Psalms 119:23. Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
And a great man’s word goes a long way with some people. They think a prince a great authority. "But thy servant did meditate in thy statutes." He did not burst out in angry reply, he did not give fierce railing for railing, but he sat himself down as quietly as he could, the more abundantly to meditate in God’s statutes. What calmness there is here, and what wisdom! for if princes should speak against us, and the great ones of the earth should rail, what matters it? If they drive us away from our faith, it would matter, but if they drive us to our Bibles, it is a benefit.
Psalms 119:23. Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
And a great man’s word goes a long way with some people. They think a prince a great authority. "But thy servant did meditate in thy statutes." He did not burst out in angry reply, he did not give fierce railing for railing, but he sat himself down as quietly as he could, the more abundantly to meditate in God’s statutes. What calmness there is here, and what wisdom! for if princes should speak against us, and the great ones of the earth should rail, what matters it? If they drive us away from our faith, it would matter, but if they drive us to our Bibles, it is a benefit.