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Posted by Psalms on Sunday, 31 January 2016
Psalms 135:9
Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.
135:9. The Lord is still seen by the psalmist as sending judgments upon rebellious people; he keeps before us the personal action of God. Even in plagues God is to be seen, as truly as in mercies. The plagues were not only terrible wonders which astounded people, but forcible tokens or signs by which they were instructed. No doubt the plagues were aimed at the various deities of the Egyptians, and were a grand exposure of their impotence: each one had its own special significance. The judgments of the Lord were no side blows, they struck the nation at the heart; he sent these bolts into the midst of thee, O Egypt! These marvels happened in the center of the proud and exclusive nation of Egypt, which thought itself far superior to other lands; and many of these plagues touched the nation in points upon which it prided itself. The psalmist addresses that haughty nation, saying, O Egypt, as though reminding it of the lessons which it had been taught by the Lord’s right hand. Imperious Pharaoh had been the ringleader in defying Jehovah, and he was made personally to smart for it; nor did his flattering courtiers escape; upon each one of them the scourge fell heavily. God’s servants are far better off than Pharaoh’s servants: those who stand in the courts of Jehovah are delivered, but the courtiers of Pharaoh are smitten, all of them, for they were all partakers in his evil deeds. The Lord is to be praised for thus rescuing his own people.
The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
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