Psalm 50:15 And call on me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. What an encouraging character does this psalm give us of the religion He would see in us. He represents it as consisting chiefly in thanksgiving and prayer. I. A COMMAND FOR GOD'S PEOPLE. They are represented as in trouble. There is "a day of trouble," it is intimated, either come on them or coming. And it is a touching circumstance, that whoever else may overlook our troubles, the Lord does not. Call upon Me in the day of trouble. Afflicted souls should pray more and oftener, and to bring us to this is the design of trouble, and when we are brought thus to pray, it is one of the very best evidences that our trouble has been blessed to us. One thing more we must add — the Lord will assuredly bring all His troubled people to this, this calling upon Him. He will knock away their props from under them, or He will wither their strength, or He will add more and more to their burden; in some way He will make them feel that they cannot possibly stand without Him (Psalm 107.). II. A GRACIOUS PROMISE THE LORD GIVES TO HIS PEOPLE. "I will deliver thee." This means — 1. Deliverance in trouble; or — 2. From trouble. III. THE HAPPY EFFECT WHICH IS TO FOLLOW — "Thou shalt glorify Me." And this will be both in and after our trouble. The believer ever recognizes God's hand in such deliverance, and therefore glorifies Him. Let us all turn to God now, so that we may be able to turn to Him when trouble comes. (C. Bradley, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.WEB: Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me." |
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