...wisdom could say to him, — "Thou, through thy commandments, hast made me wiser than mine enemies. 1 have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts." (Psal. cxix. 98 — 100.) Sophroniscus,...

...Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies : for they are ever with me.' 99. ' I have more understanding than all my teachers : for thy testimonies are my meditation.' 100. ' I understand more than the ancients : because I keep thy precepts.' The ' commandments' of God...

...presage of a rich experience of the favour and love of God, and distinguished usefulness in his church. " I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation." Psalm c.\ix. 99. IV. The steps of the messengers of the Saviour are under the certain and infallible...

...than honey, and the honey-comb.- Thy testimonies are won'\ derful: therefore doth my soul keep them. The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. This is my comfort in my affliction; for thy word hath quickened me. Ps. 19. 7—10. and 119, 129,...

...perished in my affliction. Thou, through thy commandments, hast made me wiser than mine enemies, &c. I have more understanding than all my teachers ; for thy testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, &c. How sweet are thy words to my taste ! thy word is a lamp to...

...suppose he was in a holy frame, speaks of his knowledge as far greater than that of other saints: " I have more understanding than all my teachers ; for thy testimonies are my meditation. 1 understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts," Psa. cxix. 99, 100. — To this...

...me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me : Sen 5. On Searching the Scriptures. 327 BJv.,^ I have more understanding than all my teachers, for thy testimonies are my meditation." Ps. cxix. Humility is a third thing very necessary to a profitable perusal of the Scriptures. " God...

...perished in my affliction. Thou, through thy commandments, hast made me wiser than mine enemies, &c. I have more understanding than all my teachers ; for thy testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, &c. How swee^ are thy words to my taste ! thy word is a lamp to...

...that bank, we shall always come away richer than we went. Hear what the psalmist says about it : ' The entrance of Thy words giveth light ; it giveth understanding unto the simple.' 1 So that, although I may 1 Psa. cxix. 130. be very simple, by allowing the entrance of God's Word...

...altar, it is nothing; mine enemies : for they are ever with | but whosoever sweareth by the gift me. I have more understanding than all my teachers : for thy testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts, cxix. 98—100. Through thy precepts...