When my father and my mother forsake me, then Yahweh will take me up.
When earthly relations abandon us, and they may, for even the closest bonds can snap, there stands a Father who never forgets His child. He will take us up, carry us in His arms, lift us above our enemies, and at last receive us to His eternal dwelling place. This is the saint's unshakeable comfort.
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David does not presume to enter the King's presence uncalled; he fastens his thoughts on God's invitation to the throne of grace and reverently touches the golden scepter held out to him. True worship is seeking the face of God for Himself alone, making His favor our chief good, nothing less will satisfy.
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Commenting on Psalm 27:7-14
The past tense grounds the entreaty: "Thou hast been my help, cast me not away therefore." This reasoning binds the request to what precedes it. The clause is not hypothetical but declarative of established fact, which naturally calls forth the renewed petitions that follow and justifies the appeal to God's faithfulness.
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Commenting on Psalm 27:9-10