Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
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Psalms
Book: Psalms
Chapter: 121
Overview:
Esteem for
Jerusalem.
(1-5) Concern for its welfare.
(6-9)
1-5 The pleasure and profit from
Means of Grace, should make us
disregard trouble and fatigue in going to them; and we should
quicken one another to what is good. We should desire our
Christian friends, when they have any good work in
Hand, to
Call
for us, and take us with them. With what readiness should we
think of the heavenly
Jerusalem! How cheerfully should we
Bear
the
Cross and welcome
Death, in hopes of a
Crown of
Glory!
Jerusalem is called the beautiful
City. It was a
Type of the
Gospel Church, which is compact together in holy
Love and
Christian Communion,
So that it is all as one
City. If all the
disciples of
Christ were of one mind, and kept the unity of the
Spirit in the
Bond of peace, their enemies would be deprived of
their chief advantages against them. But
Satan's maxim always
has been, to divide that he may conquer; and few Christians are
sufficiently aware of his designs.
6-9 Those who can do nothing else for the peace of
Jerusalem,
may pray for it. Let us consider all who seek the
Glory of the
Redeemer, as our brethren and fellow-travellers, without
regarding differences which do not affect our eternal welfare.
Blessed
Spirit of peace and
Love, who didst
Dwell in the soul of
the holy
Jesus, descend into his
Church, and fill those who
compose it with his heavenly tempers; cause
Bitter contentions
to cease, and make us to be of one mind.
Love of the brethren
and
Love to
God, ought to stir us up to seek to be like the
Lord
Jesus in fervent
Prayer and unwearied labour, for the
Salvation
of men, and the Divine
Glory.