 | Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - 1717 - 352 pages
...the World will learn Righteoufnefs : and in their Affliction they will feek him eaily. * It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy Statutes, O Lord; For before I was afflicted, I went aftray; but now I have kept thy Word. 1 Wherefore doth a... | |
 | Richard Bundy - 1740 - 478 pages
...trou,* bled ; and very affectionately and gratefully cries out in the Words of the Text, It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy Statutes. So that thefe Words imply the Pfalmift's Senfe of the Benefits he had reaped from the Afflictions he... | |
 | Peter Brett - English literature - 1748 - 260 pages
...Pfalm cxfa:. 67, 71. Before I was affli&ed I went aftray, but now have I kept tby Word. It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy Statutes. I know, O Lord, that thy Judgments are juft : And that in Faithfulnefs, thou hath caufed me to be afflicted.... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...pecuniary way ? " Before I was afflicted I went astray ; but now have I kept thy word." " It is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes. "§ And it is contrary to all the experience of men of observation to say, that uninterrupted prosperity... | |
 | bp. George Heorne - Bible - 1802 - 562 pages
...rich wines, to enjoy in private, the more exalted pleafures of abftinence, meditation, and prayer. 71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted: that I might learn thy Jiatutes. God's ftatutes are beft learned in the fchool of affliction, becaufe by affliftion the great... | |
 | William Giles - Christian life - 1804 - 280 pages
...has learned by experience how to. estimate their worth. He can say with the psalmist, ' it is good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes — before I was afflicted I went astray.' He knows it is ' needful that he should sometimes be in... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 506 pages
...study of thy law. They think that their prosperity 71 is ti ue happiness : but I can say, [It is] good for me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes ; learn t/iem bet72 ter, and observe them more diligently. The law of thy mouth [is] better, that is,... | |
 | Matthew Young (bp. of Clonfert) - 1806 - 404 pages
...commandments with my whole heart. % 70. Their heart is as fat as lard, but my delight is in thy law. 71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy ftatutes. G g 72. The law of thy mouth is better unto me, than thoufands of gold and filver. Tod. 73.... | |
 | Alexander Geddes - Bible - 1807 - 290 pages
...whole heart. 70 tO. Their heart is curdled like milk : lut I delight in thy law. 71 tO. It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 72 tO. Better to me is the law of thy mouth, than thousands of gold and silver. JOD. 73 \ Thy hands... | |
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It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 
