...city," it is " the Lord that hath done it," our first duty is that expressed by the Psalmist — " I was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it:" — and our tecond is conveyed in the admonition of Solomon — " In the day of adversity, consider."...

...can tend more to produce submission to his will than the sight of his hand ? Therefore David said, " I was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it" — " It is the Lord," whose power is almighty, and who cannot be resisted. "It is the Lord," who has...

...of Him — ' how could He be so silent ? ' " Because, Ellen, He delighted to do his Father's will. " I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because thou didst it." Psalm xxxix. 9 ; and, dear child, He leaves us an example in this, that we should follow. Whatever...

...man is vanity. 26 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. 27 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. 28 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. 29 Hear my prayer, O Lord,...

...namely, the origin, the progress, and the end of true religion. No. 10. — South, on Ps. xxxix. 9 : " I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because thou didst it." Here the subject is submission, and our author takes occasion to remark on the graces of faith, &c.,...

...all your concerns. This consideration repressed the ferment of unsanctified passion in David — " I was dumb; I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it." This calmed Job: though the Chaldeans, the Sabeans, and the elements of nature had deprived him of...

...the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord." With David, our language would be :—" I was dumb, I opened not my mouth: because thou didst it." With Habakkuk, we should sing, "Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in...

...the Lord, let him do what seemeth him good."4 David hushed his impatient spirit into silence — " I was dumb ; I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it." And when Shimei cursed him, he said — " Let him alone, let him curse ; for the Lord hath bidden him."5...

...regard to God's providential disposals about them, though others tad a criminal hand in them, says, " I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because thou didst it." And our blessed Lord himself patiently endured his terrible sufferings on this principle, saying, "...

...thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter." Matt. xiii. 7. And hence his noble conclusion: "I was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it." Ps. xxxix. 9. Finally, let the pastor direct the attention of such a person to the contemplation of...