Psalms 81:8-10. Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; there shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
What a wondering verse this is! We have been so accustomed to hear the expression, "I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt," followed by the law; but here it is followed by a gracious encouragement to us to pray: "Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it." Whatever force the law derived from that preface, this exhortation derives the same force, and no child of God ought to forget that. He who delivered you from the burden of sin bids you open your mouth wide, and he will fill it; and after your deliverance from guilt, do you not feel that you may well ask great things of such a gracious God?
Psalms 81:8-10. Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; there shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
What a wondering verse this is! We have been so accustomed to hear the expression, "I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt," followed by the law; but here it is followed by a gracious encouragement to us to pray: "Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it." Whatever force the law derived from that preface, this exhortation derives the same force, and no child of God ought to forget that. He who delivered you from the burden of sin bids you open your mouth wide, and he will fill it; and after your deliverance from guilt, do you not feel that you may well ask great things of such a gracious God?