are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep
mire, where there is no standing; I am come into deep waters, where
the floods overflow me. I am weary of my crying, my throat is dried;
mine eyes fail while I wait for my God." And deeper He went for our
sakes. The miry clay has a special meaning. Any one who sinks into a
pit filled with miry clay cannot help himself. All his struggling
does not help; the more he labors the deeper he sinks. One who is in
the miry clay cannot save himself. And does this not remind us of
the Lord and of what was said of Him "He saved others, Himself He
cannot save." He was in the miry clay. He might have saved Himself
but He would not. His mighty love it was, that love which passeth
knowledge, which brought Him from Heaven's Glory down to the
horrible pit, the miry clay.

But the sufferings of our adorable Lord are not so much before us in
this Psalm as the fact of His resurrection. His cry was heard. The
prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears were
answered; His resurrection from the dead was God's blessed answer.
While in other Scriptures it is stated that Christ Himself arose,
here His resurrection is seen as an act of God. "He brought me up."
This act of God bears witness to the completeness and perfection of
the accomplished salvation. "We believe in Him who raised up Jesus
our Lord from the dead. Who was delivered for our offences and was
raised again for our justification" (Rom. iv:24-25). But we read
also that His feet were set upon a rock. "And set my feet upon a
rock." He is the first born from the dead. Sin and death are
abolished by His mighty work. "Knowing that Christ being raised from
the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over Him. For in
that He died, He died unto sin once, but in that He liveth, He
liveth unto God" (Rom. vi:9-10). Upon that rock the feet of every
believing sinner securely rest.

But His ascension is likewise mentioned in this resurrection song.
"And established my goings." He "whose goings forth have been from
old, from everlasting" (Micah v:2) and who came from everlasting
glory to walk in obedience to the cross and the grave has gone back
into heaven. He was received up into glory; He ascended on high and
led captivity captive.

And the mighty victor sings now a _new song_. It is the triumphant
song of redemption, to the praise of God. On account of Him, what He
has accomplished in His death on the cross and Who is raised from