Psalm 28:9 Save your people, and bless your inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. Here are four choice blessings. I. SAVE THY PEOPLE. This prayer may refer — 1. To their conversion. 2. Their sanctification. 3. Their recovery from backsliding. 4. Their deliverance from temptation. 5. The need of the whole church. If we pray this prayer we must try and save souls. II. BLESS THINE INHERITANCE. After men are saved they have still many wants: such as — 1. Greater unity in the Church. 2. More earnestness. 3. More happiness.When we pray this prayer select some out of God's inheritance and pray especially for them. And take care practically to prove the sincerity of your prayer. III. FEED THEM ALSO. Hence pray — 1. For ministers to be provided. 2. A clear insight into God's truth. 3. Invoke communion with Christ. And here, also, see that we practically carry out this prayer. IV. LIFT THEM UP FOR EVER. God's people want lifting up, they are heavy by nature. They need it — 1. In character. 2. When in conflict; and — 3. At the last, that we may get home to be with God; ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. |
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