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Posted by Psalms on Sunday, 31 January 2016
Psalms 136:12
With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.
136:12. With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm. Not only the matter but the manner of the Lord’s mighty acts should be the cause of our praise. We ought to bless the Lord for adverbs as well as adjectives. In the Exodus the great power and glory of Jehovah were seen. He dashed in pieces the enemy with his right hand. He led forth his people in no mean or clandestine manner. Egypt was glad when they departed. God worked with great display of force, and with exceeding majesty; he stretched out his arm like a workman intent on his labor; he lifted up his hand as one who is not ashamed to be seen. Even thus was it in the deliverance of each one of us from the thralldom of sin.
For his mercy endureth for ever. Therefore his power is put forth for the rescue of his own. If one plague will not set them free there shall be ten; but free they shall all be at the appointed hour; not one Israelite shall remain under Pharaoh’s power. God will not only use his hand but his arm—his extra-ordinary power will be put to work sooner than his purpose of mercy fail.
The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
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