Psalm 97:1-12 The LORD reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.… I. THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT. 1. God's right to govern the world must be original and inalienable. 2. God alone can uphold creatures in being. 3. The government of God is universal. 4. All second causes are under His direction and control. II. THE CAUSES OF REJOICING WHICH THIS AFFORDS. 1. The benevolence of its design. When we consider the character of the God of love as opened in His Word, we are sure that His conduct is governed by an ultimate regard to the highest felicity and glory of His moral kingdom; whether He pardon transgressors, or make them feel His wrath in the present world, or exclude them from happiness in the next. 2. The certainty of its accomplishment. It is promoted by all events in providence; and will fill its enemies with confusion, and its friends with joy, in the day when all creatures shall appear at the bar of God, and His righteous judgment shall be revealed before the assembled worlds. (C. Backus, M.A.) Parallel Verses KJV: The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.WEB: Yahweh reigns! Let the earth rejoice! Let the multitude of islands be glad! |
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