Psalms 93

Psalms 93:1-5

The creature in the creature place. And now in a short psalm of five verses we are made to see the kingdom of the Lord on earth: which is only to say, the creature in its place as such. Then God will be in His: of course, reigning. Then there will be seen the majesty with which He clothes Himself, -the might which would be but destruction for those away from Him. Now it is only stability for everything, and the world is established, so that it cannot be moved. Yet it is the Throne established of old: nothing new, in that sense. Men have been blind to it, and now it is revealed. 2. There has been opposition: strange strife has been permitted: the floods have lifted up not merely their voice, but their dashing waves, against the Rock of Ages. No details of the strife are needful: one has only to compare the parties in it: “Jehovah is mightier than the sound of many waters! than the mighty breakers of the sea!” What is the lesson of this strife? Only the lesson of God’s holiness and truth. Holiness becomes then His dwelling-place, -the place of His rest, -for ever. So the first series of the psalms of this book ends.