Homilist Psalm 28:9 Save your people, and bless your inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. This short prayer contains a sketch of the blessedness of the good — here called God's people and His inheritance. I. DELIVERANCE. "Save Thy people." They are in danger. From what must men be delivered in order to be made happy? Sin. This is the great enemy. 1. Man must be delivered from its guilt. Sin resting on the conscience is the thundercloud of hell; this cloud must be "blotted out." 2. Man must be delivered from its dominion. Man under the control of sin must be miserable. He has eternal battling with self, the universe, and God. 3. Man must be delivered from its consequences — remorse, despair, etc. From all this man must be saved, and the salvation can only be accomplished through Jesus Christ. II. GUARDIANSHIP. "Feed them also," that is, "take care of them." Be to them what the faithful shepherd is to the sheep. 1. Ward off the enemy, Keep the lion and the wolf at a distance. 2. Restrain from dangers. Let not the flock fall over precipices, or go into bewildering thickets. 3. Supply with provisions. Lead them into "green pastures." All this the Great Shepherd of souls does for His flock. III. SUSTENTATION. "Lift them up for ever." Deal tenderly with them, as the shepherd with the weaklings of his flock. It is said of Christ that "He shall lead His people like a flock," etc. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. |
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