Judges 5:31 So let all your enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goes forth in his might… I. THE ENEMIES OF THE LORD. 1. Their character. (1) The idolater. The giving up the throne of our being to any king but God. (2) The forgetful. (3) The indifferent. As God adds to His mercies we subtract from our thanks. (4) The undecided. An insult to God, for He has granted evidence sufficient. (5) The reckless. Those who defile, despise, and disgrace the unutterable goodness of the Lord. 2. Their doom. They perish, (1) As without God, and so cut off from the only source of true life. (2) As without God and so without hope. (3) As fighting against God and so doomed to certain defeat. II. THE FRIENDS OF THE LORD. "As the sun when he goeth forth in his might." The figure refers not to the period from sunrise to sun set but from sunrise to the meridian of his splendour. It is a striking metaphor as setting forth the glorious ongoing and enlivening influence of the Christian character. 1. Very quiet. 2. Gladdening. 3. Regular and sure. 4. Increasing in brightness. (H. G. Parrish, B. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years. |
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