SEV Biblia, Chapter 3:18
pero yo en el SEÑOR me alegraré, y en el Dios de mi salud me gozaré.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 18. Yet I will rejoice in the Lord , etc.] In the Word of the Lord, as the Targum; the essential Word of the Lord, the Lord Jesus Christ; in his person, the greatness and glory of it; in his offices, as Prophet, Priest, and King, the only Mediator and Saviour; in his relations, as head and husband, father, brother, friend; in his fulness, grace, and righteousness; in his spiritual presence, and comfortable communion with him, which may be expected in a remarkable manner after the above day of trouble is over; and in his personal appearance, which will shortly be, and when his tabernacle will be with men on earth: I will joy in the God of my salvation ; in Christ, who is God, and so able to save his people; to make everything he did and suffered in human nature effectual and available to them; to supply all their wants, and to keep what they commit unto him, and to preserve them safe to his kingdom and glory: and who also joy in the salvation of their God, or which he is the author of, both temporal and spiritual, especially the latter; which is so great and glorious in itself, so suitable to their case, so complete and perfect, and makes so much for the glory of all the divine perfections, and is all of free grace, and lasts for ever: this salvation is peculiar to the people of God; it is theirs, and theirs only; it is what they choose and prefer to all other ways of salvation; it is brought and applied to them by the Spirit, and which they appropriate to themselves under his witnessings; and then it is they can and do rejoice: particularly salvation and deliverance from antichristianism, in all the branches of it, may be chiefly pointed at as the matter and ground of joy; and the enjoyment of Gospel privileges in the full extent of them; the word and ordinances in their power and purity; and the presence of Christ in them.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 16-19 - When we see a day of trouble approach, it concerns us to prepare. good hope through grace is founded in holy fear. The prophet looke back upon the experiences of the church in former ages, and observe what great things God had done for them, and so was not only recovered but filled with holy joy. He resolved to delight and triumph in the Lord; for when all is gone, his God is not gone. Destroy the vines an the fig-trees, and you make all the mirth of a carnal heart to cease But those who, when full, enjoyed God in all, when emptied and poor can enjoy all in God. They can sit down upon the heap of the ruins of their creature-comforts, and even then praise the Lord, as the God of their salvation, the salvation of the soul, and rejoice in him as such in their greatest distresses. Joy in the Lord is especially seasonabl when we meet with losses and crosses in the world. Even when provision are cut off, to make it appear that man lives not by bread alone, we may be supplied by the graces and comforts of God's Spirit. Then we shall be strong for spiritual warfare and work, and with enlargement of heart may run the way of his commandments, and outrun our troubles. An we shall be successful in spiritual undertakings. Thus the prophet, wh began his prayer with fear and trembling, ends it with joy and triumph And thus faith in Christ prepares for every event. The name of Jesus when we can speak of Him as ours, is balm for every wound, a cordia for every care. It is as ointment poured forth, shedding fragranc through the whole soul. In the hope of a heavenly crown, let us sin loose to earthly possessions and comforts, and cheerfully bear up unde crosses. Yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and wil not tarry; and where he is, we shall be also __________________________________________________________________
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