Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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Psalms
Book: Psalms
Chapter: 75
Overview:
The psalmist declares his resolution of executing
Judgment.
(1-5) He rebukes the wicked, and concludes with resolutions to
praise
God.
(6-10)
1-5 We often pray for
Mercy, when in pursuit of it; and shall
we only once or twice give thanks, when we obtain it?
God shows
that he is nigh to us in what we
Call upon him for. Public
trusts are to be managed uprightly. This may
Well be applied to
Christ and his government.
Man's
Sin threatened to destroy the
whole
Creation; but
Christ saved the world from utter ruin. He
who is made of
God to us
Wisdom, bids us be
Wise. To the proud,
daring sinners he says, Boast not of your power, persist not in
contempt. All the present hopes and future happiness of the
human race
Spring from the
Son of God.
6-10. No second causes will raise men to preferment without the
First Cause. It comes neither from the
East, nor from the west,
nor from the
South. He mentions not the north; the same
Word
that signifies the north, signifies the secret place; and from
the secret of
God's counsel it does come. From
God alone all
must receive their doom. There are mixtures of
Mercy and
Grace
in the
Cup of affliction, when it is
Put into the hands of
God's
people; mixtures of the
Curse, when it is
Put into the hands of
the wicked.
God's people have their share in common calamities,
but the
Dregs of the
Cup are for the wicked. The exaltation of
the Son of
David will be the subject of the saints'
Everlasting
praises. Then let sinners submit to the
King of
Righteousness,
and let believers rejoice in and obey him.