Psalms 119:136. Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
Some think that the psalmist meant that his eyes wept because they, that is, his eyes did not keep God’s law. You know how easily sin comes in through the eyes, and goes out through the eyes, too. Well may those eyes weep in sorrow that have lusted towards sin. But I think the psalmist alludes here to the ungodly. The sins of sinners are the sorrows of saints. "Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law." Perhaps David referred to his own children, or he may have meant his soldiers, those rough, rugged warriors who were led by Joab. He met with many in his own country who turned aside from God, and he wept over them. It is a blessed sign of grace when you can weep over other men’s sins. Do not say, "So-and-so has gone wrong," and treat the matter with indifference. If you can do so, you may question whether you have grace in your own heart, for a true Christian ought to be tender and compassionate at the thought of the sinful things around him. There are some who can look upon the error and false doctrine which abound everywhere, and say, "Oh! let it alone, do not trouble yourself about that; but he who walks with God is not of their mind, it is a constant grief and agony of spirit to him that men keep not God’s law.
Psalms 119:136. Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
Some think that the psalmist meant that his eyes wept because they, that is, his eyes did not keep God’s law. You know how easily sin comes in through the eyes, and goes out through the eyes, too. Well may those eyes weep in sorrow that have lusted towards sin. But I think the psalmist alludes here to the ungodly. The sins of sinners are the sorrows of saints. "Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law." Perhaps David referred to his own children, or he may have meant his soldiers, those rough, rugged warriors who were led by Joab. He met with many in his own country who turned aside from God, and he wept over them. It is a blessed sign of grace when you can weep over other men’s sins. Do not say, "So-and-so has gone wrong," and treat the matter with indifference. If you can do so, you may question whether you have grace in your own heart, for a true Christian ought to be tender and compassionate at the thought of the sinful things around him. There are some who can look upon the error and false doctrine which abound everywhere, and say, "Oh! let it alone, do not trouble yourself about that; but he who walks with God is not of their mind, it is a constant grief and agony of spirit to him that men keep not God’s law.