...Depart from us, O Lord, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways," that of the regenerated man is, " How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! How great is. the sum of them !" The same difference is seen in the affections of the converted sinner toward the law of God. The...

...David improved and heightened. his acquaintance by this heavenly conference. At daybreak, he says, "How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God!...them, they are more in number. than the sand; when I i2 awake, I am still with thee." Amidst the multiplied cares and troubles of government, his thoughts...

...Preserver and Redeemer. When you meditate on these things are you not constrained to say, l- How precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God, how great is the...count them, they are more in number than the sand." '•'Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life." Do you never ask, " What...

...God!" (or, as the words might be rendered) •" How precious are thy wonderful contrivances concerning me, O God ! how great is the sum of them ! If I should...count them, they are more in number than the sand." In what direction soever I turn mine eyes ; whatever portion of thy works I investigate. " / am still...

...17 f How precious also are all thy thoughts unto me, O {p^ God ! how great is the sum of them ! 18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand : when I awake, I am still with thee. 19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God : depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. 20 For they speak...

...has been the inevitable consequence. " How precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God," said David ; " how great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand " (Ps. cxxxix. 17, 18). Paul could compare his afflictions with those of any other Christian, and find...

...Psalm cxxxix. 17, 18. How precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God! ie thy kind and merciful thoughts ; how great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: though when I awake, I am still with thee, ie recounting thy favours from morning till night, but after...

...came not nigh them. So that even in this view they can take up the words of inspiration : How precious are Thy thoughts unto me, O God; how great is the...than the sand! When I awake, I am still with Thee!* And if we pass from the ordinary care of divine Providence, and contemplate the provision which has...

...my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches." — <l How precious are thy thoughts unto me, 0 God ! how great is the sum of them ! If I should count...than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee." — Whatever the subject of your meditation may be, content not yourselves with considering it generally...

...bestowed upon me this great blessing, a heart to feel, to acknowledge, and to improve thy great goodness. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God, how great is the sum of them ! Great are my obligations unto thee, for that satisfaction and comfort which arise from believing...