Psalm 79:
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Psalm 79
The
inroad of the heathen: Israel's standing outside blessing
Psalm 79 refers, in the
plainest terms, to the inroad of the heathen, especially
the northern army (Joel 2 refers to a second attack, in
which the cry of the psalm is answered; Isaiah speaks of
both), who had laid waste Jerusalem and the temple, and
shed the blood of the servants of Jehovah. There is the
owning of former sins, and mercy looked to—tender
mercies. The plea is the plea called for in Joel 2, and
referred to in previous psalms (42 and 43), "why
should the heathen say Where is their God?" and it
demands that He may be known by the avenging the blood of
His servants. Thus His people and the sheep of His
pasture would give Him thanks for ever. Jehovah's anger
is seen, and so far there is faith to say—How long?
That is, though covenant mercies are not enjoyed by the
remnant (yea, quite the contrary), yet faith looks to
them, and sees Jehovah angry with His people; hence if
such, and He thus in relationship with them, He cannot
give them up. It is only "How long?" Yet the
direct cry is to God, even here, not Jehovah. Israel is
not restored to his covenant place. There he will be in
known covenant relationship, and then in grace, nor will
this ever be lost sight of. Here they were not, but cast
out on their failure under a conditional covenant, and
though faith in promises sustained them, the new covenant
was not entered into; they stood outside blessing,
looking backward and forward, having nothing now. This is
never the Christian's state. In applying it to himself he
makes himself a Jew. For while Christ is hidden on high
as to them, the Holy Ghost is come down to us while He is
there, and we know that He is accepted and glorified as
having stood for us, and that we are in Him.
Psalm 79:
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