Psalms 119:23. Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
Sometimes, men can bear what the commonalty say; but to have the great ones of the earth speaking against them, is thought by some to be very hard. The psalmist says, "Princes also did sit and speak against me." What did he do under such circumstances? Did he rise up in anger, and answer them? Or did he sit down, and consider how he could defend himself against them? Far from it: "Thy servant did meditate in thy statutes." He seems to say, "I did not think it was worth my while to leave the Scriptures, even for a moment, so as to speak to them; but I went on studying thy Word, and left them to say what they pleased." We shall be wise if we do likewise.
Psalms 119:23. Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
Sometimes, men can bear what the commonalty say; but to have the great ones of the earth speaking against them, is thought by some to be very hard. The psalmist says, "Princes also did sit and speak against me." What did he do under such circumstances? Did he rise up in anger, and answer them? Or did he sit down, and consider how he could defend himself against them? Far from it: "Thy servant did meditate in thy statutes." He seems to say, "I did not think it was worth my while to leave the Scriptures, even for a moment, so as to speak to them; but I went on studying thy Word, and left them to say what they pleased." We shall be wise if we do likewise.