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Psalms 75:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

The undaunted one.

Such is the spirit of this psalm; fearlessness characterizes it throughout, and concerning this spirit it teaches much.

I. ON WHAT SUCH SPIRIT RESTS.

1. On the conviction that God is near at hand for our help. "For that thy Name is near," etc. (Psalms 75:1).

2. On the evidence for this conviction which God's "wondrous works" supplies: works in nature, providence, grace.

II. THE FRUITS SUCH SPIRIT BEANS.

1. Thankfulness. (Psalms 75:1.)

2. Righteous dealing. (Psalms 75:2, "I will judge uprightly.")

3. Clear sightedness as to the reality of things (Psalms 75:3). Where this spirit is, there is no fear of man. He shrinks not from facing and confessing the actual truth, however unwelcome it may be.

4. Cheerful toil. "I bear up the pillars of it" (Psalms 75:3); cf. St. Paul, "I can do all things through Christ," etc.

5. Faithful testimony. (Psalms 75:4.) Against the wicked. For God (Psalms 75:7). Concerning wrath to come (Psalms 75:8).

6. Delight in God. (Psalms 75:9.)

7. Open siding with the right against the wrong (Psalms 75:10).

III. THE GREAT EXEMPLAR AND GIVER OF THIS SPIRIT—the Lord Jesus Christ.—S.C.

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