The contents of book 2 — psalms 42 to 72
In the second book, the remnant is viewed as outside Jerusalem,
and the city as given up to wickedness. This is seen throughout
it. The covenant connection of the Jews with Jehovah is lost, but
God is trusted. When Messiah comes in, all is changed. We have
further, more distinctly, the exaltation of Christ on high as the
means of their deliverance, and His rejection and sorrow when
down here. It closes with the millennial reign of Messiah in peace
under the figure of Solomon. The spirit of the godly man is tested
by these circumstances. And, as all hope of finding good in the
people is given up, the soul of the believing remnant is more
entirely looking to God Himself and attached to Him. It is with
this that the book opens.
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