sublimity of God is an attraction to faith; for though he is so high, he can and will stoop. Though God is so high, he can lift me up above the storm; for he is above it himself, and he can set me above it, too. "I will cry unto God most high;" and David sweetly adds, "unto God that performeth for me." The translators have inserted the words, "all things", and very properly, too; but David leaves, as it were, a gap, so that we may fill in anything that we please. Thus do we- "Sing the sweet promise of his grace, And the performing God." He is not one who gives us promises, and then puts us off without the thing promised; but he fulfils the promises he has made, he is the Faithful Promiser: "God that performeth for me."
Psalms 57:2. I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me.
Faith is never dumb; true faith is a crying faith. If thou hast a confidence in God of such a kind that thou dost not need to pray, get rid of it; for it is of no use to thee; it is a false confidence, it is presumption. Only a crying faith will be a prevailing faith. "I will cry unto God most high:" the very height and sublimity of God is an attraction to faith; for though he is so high, he can and will stoop. Though God is so high, he can lift me up above the storm; for he is above it himself, and he can set me above it, too. "I will cry unto God most high;" and David sweetly adds, "unto God that performeth for me." The translators have inserted the words, "all things", and very properly, too; but David leaves, as it were, a gap, so that we may fill in anything that we please. Thus do we- "Sing the sweet promise of his grace, And the performing God." He is not one who gives us promises, and then puts us off without the thing promised; but he fulfils the promises he has made, he is the Faithful Promiser: "God that performeth for me."