HOPE IN THE LORD IIEDEMPTION. 421 ties,) that is, of the elect Israel, and every individual amongst them. But the word signifies trouble as well as sin, especially the trouble or punishment that is for sin. So Cain expresses himself upon the annunciation of his sentence : (in the Hebrew, my sin, that is, the punishment thou hast denounced against my sin, is too great or heavy for me to bear,) Gen. 4 : 13. There is a near affinity between sin and trouble ; punishment is inseparable from iniquity. Then the word here used signifies, either sin with reference to trouble due to it, or trouble with respect to sin whence it proceeds. And both may well be here intended. God shall redeem Israel from all his sins, and troubles that have ensued thereon. These words close up the psalm. He who began with depths, his own depths, of sin and trouble, out of which and about which he cried unto God, is so encou- raged by the prospect of grace and forgiveness with God, which by faith he had obtained, as to preach to others, and to support them also in expectation of de- liverance from all their sin and trouble. And such for the most part are all exercises and trials of the children of God. Their, entrance may be a storm, but their close is a calm. Their beginning is ofttimes trouble, but their latter end is peace; peace to themselves, and advantage to the church of God. For men in all ages coming out of great trials of their own, have been the most instrumental for the good of others. For God does not greatly try any of his children) but with some especial end for his own glory. The sense and intent of the Psalmist in these words resolves itself into three general parts :
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