Homilist Psalm 89:9 You rule the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, you still them. I. He rules the MATERIAL SEA. How furious does the old ocean sometimes become, how its billows often rise like mountains, roar like lions, and battle like demons! But God rules them. He has set a boundary to them. "He holds the waters in the hollow of His hand." II. He rules the MENTAL SEA. The material ocean is but a faint emblem of the mental seas, which are a thousand times deeper, larger and more awful. 1. There is the sea of thought. In every individual mind, thoughts rise and break like billows on the shore, and frequently they are most tumultuous. On this globe there are no less than twelve hundred million such seas, and what is the population of this globe compared to the mental population of the universe? He rules all these seas, rules them all even in their most raging condition. 2. There is the sea of passion. How the passions of men often rage in individuals, communities, nations! How rage, too, the passions of hell. But God rules them all. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.WEB: You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them. |
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