He showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. The rest of the world can only see him in nature, but his own people see him in revelation, in the movements of his Holy Spirit.
He hath not dealt so with any nation,.... Or "every nation" (b); or all the nations under the heavens; only with the Jewish nation: these only for many hundreds of years were favoured with the divine revelation, with the word and ordinances of God; with the law, and with the Gospel, and with the service and worship of God; as well as with promises...
He hath not dealt so with any nation: Or, with any other nation. He revealed his statutes and his judgments to Israel; and since their day, the spiritual Israel has been privileged in like manner: “He hath not dealt so with any nation.” Psa_147:20. And as for his judgments, they have not known them. Even today there are large tracts of country...
He hath not dealt so with any nation: There are no other people who know the Lord as God’s people do; and remember, they constitute one nation. We are Englishmen, perhaps, or Americans, that is a skin-deep distinction: but if we are in Christ, we are one family, we are of that one peculiar nation which, all over the world, is distinct from every...
He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. -Praise ye the LORD. Here, you see again, is a peculiar reason for thanksgiving: “Praise ye Jehovah.” “It is good to sing praises unto our God, for he hath dealt with us in a special manner, with peculiar and discriminating grace. ‘He hath not dealt so with...
He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord. Therefore, ye who are favored with his special manifestations of love, take you up the joyous song even if others do not. Hallelujah! “Praise ye the Lord.” Now let us read in the Gospel according to Matthew, chapter 26, beginning at the...