Psalms 107:17-18

Psalms 107:17-18. Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.

All God’s redeemed people have suffered from soul-sickness, and some of them have suffered from it so acutely that they have lost all appetite for spiritual comfort. "Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat;" they cannot bear the sight or the thought of it. A man in this condition says, "Do not bring me any food; I loathe it." The very nourishment that might have restored him he rejects because of the nausea which soul-sickness brings.