...the right of the poor. This is my comfort in my affliction : for thy word hath quickened me. Before I was afflicted I went astray : but now have I kept thy word. I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. Let,...

...religious duties ; and can say with David—whose heart was thus purified by suffering— " before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now have I kept thy word V Let not, therefore, trials like these for a moment lead us to doubt the loving-kindness of the Lord,...

...blessed effects of affliction, sanctified by the grace of VOL. xin. No. 3. G God, which made David say, " It is good for me that I have been afflicted....I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept word;" and it is this belief and hope which have made many an afflicted child of God bless the hand...

...pruning-knife only lopped off the suckers that robbed the vine ? Can you say with David, " It is good for rne that I have been afflicted ; before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept thy word"— Has the Lord forgotten to be gracious to you ? Fourthly, he does it by discovery. " The word of the...

...thy word. 23 Teach me good judgement and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. 24 Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. 25 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. 26 It is good for me that I have been afflicted;...

...moved," says the royal servant of God, " but thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.',jr Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now have I kept thy word," is the song of another man of God.1 Such language of humility was not heard throughout the whole extent...

...murmurings of complaint, for the song of praise, you will have cause now and throughout eternity to say — " it is good for me that I have been afflicted ; before I was troubled, I was going astray, but affliction led me to Christ, and through Christ to heaven. Therefore,...

...the Gospel, and " by reason of use have our senses exercised to discem good and evil." 1 67. Before I was afflicted I went astray ; but now have I kept thy word. THE seductive temptations of a prosperous state, and the too successful hindrances, which it offers...

...he says, " It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes. Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept thy word." And then he adds, " Thou art good and doest good: teach me thy statutes." Thus acknowledging the goodness...

...man that he bear the yoke in his youth." Lam. iii. 27. The Psalmist found it so, cxix. 67, " Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now have I kept thy word." In Heb. xii. 11, there is a remarkable expression respecting chastisements, or bearing the cross :...