Psalms 142:5. I cried unto thee, O LORD:
What a mercy that David was driven to do that! If there had been any earthly refuge, he would have fled to it. If there had been some human being at his right hand to help him, probably he would have trusted to him. If any man had cared for his soul, peradventure he would have trusted in that person, but now that every earthly door was shut, he was obliged to turn to his God.
Psalms 142:5. I said, Thou art my refuge -
"I can flee to thee."
Psalms 142:5. And my portion in the land of the living.
With both hands he lays hold of God, and cries, "Thou art my refuge and my portion," - two glorious "mys." Well did Luther say that the very pith of the gospel lies in the little words, and it is the same with the Psalms.
Psalms 142:5. I cried unto thee, O LORD:
What a mercy that David was driven to do that! If there had been any earthly refuge, he would have fled to it. If there had been some human being at his right hand to help him, probably he would have trusted to him. If any man had cared for his soul, peradventure he would have trusted in that person, but now that every earthly door was shut, he was obliged to turn to his God.
Psalms 142:5. I said, Thou art my refuge -
"I can flee to thee."
Psalms 142:5. And my portion in the land of the living.
With both hands he lays hold of God, and cries, "Thou art my refuge and my portion," - two glorious "mys." Well did Luther say that the very pith of the gospel lies in the little words, and it is the same with the Psalms.