Psalms 119:78. Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
That is a delightful turning of the subject: "They dealt perversely with me, without a cause;" but David does not say, "I will envy the proud," or, "I will be spiteful to them," "I will fret myself because of them." No; he seems to say, "They may do what they will; but I will meditate in thy precepts." When anyone has treated you contemptuously, or dealt perversely with you without a cause, instead of resenting it, get to your Bible, meditate in God’s precepts. It is the noblest and at the same time the most successful way of fighting against contempt, so to despise the despising of men as to rejoice in your thoughts of God and his truth.
Psalms 119:78. Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
That is a delightful turning of the subject: "They dealt perversely with me, without a cause;" but David does not say, "I will envy the proud," or, "I will be spiteful to them," "I will fret myself because of them." No; he seems to say, "They may do what they will; but I will meditate in thy precepts." When anyone has treated you contemptuously, or dealt perversely with you without a cause, instead of resenting it, get to your Bible, meditate in God’s precepts. It is the noblest and at the same time the most successful way of fighting against contempt, so to despise the despising of men as to rejoice in your thoughts of God and his truth.