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Poetry and Song
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Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.”
Psalm 51:1-7.
In his long life, David found on earth no resting place. “We are
aliens and pilgrims before You,” he said, “as were all our fathers;
our days on earth are as a shadow, and without hope.”
1 Chronicles
29:15
. “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, even though the earth be removed, and
though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.” See
Psalm
46:4-7
.
Jesus in His earthly life met temptation with a song. Often when
enemies spoke sharp, stinging words, often when the atmosphere
about Him was heavy with gloom, dissatisfaction, distrust, or op-
pressive fear, His song of faith and holy cheer was heard.
On that last sad night of the Passover supper, as He was about to
go forth to betrayal and death, His voice was lifted in the psalm:
“Blessed be the name of the Lord
From this time forth and forevermore!
From the rising of the sun to its going down
The Lord’s name is to be praised.”
Psalm 113:2, 3. See also
Psalm 116:1-8.
In earth’s last great crisis, God’s light will shine brightest amidst
the deepening shadows. The song of hope and trust will be heard in
clearest and loftiest strains.
“Those of steadfast mind
You keep in perfect peace—
In peace because they trust in You.
Trust in the Lord forever,
For in the Lord God you have an everlasting rock.”
Isaiah 26:1-4, NRSV.