 | 1828
...then shall ye be my disciples ; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." " Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in mine afBiction (says the Psalmist) ; I will never forget thy precepts, for with them hast thon quickened... | |
 | Lady Rachel Russell - 1809 - 536 страници
...how, and why we love, to me it argues a prodigious fondness of one's self; I am impatient. that is hid from me I took delight in, though he knows much greater...time, speaking peace to our consciences, and through through all the gloomy sadness of our condition, letting us discern that we belong to the election... | |
 | 1842 - 634 страници
...she eventually thought of God, and told the writer, that the words of the Psalmist were her avowal, " Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction." The Word of God sustained her, and caused her to acquiesce in the will of Jehovah as just,... | |
 | 1819 - 488 страници
...mercy, O Lord, held me up. In the multitude of my thoughts within me, thy comforts delight my soul *. Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in mine affliction *. Look upon mine affliction, and my pain, and forgive all my sins b. Thou which hast... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1821 - 410 страници
...may look into the word of God, and there find some promise exactly suited to it. Hence David says, Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in mine affliction. I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. Remem* ber thy word... | |
 | 1867 - 348 страници
...all others has " the oil of joy for mourning." The experience of David has been that of thousands : " Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in mine affliction." Thus is the Bible man's great protection. It guards us from temporal ills and eternal... | |
 | baroness Rachel Russell - 1826 - 296 страници
...he did here. All I can say for myself is, that while we are clothed with flesh, to the perfecteat, some displeasure will attend a separation from things...through all the gloomy sadness of our condition, letting UB discern that we belong to the election of grace, that our persons are accepted and justified. But... | |
 | Oliver Reywood - 1825 - 542 страници
...Christian. Thoughts fed and furnished from the word, will encounter and conquer the severest trials. " Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in mine affliction." — Psal.cxix. 92. These thoughts are an antidote which keeps sufferings from the... | |
 | Edward Reynolds, Alexander Chalmers - 1826 - 490 страници
...brought me to the very brink and darkness of the grave, thy word revived me again, and made me flourish. Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in mine affliction." — Now then when I see a man, upon whom so many heavy pressures do meet, the weight... | |
 | Richard Marks - 1827 - 134 страници
...sorrows from which the Lord had now delivered her, that she requested I would preach from these words; "Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in mine affliction." I's. cxix. 92. My last interview with her was about six hours before she expired.... | |
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This comfort I think I have in my affliction, that I can say, unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in my trouble. 
