Psalm 25:14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant. 1. The fear of the Lord — its origin is of God. Its effect is cleansing, purifying from the power and love of sin (Psalm 19:9). The fear of the Lord is clean, or cleansing; its evidence is in assembling with the Lord's people (Malachi 3:16). "Then they that feared the Lord," etc., but this fear is not the cause of the blessings spoken of, but the proof. 2. In every heart thus filled with the fear of God there is a communication of a secret. The Lord opens His mind and His heart to them, and, to begin with the lowest, there is the secret working of His grace, in conviction of sin, of righteousness, of pardon and peace — in the creation of a spirit of prayer and praise; all these being the work of grace in the soul. Then there is the secret witness of the Spirit, testifying to their adoption into His family, and the secret whispers of His love, whereby He continues to assure the soul by these tokens, that He has loved that soul with an everlasting love, and prepared it for a crown of glory. 3. The promise. Something more in prospect — He will show them His covenant. The "everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure;" this was Davids support in trouble and in the hour of death. He will show them, will teach them, more and more therein, the nature of it, the duration of it, its comprehensiveness, its security, its terms and conditions, its blessings and promises, all in Christ, and Christ in all. (A. Hewlett, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.WEB: The friendship of Yahweh is with those who fear him. He will show them his covenant. |
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