Henry Law

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121.) Psalm 6
      Here godly sorrow changes into godly joy. May we so mourn that we too may be comforted! 1. "O Lord, rebuke me not in Your anger, neither chasten me in Your hot displeasure." Seasons recur when sense of sin and bodily distress cast into lowest depths. God's anger threatens to descend in fury. The furnace of displeasure seems to burn terri ...read more

122.) Psalm 60
      In the bright day of prosperity the gloom of adversity is not forgotten. The contrast elevates the joy of success. Abundant victories are realized, and God is acknowledged as the author and giver of all good things. 1-3. "O God, You have cast us off, You have scattered us, You have been displeased; O turn to us again. You have made the earth t ...read more

123.) Psalm 61
      Attention to prayer in a season of great distress is supplicated in the experience of former mercies. Promises are remembered, and grateful service is vowed. 1-2. "Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer. From the end of the earth I will cry to You, when my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the Rock that is higher than I." Prayer, which is ...read more

124.) Psalm 62
      Firm confidence in God is here avowed. He is commended as a high fortress of protection. The ruin of the ungodly is foreshown; exhortations to trust in God follow, with recognition of His precious attributes. May we be enabled to adopt His language as the feeling of our souls! 1-2. "Truly my soul waits upon God; from Him comes my salvation. He ...read more

125.) Psalm 63
      Warm expressions show the intense longing of the soul for God. The joy of public ordinances is set forth; confidence is added in the final triumph of the righteous, and final ruin of their foes. May we thus follow after God! 1, 2. "O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You in a dry and thirst ...read more

126.) Psalm 64
      The voice of prayer again is heard amid the multitude of afflictions. But deliverance shows a smiling face. Foes will fall prostrate and the righteous shall rejoice. 1-2. "Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer; preserve my life from fear of the enemy. Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity. ...read more

127.) Psalm 65
      Incessant praise is God's undoubted due. Countless are the motives which awaken it. May it be the exercise in which our souls unweariedly delight! 1. "Praise waits for You, O God, in Zion; and unto You shall the vow be performed." Among God's people in the Zion of His dwelling, praise is ever ready to break forth. At every moment, in ev ...read more

128.) Psalm 66
      Praise is the note which sounds throughout this hymn. Marvelous mercies are recounted, both temporal and spiritual. All demand devout thanksgiving. As recipients of mercy, may our hearts joyfully respond! 1-2. "Make a joyful noise unto God, all you lands; sing forth the honor of His name; make His praise glorious." An exhortation sounds t ...read more

129.) Psalm 67
      A hymn here meets us earnest in prayer, bright in prospects, shining in prophecies, glorious in anticipations. Hope gazes with delight on the fullness of the Gentiles-on the consequent ingathering of the Jews, and all the glories of the second Advent. May we here find a subject for our supplications-a theme for rejoicing hope! 1-2. "God be mer ...read more

130.) Psalm 68
      Happy was the occasion of this hymn. David was permitted to see the joyful day when the ark, the type of the blessed Jesus, was brought to its resting-place in Zion. It was a fit occasion for joy and gladness; and joy and gladness were largely manifested. The hymn thus used looks back to the history, and looks onward to the time when Jesus, having ...read more

131.) Psalm 69
      The Psalmist is involved in intensity of misery. The severest troubles in every form assail him. The downfall of his enemies is foreshadowed, and the conclusion of the hymn is praise. 1-2. "Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters where the floods over ...read more

132.) Psalm 7
      David, stung by unjust reproach, appeals to God. He prays and foresees future judgment. The end is praise. When slanders fly around may we be similarly calm. 1, 2. "O Lord my God, I put my trust in You; save me from all those who persecute me, and deliver me; lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver ...read more

133.) Psalm 70
      Respite from trouble is not of long duration. The tide flows back with unabated strength. Earnest prayer is the ready refuge; the confusion of foes is confidently expected, and faith looks with undimmed eye for sure deliverance. 1. "Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord." When perils are urgent, destruction seems ...read more

134.) Psalm 71
      Weighed down under the burden of his many years, harassed by ingratitude and cruelty, David warmly expresses his unwavering confidence in God. Increasing afflictions seem to fan trust into a brighter blaze. Faith pursues its usual flight to the high throne of grace. May we thus trust, thus pray, and thus be comforted! 1-3. "In You, O Lord, do ...read more

135.) Psalm 72
      This Psalm presents especial grandeur and magnificence. In the first instance we have a description of the glorious reign of Solomon. But this reign soon fades before the sublimities of the reign of Jesus, the glowing words portraying it in a diversity of aspects. An appropriate ascription of glory concludes. 1. "Give the king Your judgments, ...read more

136.) Psalm 72
      The mind is often sorely tried by seeing the wicked in such great prosperity. Doubts are disposed to rise in reference to God's righteous government. But these doubts soon vanish when His purpose and will are scripturally weighed. An increase of confidence is the happy result. 1. "Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean he ...read more

137.) Psalm 74
      Hostile invasion had brought ruin into the city. Grim desolation frowns where once the Temple magnificently stood. The outrage of the enemy is plaintively described. Importunity calls upon God to interfere, and confidence is expected that light would arise in darkness. 1-2. "O God, why have You cast us off forever? why does Your anger smoke ag ...read more

138.) Psalm 75
      Notes of thanksgiving introduce this hymn. Resolution is professed to minister right government. Promises of renewed praise are added. 1. "Unto You, O God, do we give thanks, unto You do we give thanks; Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near." It is a joyful exercise to render thanks unto the Lord. Why is not this our main emp ...read more

139.) Psalm 76
      Probably some illustrious victory was the occasion of this ode. It especially celebrates God's glory in the preservation of His Church. For this all praise is due. Unto Him all service should be rendered. Exhortations call to be earnest in such exercise. May we obey! 1-2. "In Judah is God known; His name is great in Israel. In Salem also is H ...read more