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I. HOW GOD SHOULD BE REALIZED BY EVERY MAN. What should He be to every many

1. He should be his strength. All the strength we have, physical, intellectual, and moral is from God; nay, more, is God's. Conscious dependence upon His strength is the foundation of piety. "Hold thou me up, and I shall be saved."

2. He should be his "song"; that is, his joy. The source of all his joy and spring of his delights. We should rejoice in God as our Father.

3. He should be his salvation. He saves from misery by saving from sin.

II. HOW GOD IS ENJOYED BY THE RIGHTEOUS. Who is the righteous man? The man who is right in himself and right in relation to God and the universe.

1. Such a man has rejoicing. "Being justified," or made right by faith; he has "peace that passeth all understanding." Religion is happiness wherever it exists.

2. Such a man has salvation. A righteous man is saved — saved from sin, and to be saved from sin, is to be saved from all evils of all kinds.

III. HOW GOD APPEARS IN HIS PROCEDURE.

1. Courageous (ver. 16). He moves on in the execution of His eternal purposes with absolute fearlessness. Of what can He be afraid, whose will can at any moment create or destroy universes?

2. Glorious. "The right hand of the Lord is exalted." That is, praised, hououred, adored. Who that studies His works, whether the minute or the vast can fail to exalt and adore the right hand of the Lord? 3.Restorative (vers. 17, 18).

(Homilist.)

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KJV: The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.

WEB: Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.