Ps. Ixxi. 15. My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day ; for I know not the numbers thereof.
PERHAPS, of all mankind, no one person ever experienced more signal deliverances than David. In his early life he was exposed to the most imminent
dangers from Saul. During his whole reign he was eno;a2fed in almost one continual scene of warfare : and in his old age, his own son Absalom conspn-ed against him, and sought his life. It was on this last occasion that he penned this psalm ; and gave it to the Church, as a memorial of God's unbounded mercy and faithfulness towards him.
The spirit which he breathes in the words before us shews,
I. What should be the subjects of our daily contem- plation—
We, like David, have numberless mercies to ac- knowledge at God's hands. Could we but see one half of the deliverances we have received, we should be perfectly overwhelmed with wonder and astonish- ment. From our youth up, even to the present mo- ment, his care of us has been unintermitted, and his interpositions truly wonderful. But still greater has been his care for our souls. Behold the *' salvation" he has revealed to us : truly, we '' cannot know the numbers thereof." Behold, I say,
1. How inestimable are its blessings!
[Who can ever declare the value of pardon or peace, or holiness or glory ? Go down to the dread abodes of hell, and see the misery of unpardoned sin : or go up to the regions of bliss in heaven, and see the joys that are at God's right hand for evermore : or take the state of God's people here on earth ; and contrast the liberty enjoyed by his children with the bondage endured by the slaves of Satan; and you will see what unspeakable obligations we owe to God for his converting and saving grace.]
2. How incalculable the price paid for them !
[Truly, "it is not with corruptible things, as silver and gold, that we have been redeemed, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot^" In comparison of this, ten thousand worlds would have been a worthless sacrifice. How inconceivable the cost ! Truly, " We know not the numbers thereof;" nor could all the angels in heaven count the mighty sum.]
3. How unsearchable the grace displayed in them !
a 1 Pet. i. 19.