Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
God chose one people freely from all nations and bound Himself to them by covenant. He did not merely speak His promises to Abraham and his seed; He proved them true across centuries with unnumbered mercies, so that those delivered from Egypt would keep faith with Him and serve Him faithfully.
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Commenting on Psalm 105:1-45
His feet were hurt with fetters, but more than that, the iron entered his soul. His mind was belted and bolted around with iron under that cruel, false accusation he could not answer. Without the Lord he would have sunk. Yet those iron fetters were preparing him to wear chains of gold, and his feet, once bound, would stand on high places. So it is with all the Lord's afflicted ones.
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In praising God, reach back to what He did when His church was founded, for we who live now reap the benefit of those ancient mercies. His promise to the patriarchs was not mere words but His command, binding for a thousand generations, and the entail of it shall never be cut off.
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Commenting on Psalm 105:8-24