The Bible Commentaries and Others: Psalms 149 v 9

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Posted by Psalms on Sunday, 17 January 2016

Psalms 149:9

To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.

9. To execute upon them the judgment written. Israel as a nation had this to do, and did it, and then they rejoiced in the God who gave success to their arms. We praise our God after another fashion; we are not executioners of justice, but heralds of mercy. It would be a sad thing for anyone to misuse this text: lest any warlike believer should be led to do so, we would remind them that the execution must not go beyond the sentence and warrant; and we have received no warrant of execution against our fellow-men. Christians have no commission of vengeance; it is theirs to execute the command of mercy, and that alone. This honor have all his saints. All the godly shared in the triumphs of the Lord when he smote Israel’s foes. We have like honor, but it is shown in victories of another sort. All the holy ones are sent upon errands by their holy Lord. The honors described in this psalm are common to all the family of grace; and such service as the Lord appoints is to be undertaken by every one of them, without exception. The Lord honors all his chosen here, and he will glorify them all hereafter: this rule is without exception. Surely in this we have the best argument for glorifying the Lord, wherefore we close our new song with another Hallelujah, Praise ye the Lord.

Excerpt from:

The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)