xperiences of the Psalms to Christ. We
saw recently an exposition of Psalm xxxviii:7. The words "For my
loins are filled with a loathsome disease and there is no soundness
in my flesh" were applied to Christ. This is a very serious mistake.
He knew no sin and therefore no loathsome disease could fill His
loins. Such exposition is evil.

Many joyous expressions of praise to God are found in the Psalms
which properly belong first to Him, who is the leader of the praises
of His people (Heb. ii:12). One of these sweet outbursts of praise
is contained in the opening verses of the xl Psalm. The first three
verses may be called "the resurrection song of Christ":

"I waited patiently for the Lord,
And He inclined unto me
And heard my cry.
He brought me up also
Out of an horrible pit,
Out of the miry clay;
And set my feet upon a rock,
Established my goings.
And He has put a new song in my mouth;
Praise unto our God;
Many shall see it and fear,
And shall trust in the Lord."

It is the experience of our Saviour, which must here first of all be
considered. Patiently He had waited for Jehovah. Himself Jehovah He
had taken the place of dependence under God His Father and patiently
He endured. He was obedient unto death, the death of the cross. He
endured the cross, despising the shame. He cried to God. "Who in the
days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications
with strong crying and fears unto Him that was able to save Him from
death, and _was heard_ in that he feared; though He were Son, yet
learned He obedience by the things which He suffered" (Heb. v:7-8).
The place of death is given in this Psalm: "the horrible pit and the
miry clay." Who can describe all what is meant by these words!
"Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we
did esteem Him stricken and smitten of God and afflicted. But He was
wounded for our transgressions, the chastisement of our peace was
upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed" (Isa. liii:45). He
went into the horrible pit, or as it reads literally, the pit of
destruction, the place which belongs to fallen man by nature, so
that we might be taken out of it. He went into the jaws of death and
there the billows and waves, yea all the billows and waves of the
judgment of the holy God passed over Him. In another Psalm the Holy
Spirit describes His agony. (Ps. lxix). There we read His cry "Save
me, O God; for the waters