The pilgrims catch the first glimpse of the city toward which their faces are set. Yet it is not of the material fact that the pilgrims sing. All that, is but a symbol of the safety and protection and government of the trusting people. The LORD is their rock foundation, their encompassing protection, their enthroned King. In Him is all their strength and confidence, and on the pathway, with the city seen afar, of Him they sing.
The song merges into a prayer that God will exercise on their behalf all that guidance and deliverance in which they make their boast. As in the previous song they had looked back to that from which they had escaped, in this song, they look forward to that to which they go; and in each case their song is of The LORD.
Return
HOME
