Psalm 9:10 And they that know your name will put their trust in you: for you, LORD, have not forsaken them that seek you. Names in Scripture are descriptive of character in those to whom they are given. I. THE NAME OF GOD therefore tells of His character. The declaration of God's name (Exodus 34). Now this name of God is different from our conceptions. Some rob Him altogether of the awful features of His character, and others of His goodness. All the attributes of Jehovah have met in Christ. Love, justice — see Gethsemane and the Cross as showing God's hatred of sin. II. THE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS NAME. It means the knowledge of approval, of heart assent to what he finds in God. If we wanted to get a child to trust his parent, we would speak not so much of the child's duty as of the parent's character. Hence, to awaken trust in God, we are to show the excellence and beauty of the character of God. (J. Blundell.) Parallel Verses KJV: And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. |
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