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EXPOSITION.
Some repetitions are not vain repetitions. Second
thoughts upon God's mercy should be and often are the best. Like
wines on the lees our gratitude grows stronger and sweeter as we
meditate upon divine goodness. The verses which we have now to
consider are the ripe fruit of a thankful spirit; they are apples
of gold as to matter, and they are placed in baskets of silver as
to their language. They describe the believer's victorious career
and his enemies' confusion.
"_For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God
have I leaped over a wall_." Whether we meet the foe in the open
field or leap upon them while they lurk behind the battlements of
a city, we shall by God's grace defeat them in either case; if
they hem us in with living legions, or environ us with stone
walls, we shall with equal certainty obtain our liberty. Such
feats we have already performed, hewing our way at a run through
hosts of difficulties, and scaling impossibilities at a leap.
God's warriors may expect to have a taste of every form of
fighting, and must by the power of faith determine to quit
themselves like men; but it behoves them to be very careful to
lay all their laurels at Jehovah's feet, each one of them saying,
"_by my God_" have I wrought this valiant deed. Our _spolia
optima_, the trophies of our conflicts, we hereby dedicate to the
God of battles, and ascribe to him all glory and strength.
EXPLANATORY NOTES AND QUAINT SAYINGS.
Verse 29.--"_By thee I have run through a troop_," etc.
David ascribes his victories to God, declaring that, under his
conduct, he _had broken through the wedges or phalanxes_ of his
enemies, and had taken by storm their fortified cities. Thus we
see that, although he was a valiant warrior, and skilled in arms,
he arrogates nothing to himself.--^John Calvin.
Verse 29.--"_By my God have I leaped over a wall_;" or,
"taken a fort."--^Henry Hammond.
Verse 29.--"_Leaped over a wall_." This probably refers
to his having taken some remarkable town by scaling the
ramparts.--^John Kitto, in "The Pictorial Bible."
HINTS TO PREACHERS.
Verse 29.--Believing exploits recounted. Variety,
difficulty in themselves, ease in performance, completeness,
impunity, and dependence upon divine working.