...his eye sight. With the mercifnl thou wilt show thyself merciful ; with an upright man thou wilt 26 show thyself upright ; With the pure thou wilt show...and with the froward thou wilt show thyself froward. 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people ; but wilt bring down 28 high looks. For thou wilt light...

...such a character, 2 Sam. xxii. 26', 27. ' Witk the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful, with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright, with the pure thou wilt show thyself pure.' How can it be true then, that this Being would not show himself in the least merciful towards the merciful...

...pensed me according to my righteousness, according to the C5 cleanness of my hands hi his eye sight. With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful ; with an upright man thou «ill 26 show thyself upright ; With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou...

...recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his £ye sight. With the merciful, thou wilt show thyself merciful...the pure, thou wilt show thyself pure: and with the fro ward, thou wilt show thyself froward ; for thou wilt save the afflicted people ; but wilt bring...

...given unto him, forasmuch as in him the piercing eye of heaven could discover no blemish at all. 25. With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful;...with an upright man thou wilt show thyself upright : 26. With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure ; and with thefroward thou wilt show thyself froward...

...23, 24. Perhaps the most striking statement is to be found in the eighteenth Psalm, verses 25, 26 : " With the merciful Thou wilt show Thyself merciful...with the froward Thou wilt show Thyself froward." The very character of the Divine Being appears to change with that of the man to whom He is manifesting...

...distributing justice to his creatures. With the merciful man, Thou 'wilt show thyself merciful— with the upright man, Thou "wilt show thyself upright — with...pure, Thou wilt show thyself pure — and with the Jroward, Thou wilt show thyself Jroward. But I told you, there is another way in which this difficulty...

...given unto him, forasmuch as in him the piercing eye of heaven could discover no blemish at all. 25. ' With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful...with an upright man thou wilt show thyself upright :' 26. With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure ; and with the froward thou wilt show thyself froward...

...the Bible, but they are explained as subjective experiences of transgressors of the Divine law ; " With the merciful Thou wilt show Thyself merciful;...with the froward Thou wilt show Thyself froward." 1 Not only is it true that God shows no resentment against the sinner, but He is not even responeible...

...literal sense, as they seem to us. This is what is meant by the xviiith psalm, verses 25 and 26. " With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful,...with the froward thou wilt show thyself froward." Hence He is sometimes represented as angry, jealous, revengeful, and obdurate. For so He seems to the...