Psalm 89:15-18 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of your countenance.… I. THE CHARACTER OF THOSE WHO ARE THE PEOPLE OF GOD. They "know the joyful sound" — the Gospel. 1. The trumpet in the year of Jubilee announced that all captives and slaves were to be set at liberty: and is not the Gospel's "joyful sound" a universal proclamation of "liberty to the captives"? But to what description of captives? To all sinners — to all mankind. 2. The debtors also heard with joy the cheering sound of the jubilee trumpet, for they, too, were set at liberty when it was heard. And who are the debtors to whom the "joyful sound" of the Gospel proclaims a like release? Which of us have not broken God's holy law, and failed to render to Him the debt of gratitude and obedience that is our rightful due and reasonable service? 3. The jubilee trumpet also announced that all who had forfeited or mortgaged their possessions were to be restored to their full right to them. Similar was our state; and similar also is the "joyful sound" of the Gospel. II. THE BLESSEDNESS OF THOSE WHO KNOW THIS JOYFUL SOUND, AND WHEREIN IT CONSISTS. (J. L. F. Russell, M.A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.WEB: Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh. |
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