Homilist Psalm 89:19 Then you spoke in vision to your holy one, and said, I have laid help on one that is mighty… This refers to David, whom God had raised as a stripling out of the people, raised to be the leader and the ruler of the Jewish nation. I. THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD AMONGST MEN. Why was David selected — a shepherd youth — from the millions of Israel to this high position? Because it was according to the counsel of the Eternal will. The positions of all mankind are determined by His will. Some high and some low, etc. II. THE DIVINE METHOD OF HELPING MAN. The Jewish people wanted help, and David is raised up to help them. God helps man by man. Thus — 1. He honours human nature. 2. He links men together by the bonds of interdependence. III. THE SUPERIORITY OF ONE MAN OVER MANY. David was made the greatest man of his age, greater, perhaps, than any thousand ordinary men. Whilst all men have the same common nature and responsibilities, all men are not alike valuable. There is often one man in a generation, a Plato, a Luther, a Bacon, a Cromwell, of more worth than ten millions of others — one whom God has made "mighty to help," mighty in intellect, in genius, in power, in philanthropy, in force of character, in consecration to truth. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. |
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