The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 12:5

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

God honored through his mercies.

"Sing unto the Lord; for he hath done excellent things." A comprehensive term, summing up all that God had done for his people through the long ages, The Hebrew indicates an echo from Exodus 15:1, "He hath triumphed gloriously." Reviewing God's wondrous workings, we may regard them from three points of view.

I. THEY ARE THINGS WHICH WE OUGHT TO ADMIRE.

II. THEY ARE THINGS WHICH WE OUGHT TO STUDY.

III. THEY ARE THINGS WHICH WE OUGHT TO FEEL. Because of their graciousness to us as frail, and their mercifulness to us as sinners. The great glory of God is his mercy. Christ is the embodiment of mercy. "Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works towards the sons of men!" Thy mercy "endureth forever."—R.T.

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