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I. THE DISPLAYS OF THIS PITY.

1. God pities His children, in all their ignorance; He is not angry with them, nor doth He speak sharply to them; but He leadeth them on by His Spirit, until they understand His truth, and receive His Word.

2. What pity has the Lord had upon you and me, in all our wanderings.

3. In actual transgressions and downright sin.

4. In sickness.

5. In all our manifold trials, of whatever kind they are, and from whatever quarter they proceed

6. Sometimes God's people have wrongs; and a father pities his children, if they have wrongs that are unrevenged. There never was a wrong done to one of God's people that God did not avenge; there has never been an ill deed done towards them yet but He hath punished the doer of it.

II. THE SPIRIT OF GOD'S PITY.

1. There is no contempt in it.

2. It is not the pity of inaction.

3. It is not the pity of mere sensitiveness. Go to Him now if you are poor; tell Him all your care, and see if He will not help you. Go and try Him, for His pity is a heavenly pity; it is the very nard of Paradise, that healeth sores effectually.

III. THE PEOPLE WHOM GOD PITIES. "The Lord pitieth them that fear Him." Oh, that ye would tremble at His presence; and, then, oh, that ye could know yourselves to be His children, and fear Him as children do their parents! Oh, that ye did reverence His name, and keep His Sabbaths! Oh, that ye did obey His commandments, and have His fear ever before your eyes! Then should your peace be like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

( C. H. Spurgeon.)

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KJV: Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

WEB: Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.