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Posted by Psalms on Wednesday, 27 January 2016
Psalms 138:2
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
138:2. I will worship toward thy holy temple, or the place of God’s dwelling, where the ark abode. He would worship God in God’s own way. The Jew looked to the temple; we are to look to Jesus, the living temple.
And praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth. Praise would be the main part of David’s worship, the name or character of God the great object of his song, and the special point of his praise the grace and truth which shone so conspicuously in that name. The person of Jesus is the temple of the Godhead, and therein we behold the glory of the Father, “full of grace and truth.” It is upon these two points that the name of Jehovah is at this time assailed—his grace and his truth. He is said to be too stern, too terrible, and therefore “modern thought” set up an effeminate deity of its own making. True believers hear the thunder of his justice, and yet they do not doubt his lovingkindness. But not only do people attack the lovingkindness of God, but the truth of God is at this time assailed on all sides; some doubt the truth of the inspired histories, others challenge the doctrines, many sneer at the prophecies; the Word of the Lord is treated as the writing of impostors, and only worthy to be carped at.
For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. The name of the Lord in nature is not so easily read as in the Scriptures, which are a revelation in human language, treating of human need, and of a Saviour who appeared in human nature to redeem humanity. Heaven and earth will pass away, but the divine Word will not pass away. It is his Word which creates, sustains, quickens, enlightens, and comforts. As a word of command it is supreme; and in the person of the incarnate Word it is set above all the works of God’s hands.
The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
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