Psalm 9:11-20 Bsb

THE promises of God raise the expectation of His people, and His providence tries it; what the promise has engaged to give, providence seems loath to bestow. But God is faithful. We may expect the Lord to appear for us in every trouble, if our faith is fixed on His word, and prayer is daily sent up to His throne. We may expect to be supported under all our trials, and to be supplied with all necessary good, if we are making God our portion, and seeking to glorify Him. We may expect to be...

THE humble grateful soul, may have any thing from the Lord; so great is His love to them, and delight in them. He cries to the Lord to be kept from every false way, from falling into sin, and that he may be devoted entirely to the Lord's glory. He prays for his enemies, that they may be blessed, and for his friends, that they may be rewarded. His cry is constant, sincere, and hearty. But he is often tempted to think that because he is so unworthy, so insignificant, and so vile, God will not...

"For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever." Psalms 9:18

Poverty is a hard heritage; but those who trust in the LORD are made rich by faith. They know that they are not forgotten of God, and though it may seem that they are overlooked in His providential distribution of good things, they look for a time when all this shall be righted. Lazarus will not always lie among the...