Commonplace –
“Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?” (Psalm 94:16).
The psalmist responds to his own query.
“But the Lord is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge” (Psalm 94:22).
This week I have been pondering Psalm 23:4:
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me” (Psalm 23:4).
In the past, I have rested in the truth that “thou art with me”. Yet, I failed to consider the part I must play, which is “I will fear no evil”. I must WILL myself to be unafraid, and the only way I can do that is to fully believe God is with me.
I’ll leave you with some insight from Matthew Henry regarding Psalm 94:
“In singing this psalm we must look abroad upon the pride of oppressors with a holy indignation, and the tears of the oppressed with a holy compassion; but, at the same time, look upwards to the righteous Judge with an entire satisfaction, and look forward, to the end of all these things, with a pleasing hope” (Henry 486).
Works Cited
Henry, Matthew. “Psalm 94.” Matthew Henry’s Commentary On the Whole Bible: New Modern Edition. Volume 3, Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., March 1996.
Holy Bible: Giant Print with Study Aids. Dugan Publishers, Inc., 1984.
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