Post was not sent - check your email addresses! I. It is a daring act of faith to see God in all the parts of life, and our psalm with powerful poetry helps us to imagine such a reality. There is no feeling more oppressively painful than that of being a conscious traitor: and the anguish of the backslider is closely allied to this. Life is oft put for a long and happy time, as Psalms 34:12 133:3 Proverbs 3:2; and for an eternal and immortal duration, 2 Timothy 1:10 James 1:12. "Weeping" is personified as a lodger who, 'at evening,' turns in to 'tarry for the night' [ yaaliyn (Hebrew #3885)]. 6); next, despair. We see precisely the same thing in God's dealings with individuals. It lies deep in the very terms that are used. O what views will the redeemed spirit have of the favour of God then! Beggars, when they might be the favourites of heaven; preferring sickness to health, blindness to sight, danger to safety, and the anger to the favour of God. His anger endureth for a moment, &c. — Hebrew, רגע באפו חיים ברצונו, regang beappo, chaiim birzono, a moment in his anger; lives in his favour. Our condition in this world, I confess, involves us in such wretchedness, and we are harassed by such a variety of afflictions, that scarcely a day passes without some trouble or grief. So good is God, that he cannot delight in either the depression or ruin of his creatures. With pensive countenance and in sad tones she says that Providence is full of mystery, and that in all ages she has known some of the best people who were thus sadly perplexed. Two guests come; one, dark-robed and approaching at the fitting season for such, ‘the night.’ The other bright, coming with all things fresh and sunny, in the dewy morn. Its stay will be short, like a guest who lodges with us only for a night; but in the morning singing for joy shall return, and abide with us. There are those that can be cured, and there are those that cannot. W. Marshall and Lulie Craig Chairholder in Bible, A resource for the whole church from Luther Seminary. night.” See how sorrow and night are linked. My Brother! 1832. 2. God is love. The poetry of Psalm 30 thus becomes a compelling way to express faith in terms of prayer and thanksgiving. II. We wait for the dawning of that day. You may get two diametrically opposite motions out of the same machine. But then, חיים never occurs as equivalent to "all the days of life;" it is rather used throughout the Psalms in opposition to death, in the full sense of that term: compare, for example, Psalms 16:11, Psalms 34:12, Psalms 36:9. What parent that truly loves his child will let that child flagrantly and persistently sin and not punish him? His favour had been withdrawn, His displeasure manifested, but it was only for a moment, which moment is contrasted with the whole life gladdened with His smile. One Minute Spiritual Sermonettes and Sermon Ideas  for Busy Christians, Pastors, Teachers, and Bible Students! 1871-8. Nor does God in vain so often declare that he is merciful and gracious to a thousand generations, long-suffering, slow to anger, and ready to forgive. May we develop an attitude of continuous prayerful praise - for God is faithful to fulfil all His promises to His children. Some gracious vegetation creeps over the wildest ruin. As having experienced mercy, we are called to sing, and praise our God. The brighter times stretch on, and flow into each other, and go far to fill up the life. For as the ‘moment’ is a part of the ‘life,’ the ‘danger’ is a part of the love. IV. 3. For his anger endureth but a moment - Margin: There is but “a moment in his anger.” So the Hebrew. BibliographyHengstenberg, Ernst. That the end of the Lord is merciful. This is usually classified as an individual psalm of praise or thanksgiving for deliverance. Will the source of your weeping become a spring of joy? In the evening weeping shall lodge with us; in the morning rejoicing. So, though sometimes the two may be set against each other, yet at bottom, and in reality, they are one, and the "anger" is but a mode in which the "favour" manifests itself.

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