Psalm 20:7<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the name of the Lord our God!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>Astonishing is the success of united prayer; nor are any so situated as not to need the intercessions of others. David, though so great and powerful, stood in need of them; and he here records the benefit he received from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Psalmist here records,<\/p>\n\n\n\n I. The different grounds of men’s confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The generality make the creature their confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This prevailed universally among the heathen; and it too generally pervaded the Jewish nation also. We too, in all our straits and difficulties, are prone to it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n leaning to our understanding;<\/p>\n\n\n\n resting on our own resolutions;<\/p>\n\n\n\n and undertaking everything in a dependence on self.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The only proper ground of confidence is God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He alone is all-sufficient; with him everything is easy. David abhorred the idea of resting on any other, Psalm 121:1-2; Psalm 11:1-4. Hence he adopted the resolution in the text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n II. The correspondent outcomes of their confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Those who depend on the creature are disappointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This has frequently been the case, 1 Kings 20:23; and it is only what may be expected, Psalm 33:17. Creature-confidence arms God against us, Isaiah 31:1; Isaiah 31:3; and entails his curse on all who indulge it, Jeremiah 17:5-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But those who depend on God succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So did Asa, 2 Chronicles 14:11-12. So did Jehoshaphat, 2 Chronicles 20:12; 2 Chronicles 20:15; 2 Chronicles 20:20. So did Hezekiah 2 Chronicles 32:7; 2 Chronicles 32:21. So did David, verse 8. And so shall all, even to the end of the world Psalm 34:22; Psalm 125:1-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Inferences:<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. What obligations do we owe to God for the mercies we have now received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. What shall they not receive who trust in the Lord Jesus Christ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Charles Simeon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Psalm 20:7 “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will remember the name of the Lord our God!” Astonishing is the success of united prayer; nor are any so situated as not to need the intercessions of … Continue reading