Psalms 31:7. I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy:
What a grand faith! Should there not sometimes be the sounding of the cymbals even in the midst of our supplications? Though we must often put on sackcloth, yet we must lift up our song of praise whenever we can: "’I will be glad and rejoice,’ - there shall be a reduplication of my delight, -
‘I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy.’"
Psalms 31:7. For thou hast considered my trouble;
"Thou didst not send it without due consideration; thou didst weigh it, and now thou lookest upon me and thou dost study my trouble, then knowest all about it." You know what is meant by human consideration; but how wonderful must divine consideration be! When a single glance suffices for Jehovah to know all that is transpiring in the whole universe what must his consideration be! "Thou hast considered my trouble."
Psalms 31:7. Thou hast known my soul in adversities;
"When others did not know me, thou didst; thou wast familiar with me, and sympathetic towards me, especially in the day of adversity. ‘Thou hast known my soul.’" God knows his own children, even when they are in rags, and when their faces are stained with tears, and their spirits are depressed almost to despair: "Thou hast known my soul in adversities."
Psalms 31:7. I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy:
What a grand faith! Should there not sometimes be the sounding of the cymbals even in the midst of our supplications? Though we must often put on sackcloth, yet we must lift up our song of praise whenever we can: "’I will be glad and rejoice,’ - there shall be a reduplication of my delight, -
‘I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy.’"
Psalms 31:7. For thou hast considered my trouble;
"Thou didst not send it without due consideration; thou didst weigh it, and now thou lookest upon me and thou dost study my trouble, then knowest all about it." You know what is meant by human consideration; but how wonderful must divine consideration be! When a single glance suffices for Jehovah to know all that is transpiring in the whole universe what must his consideration be! "Thou hast considered my trouble."
Psalms 31:7. Thou hast known my soul in adversities;
"When others did not know me, thou didst; thou wast familiar with me, and sympathetic towards me, especially in the day of adversity. ‘Thou hast known my soul.’" God knows his own children, even when they are in rags, and when their faces are stained with tears, and their spirits are depressed almost to despair: "Thou hast known my soul in adversities."