After the Psalmist had summoned his own Soul to this task, he enumerates the Divine blessings received by him, to awaken his soul by a sense of them to so noble a work. He begins at the first and foundation Mercy to himself, the pardon of his sin, and justification of his Person, the renewing of his sickly and languishing nature. Verse 3. Who forgives all thy iniquities, and heals all thy diseases. His Redemption from death or Eternal destruction; his expected glorification thereupon, which he speaks of with that certainty as if it were present. V.4. Who redeems thy life from destruction, who Crowns thee with loving kindness and tender Mercies. He makes his progress to the mercy manifested to the Church in the protection of it against, or delivery of it from oppressions. Verse 6. The Lord executeth Righteousness and Judgment, for all that are oppressed. In the discovery of ⟨p. 698⟩his Will and Law, and the glory of his merciful Name to it. Verse 7, 8. He made known his ways unto Moses, and his acts unto the Children of Israel. The Lord is Merciful and Gracious, slow to Anger, and plenteous in Mercy. Which latter words may refer also to the free and unmerited spring of the benefits he had reckoned up. Viz. The Mercy of God, which he mentions also verse 10. He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities; And then extols the perfection of Divine mercy, in the pardoning of sin. Ver. 11, 12. The Paternal tenderness of God. Verse 13. The eternity of his Mercy. Verse 17. But restrains it to the proper object. Verse 11.17. To them that fear him i. e. To them that believe in him: Fear being the word commonly used for Faith in the Old Testament under the legal dispensation, wherein the spirit of bondage was more eminent than the spirit of Adoption, and their fear more than their confidence.
After the Psalmist had summoned his own Soul to this task, he enumerates the Divine blessings received by him, to awaken his soul by a sence of them to so noble a work. He begins at the first and foundation Mercy to himself, the pardon of his sin, and justification of his Person, the renewing of his sickly and languishing nature. Verse 3. Who forgives all thy iniquities, and heals all thy diseases. His Redemption from death or Eternal destruction; his expected glorification thereupon, which he speaks of with that certainty as if it were present. V.4. Who redeems thy life from destruction, who Crowns thee with loving kindness and tender Mercies. He makes his progress to the mercy manifested to the Church in the protection of it against, or delivery of it from oppressions. Verse 6. The Lord executeth Righteousness and Judgment, for all that are oppressed. In the discovery of ⟨p. 698⟩his Will and Law, and the glory of his merciful Name to it. Verse 7, 8. He made known his ways unto Moses, and his acts unto the Children of Israel. The Lord is Merciful and Gracious, slow to Anger, and plenteous in Mercy. Which latter words may refer also to the free and unmerited spring of the benefits he had reckoned up. Viz. The Mercy of God, which he mentions also verse 10. He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities; And then extols the perfection of Divine mercy, in the pardoning of sin. Ver. 11, 12. The Paternal tenderness of God. Verse 13. The eternity of his Mercy. Verse 17. But restrains it to the proper object. Verse 11.17. To them that fear him i. e. To them that beleive in him: Fear being the word commonly used for Faith in the Old Testament under the legal dispensation, wherein the spirit of bondage was more eminent than the spirit of Adoption, and their fear more than their confidence.
