Monday Meditation: Let Zion's Foes Be Filled With Shame

 

 "There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was
 nothing to fear. For God has scattered  the bones of those who 
besieged you. You put them to shame,  for God has despised them.

 Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When God
 restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!"
(Psalm 53:5-6 )

 

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The foes of Zion quake for fright,

Where no fear was they quail;

For well they know that sword of might

Which cuts through coats of mail. 

The Lord of old defiled their shields,

And laughed their spears to scorn,

Their bones lay scattered o'er the field,

By dogs and vultures torn.

 

Let Zion's foes be filled with shame;

Her sons are blessed of God;

Though scoffers now despise their name

The Lord shall break their rod. 

 

Oh, would our God to Zion turn,

God with salvation clad;

Then Judah's harps should music learn,

And Israel be glad. 

 

 

"For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee.
When the wicked see the destruction of their fellows they may well quail.
Mighty were the hosts which besieged Zion, but they were defeated, and
their unburied carcasses proved the prowess of the God whose being they
dared to deny. Thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them. 

God's people may well look with derision upon their enemies since they are the
 objects of divine contempt.  They scoff at us, but we may with greater reason laugh
 them to scorn, because the Lord our God considers them as less than nothing and vanity."

Treasury Of David
Commentary on Psalm 53
Charles Haddon Spurgeon

"The Foes Of Zion Quake For Fright"
(1866)
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
(1834-1892)
 English Particular Baptist Preacher
Often called, "The Prince of Preachers"