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I. THE SOURCE OF EFFECTUAL BLESSING. It directs us to the Deity, in His essential character, in His active character, and in His relative character. And what is the interference we wish? Various. Sometimes —

1. Deliverance — from danger internal and external — "enchantment."

2. Blessing. "I have received commandment to bless," &c

3. Forbearance. "He hath not beheld iniquity," &c.

4. Stability. "The Lord his God is with him."

5. Complete success.

II. THE TIME FROM WHICH HIS INTERPOSITION IS REMARKED. "According to this time it shall be said." The time of —

1. Conversion.

2. Renewed devotion.

3. Peculiar providential arrangement.

4. Earnest and decisive spirit of prayer.

III. THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IT DEMANDS. "It shall be said, What hath God wrought!"

1. Acknowledgment is implied and expected. "God wrought."

2. It is spontaneously offered. "It shall be said."

3. It is a personal and explicit token. "Jacob and Israel."

4. It is to be recorded and gratefully renewed. "According to this time it shall be said," &c.

(Samuel Thodey.)

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KJV: He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

WEB: He has not seen iniquity in Jacob. Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. Yahweh his God is with him. The shout of a king is among them.