Psalm 50:5 Gather my saints together to me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. I. HERE IS THE CHARACTER OF GOOD MEN. 1. They are saints. By this expression, "My saints," God claims a property in them, and expresseth His care of them and love to them. 2. They have made a covenant with Him by sacrifice. They have taken Him to be their God, their ruler and portion; and given up all dependence upon other objects. II. THE COMMAND. "Let it be thy care, O my soul! I have the honour and happiness to be gathered with His people; and to have fellowship with the Father and His Son Jesus Christ. This is the main thing; the source of my chief joy. I bless God that I am gathered with His saints, and united to His Church; and that I do not live in the total or general neglect of this sacred institution. I am willing and thankful to be laid under the most solemn engagements to be the Lord's, and often to recollect and renew them. I know that my treacherous heart needs every tie, to bind it more closely to God and its duty. I would come, deeply humbled for past violations of my engagements, and with the renewed exercises of repentance and faith. Lord, I come, to join myself to Thee in a perpetual covenant, never to be forgotten; with a believing regard to Jesus Christ, the great sacrifice, here set forth, as crucified before my eyes." Let us remember what is said of this gathering. They shall all be gathered from all places, the most obscure and the most remote; and brought to the presence of their covenant-God and Father, who will applaud and reward their fidelity. (Job Orton, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.WEB: "Gather my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice." |
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