Psalms 94:12. Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teach him out of thy law;
These are two things that go well together, - a rod and a book; no man ever learns much without both rod and book. "Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest." The book is never properly understood without some touches of the rod, but the book must be there also: "and teaches" him out of thy law, "for, if it were all rod and no book, there would be plenty of sores, but there would be no learning. Have you got the two together, my dear friend ? Have you been of late very much with the book in a nook, and very much with the rod upon your bed ? Well then you are a blessed man, for the psalmist says, "Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teaches" him out of thy law."
Psalms 94:12. Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teach him out of thy law;
These are two things that go well together, - a rod and a book; no man ever learns much without both rod and book. "Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest." The book is never properly understood without some touches of the rod, but the book must be there also: "and teaches" him out of thy law, "for, if it were all rod and no book, there would be plenty of sores, but there would be no learning. Have you got the two together, my dear friend ? Have you been of late very much with the book in a nook, and very much with the rod upon your bed ? Well then you are a blessed man, for the psalmist says, "Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teaches" him out of thy law."