Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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Psalms
Book: Psalms
Chapter: 137
Overview:
The psalmist praises
God for answering
Prayer.
(1-5) The
Lord's dealing with the humble and the proud.
(6-8)
1-5 When we can praise
God with our whole
Heart, we need not be
unwilling for the whole world to
Witness our gratitude and joy
in him. Those who rely
On his loving-kindness and
Truth through
Jesus Christ, will ever find him
Faithful to his
Word. If he
spared not his own Son, how shall he not with him freely give us
all things? If
God gives us strength in our souls, to
Bear the
burdens, resist the temptations, and to do the duties of an
afflicted state, if he strengthens us to keep
Hold of himself
By
Faith, and to wait with patience for the event, we are bound to
be thankful.
6-8 Though the
Lord is high, yet he has respect to every lowly,
humbled sinner; but the proud and unbelieving will be banished
far from his blissful presence. Divine consolations have enough
in them to revive us, even when we walk in the midst of
troubles. And
God will save his own people that they may be
revived
By the Holy
Spirit, the Giver of
Life and
Holiness. If
we give to
God the
Glory of his
Mercy, we may take to ourselves
the comfort. This confidence will not do away, but quicken
Prayer. Whatever good there is in us, it is
God Works in us both
to will and to do. The
Lord will perfect the
Salvation of every
true believer, and he will never forsake those whom he has
created anew in
Christ Jesus unto good
Works.