...blessing and praising him for all that hath befallen us ; each of us confessing after Psai. cxix. David, / know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me; imitating Job, who, upon the loss of all his Job i. 21. goods, did say no more than this ; The Lord...

...loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth ;' and ' I know, O Lord,' saith David, ' that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me :' ' in faithfulness,' that is, with a sincere intention of doing me good. God thoroughly knows our...

...loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth ;' and ' I know, O Lord,' saith David, ' that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me :' ' in faithfulness,' that is, with a sincere intention of doing me good. God thoroughly knows our...

...Hezekiah, ' Good is the word of the Lord, which thou hast spoken;' to confess with David unto him, ' I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right ; and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.' 3. A full satisfaction of mind, that all (even the most bitter and sad accidents) do (according to...

...how do we joyfully acknowledge, our trials being sanctified by grace, and turned into triumphs, — " I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes. Before I was afflicted...

...David, " It is good for me that I have " been afflicted, that I might learn thy sta" tutes." Or again, " I know, O Lord, that " thy judgments are right, and that thou in " faithfulness hast afflicted me."1 And if this be the case with regard to his dispensations as to the affairs of this lower world,...

...helongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of face, as it is this day." So did David : " I know О Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me." We glorify God in our afflictions, when we verbally and practically acknowledge His wisdom. "He is...

...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, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant....

...God is good. It was an evidence of strong faitli when David could declare, as in the 1 19th Psalm, " I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me." It seems to have been the fruit of deep experience, after having discovered, in the improvement of...

...he will withhold no good thing from us. It was in this light that David viewed them, when he said, I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted meb. And it is in consideration of this, that we are taught to consider, not merely life with all its...