7 It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
7 Without having any chief, officer, or ruler,
7 Nobody has to tell it what to do.
7 Which, having no captain, Overseer or ruler,
7 Though they have no prince or governor or ruler to make them work,
52 But he brought his people out like a flock; he led them like sheep through the wilderness.
52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
52 Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
52 Then he led his people out like sheep, took his flock safely through the wilderness.
52 But He made His own people go forth like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock;
52 But he led his own people like a flock of sheep, guiding them safely through the wilderness.
(Read Psalm 78:40-55.)
Let not those that receive mercy from God, be thereby made bold to sin, for the mercies they receive will hasten its punishment; yet let not those who are under Divine rebukes for sin, be discouraged from repentance. The Holy One of Israel will do what is most for his own glory, and what is most for their good. Their forgetting former favours, led them to limit God for the future. God made his own people to go forth like sheep; and guided them in the wilderness, as a shepherd his flock, with all care and tenderness. Thus the true Joshua, even Jesus, brings his church out of the wilderness; but no earthly Canaan, no worldly advantages, should make us forget that the church is in the wilderness while in this world, and that there remaineth a far more glorious rest for the people of God.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 6:7
Commentary on Proverbs 6:6-11
(Read Proverbs 6:6-11)
Diligence in business is every man's wisdom and duty; not so much that he may attain worldly wealth, as that he may not be a burden to others, or a scandal to the church. The ants are more diligent than slothful men. We may learn wisdom from the meanest insects, and be shamed by them. Habits of indolence and indulgence grow upon people. Thus life runs to waste; and poverty, though at first at a distance, gradually draws near, like a traveller; and when it arrives, is like an armed man, too strong to be resisted. All this may be applied to the concerns of our souls. How many love their sleep of sin, and their dreams of worldly happiness! Shall we not seek to awaken such? Shall we not give diligence to secure our own salvation?