Ps. XX. 7. Some trust in chariots, and some in horses : hut we will remember the name of the Lord our God.
ASTONISHING is the success of united prayer : nor are any so situated as not to need the interces- sions of others. David, though so great and powerful, stood in need of them : and he here records the benefit he received from them''
The Psalmist here records,
^ See, and quote the whole preceding context.
I, The different grounds of men's confidence — The generahty make the creature their confi- dence—
[This prevailed universally among the heathen
And it too generally pervaded the Jewish nation also
We too, in all our straits and difficulties, are prone to it; leaning to our understanding -. resting on our own reso- lutions and undertaking every thing in a dependence
on self ]
The only proper ground of confidence is God —
[He alone is all-sufficient With him every thing
is easy David abhorred the idea of resting on any
other^ Hence he adopted the resolution in the text.]
II. The correspondent issues of their confidence —
Those who depend on the creature are disap- pointed—
[This has frequently been the case'' And it is only
what may be expected ^ Creature-confidence arms God
against us^ and entails liis curse on all who indulge
it^ ]
But those who depend on God succeed —
[So did Asa^ So did Jehoshaphat^' So
did Hezekicih " So did David'' And so shall all,
even to the end of the world' ]
Infer,
1. What obligations do we owe to God for the mercies we have now received""!
2. What shall not they receive who trust in the Lord Jesus Christ ?
^ Ps. cxxi. 1, 2. and xi. 1 — 4. Mark the spirit of these ^passages. c 1 Kings XX. 23. ^ Ps. xxxiii. 17. « Isai. xxxi. 1, 3, f Jar. xvii. 5, 6. s 2 Chron. xiv. 11, 12.
h 2 Chron. xx. 12, 15, 20. ' 2 Chron. xxxii. 7, 21.
^ ver. 8. 1 Ps. xxxiv. 22. and exxv. 1, 2.
^ Here bring forward the particular circumstances for which the Thanksgiving is appointed.