Psalm 36:5-7 Your mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.… I. THY MERCY, O LORD, IS IN THE HEAVENS. 1. Visible. 2. Lofty. 3. Encompassing the whole human family. II. THY FAITHFULNESS REACHETH UNTO THE CLOUDS. 1. The clouds are changeful. The small one becoming large. The dark one becoming clear. One joining another till the entire face of the heavens is covered with them. All these mutations required and produced by the Lord. He proclaimed, through Jonah, the destruction of Nineveh in forty days. The citizens repented, and the threatening was not executed. This shows that He did change His proposed course of action. All God's threatenings and promises are conditional. 2. The clouds at times move slowly. Creep along so tardily, as if they were unwilling to move. Seem to stop altogether for hours. Like the promises and threatenings of the Lord. Prayers not answered for ten, twenty, and thirty years. Wait on the Lord patiently, lie shall bring it to pass. 3. The clouds sometimes move rapidly. Resemble war-horses rushing over the battle-field, or horses sweeping along the race-course. Koran, Dathan and Abiram, Achan, Ananias and Sapphira. Many sudden deaths. The sword of Divine justice is suspended over the sinner's head. It may not fall for a long time, it may fall in a moment. "Be ye also ready, for in such an hour as you think not, the Son of Man cometh." (A. McAuslane, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.WEB: Your loving kindness, Yahweh, is in the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies. |
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