Verse 6. God's "saving strength;" the strength of his most used and
most skilful hand.
Verse 6 ( first clause ). "Now know I." The moment when faith in Jesus
fills the soul. The time when assurance is given. The period when a truth
gleams into the soul. etc.
Verse 7. Creature confidence. Apparently mighty, well adapted, showy,
noisy, etc. Faithful trust. Silent, spiritual, divine, etc.
Verse 7. "The name of the Lord our God." Comfortable reflections from
the name and character of the true God.
Verse 8. Tables turned.
Verse 9. "Save, Lord." One of the shortest and most pithy prayers in
the Bible.
Verse 9. ( last clause ).
I. To whom we come, and what then. "To a king."
II. How we come, and what it means. "We call."
III. What we want, and what it implies. "Hear us."
WORK UPON THE TWENTIETH PSALM
"Medicines for the plague; that is, Godly and Fruitful Sermons upon
part of the Twentieth Psalme, full of instructions and comfort; very fit
generally for all times of affliction, but more particularly applied to this
late visitation of the Plague. Preached at the same time at Norton in
Suffolke, by NICHOLAS BOWND, Doctor of Divinite. . . . 1604."
[Twenty-one Sermons on verses 1-6. 4to.]