...disciples, and offered up prayer unto God. Remember also, for your comfort, that " the Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit." Accept our blessed Lord in those offices which he is graciously willing to perform to all who truly...

...cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 18 The Lord in nigh unto them that are of a broken heart : and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous : but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. 20 He keepeth...

...Id, "I dwell with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit." The same thing is expressed in Ps. xxxiv. 18, " The Lord is nigh unto them that are of...heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit." Again, Ps. li. 17. "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : a broken and a contrite heart, O God,...

...the earth. 17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken...heart ; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. 20 He keepeth...

...habitations. A bruised reed shall he not break, and Smoking flax shall he not quench. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise....

...guile : And in ver. 18. he seems to relate his own experience, when he says, The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. As to his behaviour before the king of Gath, which was a visible lie, discovered in his actions ; it...

...her. God promises to be a present, yea, a very present help in time of trouble, and that he is near to them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. He suffered me to labour and toil in my own strength till I despaired of all help from self, or from...

...guile : And in ver. 1 8. he seems to relate his own experience, when he says, The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite fpirit. As to his behaviour before the king of Gath, which was a visible lie, discovered in his actions...

...great part of their character ; Matth. v. 4. Blessed are they that MOURN : for they shall be comforted. Psal. xxxiv. 18. The Lord is nigh unto them that are...HEART: and saveth such as be of a CONTRITE spirit. Is. Ixi. 1 , 2. The Lord hath anointed me — to bind up the BROKEN HEARTED, — to comfort all that...

...the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him.' Though friends be far off, ' the Lord is nigh to them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit : many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.' — 'The...