Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-11-06

Let us take one of these psalms
for a more detailed study with this
background in mind; and in order to
understand it better let US have it
before us, not arbitrarily broken up
into chapters and verses and written
out as prose, but in a poetical form
as it should be.
God be merciful unto US, and bless
us,
And cause His face to shine upon
us;
That thy way may be known upor
the earth,
Thy saving health among all ma
tons.
Let the peoples praise Thee, o. God
Let all the peoples praise Thee.
o let the nations be glad,
And sing for joy:
For Thou shalt judge the peoples
And govern the nations upon the
earth.
! Let the peoples praise thee, o God
| Let all the peoples praise thee.
Then shall the earth yield her in
/ crease;
And God, even our own God, shah
! bless us.
| God shall bless us,
And all the ends of the earth shall
| fear Him.
The psalmist starts out here with
a prayer for Gods blessing on his
own people, the people of Israel
Note the use of "us" three times il.
the first stanza-a prayer for
/ mercy on Israel, for q blessing on
! Israel, for the shining of Gods face
on Israel.
But this singer had no selfish mo-
tive in mind when he made this
prayer. He asked for the manifesto
ton Of Gods mercy on Israel in the
matter of their sins, for Gods bless
ing upon Israel, the evidences of
Gods favor as He turned His face
toward Israel in order that-in order
that-Israel might perform the min
istry for which God had chosen them
and His saving health be made
known among all nations; for to
know Gods way by experience is
the only way of salvation for any
people.
Then note that the singer bursts
out into a peon OF praises, exhort-
ing all people everywhere to praise
God. This same peon of praise and
exhortation to praise is repeated in
exactly the same words after the
next stanza. Why? Why is it placed
just before and again after the next
stanza? Well, a study of this stanza
DIV fo1lQ fho
sons why the nations should be glad
and sing for joy-EIe is coming to
judge the peoples with equity and
to govern the nations upon the
earth.
All through the prophets and the
prophetic portions Of the Psalms are
1ongings for the predictions of the
coming Of the Messiah as reigning
King. The blessing promised to
Abrams's seed centers in the coming
of the King who shall judge the
people with equity and govern the
nations upon the earth. And here
the psalmist calls upon all the peo-
pies to praise God because He is
coming to judge and to govern.
When King Jesus sits upon the
throne of His father David is a
subject for universal praise; and not
until He sits upon that throne can
we expect judgment with equity.
Therefore the psalmist both before
and after speaking of that event ex-
horts to universal praise of God.
The song closes with the assur-
ance that the prayer made at the
first Of it will be answered. He had
prayed for Gods blessing on Israel
in order that the world might be
blessed. He finds that blessing to
Israel in the coming Of the King
Israel to reign. Now he is assured
that when Israel has been blessed
in that fay both temporal and spir-
itual blessings shall follow to the
whole earth. The ground had been
cursed for Adams safe; because he
had refused, to obey God the curse
had gone upon tn eground so that It
should bring forth thorns and this
ties and only by the sweat of the
brow would it yield him a living.
When his son Cain, a tiller of the
ground, sinned the curse upon him
was that the ground should not
yield it's strength to him. Boil weevil
and bright, frasshoppers and mill
dew, too much rain or too little,
cold and heat-from Gains time
down have made it difficult to get
the earth up to yield its strength
and its increase.
But when King Messiah comes to
reignwith equity and to govern the
people upon the earth, the curse
will be removed; and then shall the
earth yield her increase and God
shall bless Israel and through Is
rael tn eworld. When King Jesus
is acknowledged as King, then all
the ends of the earth shall fear mot
be afraid of Himfi reverence Him,
honor Him, yield to Him.
| Satin's sin wa sthe sin of rebel.
lion against Him; Adams sin was
the same, declaration of indenen.
dence of Him; your sin is the same,
an unwillingness to let Him have
Hiss way with you. When He is
enthronged, every one will yield to
Him; and the original conditions of
the Garden OF Eden be restored. Be
thou enthroned, Lord Lesus. Come
quickly, and reign.
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