And even to your old age I am he
The same he ever was, the eternal and unchangeable Jehovah; the
same in his love and affections; in his sympathy and care; in his
power and protection; in his promises, truth, and faithfulness to
his people, in their last days, as at the first moment of their
conversion; and therefore they are safe; see ( Psalms
102:27 ) ( Malachi 3:6 ) :
and even to hoar hairs will I carry you
F14; which is doing more than the most
tender parent does, or can, or need to do! God will not leave his
people in the decline of life, when pressing infirmities are upon
them, and they stand in as much need as ever of being bore up,
supported, and carried: wherefore it follows, I have
made;
these persons, not merely as creatures, but as new creatures;
they are formed for myself; they are my sons and daughters, the
works of my hands: I have an interest in them, therefore I
will bear, even I will carry:
from the first of their regeneration, to their entrance into
glory; (See Gill on Isaiah
46:3); And will deliver you;
out of all affliction; out of all temptations; out of the hand of
every enemy; from a final and total falling away; from a body of
sin and death; from death eternal, and wrath to come; and even at
last from the grave and all corruption.
F14 This seems to express more than old age, as Ben Melech observes hence the Jews say, a man sixty years old is come to old age, and one of seventy to hoary hairs.
