For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.”
The psalmist sets before us two grounds for praising God: that He sustains all things by His power, and that He has freely adopted His Church into gracious covenant with Himself. But mere lip service will not do; God demands sincerity and a life that proves the people were not chosen in vain.
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Commenting on Psalm 95:1-11
Forty years long was I grieved with this generation. The impression upon the divine mind is most vivid; he sees them before him now, and calls them "this generation." He does not leave his prophets to upbraid the sin, but himself utters the complaint and declares that he was grieved, nauseated, and disgusted.
Those who sing God's praises must live by His Word, for how can He hear prayers from those who will not hear His voice? Christ's sheep hear His voice and obey; if you call Him Lord, do what He commands. Hear Him today, for delay in such a matter of infinite weight is dangerous; tomorrow may never come.
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Commenting on Psalm 95:7-11