FEBRUARY
11
The
Lord was my stay
Psalm
18:18
THE
Psalmist had been greatly tired.
His
friends for shook him, and
his enemies were mad against him.
His
heart often misgave him, and
painful fears oppressed him; but,
driven from every earthly stay,
he looked to the Lord.
The
word of God was his pilgrim staff;
with this he pressed forward,
notwithstanding his difficulties.
He
leaned on the Lord, and
the Lord supported him.
He
always found God nearest when most needed;
and proved him faithful to his word.
Beloved,
let us look back:
we have been in the trials too;
earthly friends have forsaken us;
our hearts for awhile sunk within us,
and why did we not fall a prey to our foes?
The
Lord was our stay.
He
always secretly sustained us.
He sometimes sweetly comforted us.
He
occasionally appeared to deliver us,
so that even our foes could not but exclaim,
“This is the finger of God.”
The
Lord is still our stay;
let us lean upon him today,
let us bear our whole weight upon his faithful word;
it will not, it cannot fail us.
The
Lord will be our stay through all the future stages of our journey.
James
Smith 1849
his enemies were mad against him.
painful fears oppressed him; but,
driven from every earthly stay,
he looked to the Lord.
with this he pressed forward,
notwithstanding his difficulties.
the Lord supported him.
and proved him faithful to his word.
we have been in the trials too;
earthly friends have forsaken us;
our hearts for awhile sunk within us,
and why did we not fall a prey to our foes?
He sometimes sweetly comforted us.
so that even our foes could not but exclaim,
“This is the finger of God.”
let us lean upon him today,
let us bear our whole weight upon his faithful word;
it will not, it cannot fail us.
Lord,
preserved from Satan’s wiles,
Save
from dangers, free from fear;
May
I live upon thy smiles
Till
the promised hour appears,
When
the sons of God shall prove
All
their Father’s bounties love.
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