17 I will offer a sacrifice of praise. 3. ASV Psalm 116:15 Precious in the sight of Jehovah Is the death of his saints. PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS, Where is the minister of the gospel who has never used this passage as comfort for the bereaved at a funeral service? His love for God, whom he has not seen, will qualify him for loving his brother, whom he has seen. He that prays much will be emboldened to pray more, because none can supplicate the throne of grace in vain. It is scarcely worth observing that the letters called heemantic by the Hebrew grammarians, and which are used in forming the derivatives from the roots, are taken from the first word in this verse, heemanti, "I have believed;" as the prefixes in that language are found in the technical words Mosheh vecaleb, "Moses and Caleb;" and the formatives of the future are found in the word eythan, "strength.". II. What an argument for the truth of religion - what an illustration of its sustaining power - what a source of comfort to us who are soon to die - to reflect that religion does not leave the believer when he most needs its support and consolations; that it can sustain us in the severest trial of our condition here; that it can illuminate what seems to us of all places most dark, cheerless, dismal, repulsive - the valley of the shadow of death!, 15.Precious in the eyes of Jehovah is the death of his meek ones. 1. Only he who enjoys life in God enjoys it at all. Thy rest.. 3. 1. 12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? Unless we call, God will not hear. "God is particularly close to his people when they stand at death's door. I. David's design here is to represent his piety as hereditary; and he mentions his mother because to her especially, in all probability, his religious convictions and impressions were instrumentally due. I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people, in the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. IN CONCLUSION.These two views are one theory. III. David and Moses may be regarded as instances in which the good seed fell into good soil, and in which the return was speedy as well as rich. In my ecstasy, , SEPTUAGINT. Not that we are warranted in believing that the Jew held that death was the extinction of the souls life. Observe, 1. In bitter disappointment. Prayer secures the object for which it asks. The nature of faith. He is at unrest if he is trusting to a broken reed; and when that has given way he trembles to trust again. Hears the faintest sighings of the broken and contrite heart. 1. He will now publicly thank God by offering prayers and sacrifices in fulfilment of his vow (12-14). His commandments prove it. All human souls, while separated from God by sin, are in a state of violence, agitation, and misery. This is the great antidote to the cynical spirit.Finlayson. (5) To be held dear. Psalm 116:15. In the reign of the Emperor Decius, Babylas Bishop of Antioch, full of blessed hope, met death singing these words.). When passion got the better of my reason, when I looked not at God, but at my afflictions, and the impossibility of human relief. ], 3. 15 The Lord cares . He will always entertain good thoughts of God, as very tender of the lives and comforts of his people (Psalms 116:15; Psalms 116:15): Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints, so precious that he will not gratify Saul, nor Absalom, nor any of David's enemies, with his death, how earnestly soever they desire it. : The cords of death encircled me. In the Old Testament death is represented as a hunter with a cord and net. IN CONCLUSION.Notice (i.) (4.) II. "Because he hath heard," c. This is reason enough why I should love him. That man was made for social intercourse. I will call upon the name of the Lord. What shall I render mah ashib, "What shall I return?". Men have considered this as presenting unusual facilities. Then, (1) God keeps a vigilant watch over the weakness of the simple and the strength and subtlety of their foes. (i.) Asks the priest, asks his friends, or rather asks himself, and communes with his own heart about it. Psalms 116:8 . Verse Psalms 116:13. Note, Vows are debts that must be paid, for it is better not to vow than to vow and not pay. 4. He feels that no return is so appropriate as acknowledging them in devout and public thanksgiving, and in asking God for more. Call upon Me in the day of trouble, &c. I. However, He graciously extends life, and for this His people should give Him thanks publicly. We may depend upon the principles of His government as on an unshakable foundation. He felt his confession to be not only truth, but the only truth. The LORD Has Heard My Voice. II. This relationship is one of obedience, yet friendship. Instead of saying, Jehovah answered me, he magnifies those attributes, which, from the days of His wonderful self-revelation to Moses (Exodus 34:6) had been the joy of every tried and trusting heart.Perowne. I. But it is not always so; usually, we may say, it is not so. (Romans 8:32, 1 Corinthians 3:22-23. Nay, sometimes it seems as if all were lost, as if the seed had utterly perished, and as if the soil that had been so carefully cultured and watched over must be hopelessly given up to desolation or to rank and abominable weeds. The fidelity of God to His promises. Alas! 563). If its object were unbending, and therefore incapable of hearing it, it would be useless; if capricious, or too easily moved, it would be worthless; if severe and implacable, we should have no heart to pray. There can be no greater slight and dishonour to a giver than to have his gifts neglected. "Men live half the year by deceit and by art; By art and deceit men live the other part.". The three great confessions of the Christian Church are a witness to the heroic faith of those who composed them. The Psalmist had the burden upon him. It takes the bloom from the pictures which the divine artist has pencilled, withers the majestic tree which the divine gardener has planted, crumbles the monument which the divine architect has reared, and curses him into whom God breathed the breath of life. (3.) The world is much better than what we think it is when our minds are morbid and our nerves unstrung.Barnes. Ok, now that you've read it, you can probably see the whole Psalm is praising God for a life preserved. I pray that God would enable us to hear his word and take it to heart this day and every day. 4. David's son Solomon wrote Psalm. He will let not a little hinder him in showing who and what he is by formal membership. In the Church. 1. "Lord, I was born in thy house; I am the son of thy handmaid, and therefore thine." In this sense the apostle seems to take it. Heb. The peace of the holy mind is the peace not of stagnation, but of self-conquest. Philippians 1:19, This shall turn to my salvation; it is a means of spiritual health. There is a name of God on every cup, and in every act of offering a cup. Some suppose it to be an amplification of his former grief. [Arabic] tahayury, in my giddiness, ARABIC. Those who live in sin are dead while they live. 17 I will sacrifice a thank offering to you. Take this name of the Lord as a test. Spiritual sympathy. Praise ye the Lord." (1) humble. The words will bear to be rendered, "precious in the sight of the Lord is that death", or "death itself, for his saints"; that very remarkable and observable death, even the death of his Son, which was not only for the good of his saints, for their redemption, salvation, justification, pardon, and eternal life; but in their room and stead; and which was very acceptable unto God, of high esteem with him, of a sweet smelling savour to him: not that he took pleasure in it, simply considered; for he that hath no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, even of a sinner, could have none in the death of his Son; but as hereby his justice was satisfied, his law fulfilled, the salvation of his people procured, and his covenant, counsels, purposes, and decrees, accomplished. God is tenderly solicitous of our interests. Like many of us here today, during her lifetime, Diane Lane made vows to the Lord . 1. It is one of six psalms labeled a michtam, which may mean . He is Gods servant, yet Gods friend. I am thy servant Thou hast preserved me alive. The Psalmist had been brought to deaths door and was restored to health and strength. (3.) Psalm 116:15 in all English translations. has a double in it; one at the beginning, and the other at the end of the word; which is very emphatic, and so may point at something very remarkable; and what more so than the death of Christ? Step by step does the fell malady march to conquest, and then the time comes when there is but a step between man and death. The great Father sees how far a parent, a child, a friend are necessary, and the reason why so many are spared is because of the preciousness of death. (2.) 1. [3.] To answer some petitions would be harmful. Verse Psalms 116:10. In their insecurity. The poet rejoices in and is proud of the fact that he may call himself the servant of God. (4.) And if we believe Christ as the Psalmist did God we shall keep that command, Go ye into all the world, &c., disobedience to which is disloyalty to Christ. 3 The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow. A few days ago, I conducted the funeral of Mr. Paul Klec, a wonderful Christian man who died at the age of 90. The moment we forget the special conditions on which this divine friendship is based, that moment God ceases to be our friend. Clarke. Men who have faith in themselves succeed every where. Mitigated sorrows. At the funeral, I read Psalm 116:15 . "In him are the issues of life and death" (Psalm 68:20). To be open in the sense of being frank, trustful, and ingenuous. The great thought which lies here is that we best requite God by thankfully taking what He gives. III. Without this companions are useless or a burden. God will SAVE the simple in their extremity. 2. Gods friend, but His servant still. 1. Hence this Psalm becomes a creed, and from this fact springs the vitality of creeds. "God is gracious." All God's moral perfections make Him an object of love: ( a ) His justice; ( b ) His benevolence. (iii.) Most Christians believe that Christ was the ultimate sacrifice: once he died on the cross and rose again, the . As long as life lasts. 1. [2.] 1. Psalm 117. The relation in which David professes to stand to God: "I am thy servant; I choose to be so; I resolve to be so; I will live and die in thy service." But such a hasty generalisation, although natural, was not justifiable, because not true. In their extremity. He is perfectly acquainted with it. This is the ultimate Owner giving. That, thank God, can be removed. We see here, first, God giving. II. Precious (KJV): Ps 37:32,33 72:14 1Sa 25:29 Job 5:26 Lu 16:22 Rev 1:18 14:3 . Death is an enemy. III. There is not enough in Gods benefits to intoxicate; they are not dealt out at random; but they exactly meet, and to the full, the creatures need. 13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. 15 Precious in the . The soul is commanded to return to its rest; there is hope for weary man, that his lost rest may be regained, Man has lost his rest. Clarke. Goodness is manifested in all God's giving, in the cup of wrath as in the cup of blessing; but the cup of blessing is a revelation of love, God giving. He had called God's people, who are dear to him, his saints; but, when he comes to apply it to himself, he does not say, Truly I am thy saint (that looked too high a title for himself), but, I am thy servant. One reason why we should never more come to a fellow-mortal for a favour is, we have received so many already. (3) There are not a few who, instead of loving God, hate Him, verily hate Him. We love Him, said Christs holiest apostle, because He first loved us; and the increase of our love and filial obedience is in proportion to the increased sense of our obligation to Him.Dr. 10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: 11 I said in my haste, All men are liars. 3. Those details may be summed up in one word, GOD. He wished for life that he might pay his vows. has a double in it; one at the beginning, and the other at the end of the word; which is very emphatic, and so may point at something very remarkable; and what more so than the death of Christ? In union with His people. The pains of hell metsarey sheol, the straitnesses of the grave. His rod and His staff shall comfort them. Mighty is the obligation which rests on Christian men. Now this is the only way we have of discharging our debts to God; and yet, strange to tell, every such attempt to discharge the debt only serves to increase it! Psalm 116:15. And we are aware that when the wicked perceive that we have no protection, they wax the more bold against us, as if God took no notice either of our life or death. These occur constantly. The Psalmist represents himself as so sick and weak that he could scarcely speak. What we speak amiss, in haste, we must by repentance unsay again (as David, Psalms 31:22), and then it shall not be laid to our charge. 4 Then I called on the name of the Lord: "Lord, save me!". I am determined to walk; my eyes are now brightened, so that I can see; my feet are strengthened, so that I can walk; and my soul is alive, so that I can walk with the living. (1) as it is the removal of another of the redeemed to glory - the addition of one more to the happy hosts above; (2) as it is a new triumph of the work of redemption - showing the power and the value of that work; (3) as it often furnishes a more direct proof of the reality of religion than any abstract argument could do. (2.) Spiritual blessings. Labour is rest to the active and energetic spirit. But let their foes beware; for the Almighty has pledged Himself to be on their side. If God spares his life, he knows that God will support it. NIV Psalm 116:15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. To be open, as in the weakness of sickness and old age. God could take the life of any person at any time-and be perfectly righteous-since we are all sinners and deserve to die. whether they live, they live unto the Lord, or whether they die, they die unto the Lord, Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. How much has the cause of religion been promoted by the patient deaths of Ignatius, and Polycarp, and Latimer, and Ridley, and Huss, and Jerome of Prague, and the hosts of the martyrs! And to refuse to make our own the things which are freely given us of God is to slight and affront His love. And this God does for all who call upon him, and trust in him. Let us cultivate the habit of looking out for human excellences, and of putting the most generous construction on human actions. Ignatius, Polycarp, Huss, Latimer, Jerome of Prague, Baxter, Scott, Wesley, Halyburton, Payson. One by one hopes fade, and encouraging symptoms disappear. With the poet clings to Jahve, with to the congregation, and with to the holy city. It is constantly thwarted and disappointed, and therefore never at peace. Death is too precious to be given without deliberation. 2. II. I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people. x., p. 353. Psalm 116:15. (2.) Still, there is a general truth implied here, to wit, that the act of removing a good man from the world is, so to speak, an act of deep deliberation on the part of God; that good, and sometimes great, ends are to be accomplished by it; and that, therefore, God regards it with special interest. - Interlinear Study Bible - StudyLight.org I will walk before the Lord ethhallech, I will set myself to walk. It was a fact. Make your requests known unto God.. Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. In my fear or tremor, SYRIAC. The soul is at rest when engaged in that work for which it is divinely fitted. 16 O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. The Psalmists was not only a comprehensive, but a correct faith. (3) Earnestness. 1. S. H. Booth, Christian World Pulpit, vol. Of which David gives an instance in himself: "I was brought low, and he helped me." That the divine requital is ample and sufficient. How often is the trustfulness of little children, and the semi-imbecility of old age, imposed upon! The power of faith is to constrain those who believe to confess their belief. Its object is the uncreated love, the eternal beauty; He of whose beauty all that moves love and admiration here is at best a pale reflection. The soul is commanded to return to its rest. We find the culmination of cynicism in Mephistopheles; and indeed the word devil means accuser, slanderer of God and man.Finlayson. IN CONCLUSION.Notice (i.) that is, by men. Verse Psalms 116:6. Nothing that is right will be withheld; nothing that is wrong, bestowed. Augusti, Denkwrdigkeiten, ix. God does not despise the poor imbecile, nor those who, through no fault of their own, are peculiarly open to the craft of those who lie in wait to deceive.. David believed and spoke well (Psalms 116:10; Psalms 116:10), but now, through unbelief, he spoke amiss. Why should we offer that to God which costs us nothing? How often are the weak of intellect or will outwitted in trade, opportunity, or health! His faith (Psalms 116:10; Psalms 116:10): I believed, therefore have I spoken. 12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? This relationship should be sought and professed at once. Does not impose heavy penances or long liturgies. May they long continue the same for those who use them. Gods approbation of the use of divinely-prescribed means (2 Chronicles 7:14). In true prayer: Out of the abundance of the heart, &c.Liddon. The body must die, be decomposed, and be built up on indestructible principles, before this punishment can be borne. (1) The saints' love of God has nothing in it of the nature of that affection of appetite by which so much of the love of earthly objects is characterised. Self-will is the cause of perpetual unrest. (2) Considerable dignity. They know that he will bless them and their descendants after them, for he is the almighty Creator (12-15). This devotion is based upon an interest in our friends wishes. 4. Let us take care that we know our blessings, or the empty cup will be eloquent of the mercies of which it once was full. Matthew 10:29-31; John 10:28-29). As he does so, he finds that his own love towards God increases, particularly when he recalls how God has answered his prayers and saved his life (116:1-4). 2. 4. In the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is redit is full of mixture, and He poureth out the same; but the dregs thereof all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out and drink them. Why should you drink of that cup while God offers to you the cup of salvation? The King James famously renders it as "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints." The NJPS translates it quite differently: "The death . Kind to those who pray. God has heard the particular request of the Psalmist, and he takes that as a guarantee of His willingness to hear and answer in all time to come. We cannot long escape the pursuit. His words must have laid hold in no common degree of the hearts of those who were heirs of his faith, and have sustained them in times of sorrow and suffering; and nothing would be more natural than that later poets would echo his strains, and mingle his words with their own, when they poured forth their prayers and praises before God.Perowne. ( a ) Neither any consideration of God's bounty in creation nor any review of His bounty in providence will beget love for Him in the bosom of a man who is conscious of guilt, for the obvious reason that neither of these two works of nature contains any assurance for him of that which above all things else he needs: mercy, to pardon his iniquities. 1. His deep heart is glad when we taste the full cup of His blessings, and as we raise it to our lips and call on the name of the Lord.Maclaren. Not by fits and starts. The cup of salvation is of Gods filling. I have noted his conversation, and not only approve his opinions, but imbibe his spirit. It is the fitting reward of a saintly life (2 Timothy 4:6). . It deprives the body of animation. And so the Christian who is conscious of the great salvation will not only proclaim it, but do so under an irresistible impulse. The Lord, and the Lord alone, helped him; the Lord, and the Lord alone, could help others. The souls rest consists in pure affection for a worthy object. For thou he nerode sawle mine of deathe, eapan mine of tearum; fet mine of slide. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary. An unexpected estimate. (4) Majesty. He hears them that He may empower us to fulfil our obligations. (1.) Two walk together because they are agreed. And this language is but a little improved in the old Psalter:-. 17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. Most have passed through dangerous sicknesses, or just escaped what might have been fatal accidents but for the interposition of a higher power. Hence all He is and has is ours. 3. Because this Psalm has been used in the thanksgiving of women after safe delivery, it has been supposed that the pain suffered in the act of parturition was equal for the time to the torments of the damned. He professes his faith, on which he will evermore rely. Note, Having received many benefits from God, we are concerned to enquire, What shall we render? Dr. A. Clarke. "Thou hast delivered my eyes," &c. Made me joyful. THE PERSON WHO DIED - A CHILD OF GOD - John 1:12, Romans 8:15-16. The power of faith is to find expression for itself. It is the universal law. If any son of violence procure it, he will make him pay very dearly for it. As one solicitous and studious how to express his gratitude: What shall I render unto the Lord? His subsequent path is a matter of unconcern. God is reliable in all His ways. My grace is sufficient for thee.. Friends have been spared, losses averted, sharp arrows of pain missed their mark. We have all had times like this. There is an old legend of a cup full of poison put treacherously into a kings hand. (1.) J. Morris. (Romans 8:32.). The LORD cares deeply when his loved ones die. Death is a blast upon Gods fair creation, and blights all on whom it falls. (Note: The Apostolic Constitutions (vi. Whether pure or impure, there is no other love that can flow from the heart of the creature to its Creator. Death is very precious, therefore God gives it. He had been bound by the cords of death. 2. It refuses to be stilled by the tenderest caresses, and by the enchantment of the richest music, and is proof against slumber on beds of the softest down. (ii.) (4) In the decrepitude of their physical strength, in the feebleness which harassing anxiety has engendered, and in the failure of power at the hour of death. 2. truly I am thy servant. How very near does our ancient mother tongue come to this: - [Anglo-Saxon]. 1. amata signifies a maid, who is not, as such, also Arab. (384) We may indeed for a time be subjected to all the vicissitudes of fortune and of the world; we will nevertheless always have this consolation, that God will, eventually, openly manifest how dear our souls are to him. In the family. If God has been bountiful to us, the least we can do in return is to be bountiful to the poor, Psalms 16:2; Psalms 16:3. E. Jenkins. David believed the being, providence, and promise of God, particularly the assurance God had given him by Samuel that he should exchange his crook for a sceptre: a great deal of hardship he went through in the belief of this, and therefore he spoke, spoke to God by prayer (Psalms 116:4; Psalms 116:4), by praise, Psalms 116:12; Psalms 116:12. Powerful as is the effect of these words (Genesis 15:6, where same word is used) when we read them in their first untarnished freshness, they gain immensely in their original language, to which neither Greek nor German, much less Latin or English, can furnish any full equivalent. That we should believe that He hears and answers it. God is gracious, righteous, and merciful . Verse Psalms 116:10. 3. Death is usually regarded as loss, and with dread. II. "Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy-laden," is the invitation of incarnate love; "and I will give you rest." Sin has destroyed the moral balance of the soul, and introduced discord where all was harmony. The simple of all kinds are open to crafty and unscrupulous foes. 1036; Plain Sermons by Contributors to " Tracts for the Times, " vol. Psalm 102 Passage Lookup. is the death of his faithful servants. In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Verse Psalms 116:15. This should make us willing to die, to die for Christ, if we are called to it, that our death shall be registered in heaven; and let that be precious to us which is so to God. When we are under great and sore afflictions, especially if they continue long, we are apt to grow weary, to despond, and almost to despair of a good issue. I will not believe God he hath no care for me. Rather, it is a matter of deep concern to him. Precious in the sight of the Lord Many have understood this verse as meaning, "the saints are too precious in the Lord's sight, lightly to give them over to death:" and this, Calmet contends, is the true sense of the text. And this movement of the affections is sustained throughout the act of prayer. Only as we can say with Paul when the blast of Euroclydon was on the vessel, I believe God, can we have peace. I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, the thank-offerings which God required, Leviticus 7:11; Leviticus 7:12, c. Note, Those whose hearts are truly thankful will express their gratitude in thank-offerings. Before the world. The death of the godly is significant to God; it is costly to Him (cf. God has freed us from the thraldom of sin, that He might bind us by the loving cords of the royal law of liberty. Psalm 51:1-9 Commentary Psalm 51:10-19 Commentary Psalm 106 Commentary Psalm 113 Commentary Psalm 116 Commentary . Secondly, By redemption. The Lord preserved the simple pethaim, which all the Versions render little ones. II. God has favoured each one of us with that which is sufficient for our good. Diedas a fool diethis the epitaph on the lost soul. Not a feeble whisper, but a loud cry. He signed the cross over it, and it shivered in his grasp. No weapon can touch Gods people till their appointed time has come. All men are liars. [1.] Of all legitimately special subjects this is the sum. With this shield he desires to defend himself from the terrors of death, which often pressed upon him, by which he imagined he would instantly be swallowed up. The law of the LORD: Here the author of Psalm 119 uses, for the first time, a phrase referring to the written revelation of God. I did not seek it, but in what I was seeking I found this. Thou hast loosed my bonds. We have not gained this liberty by our own might and by our own power. Yet, according to our text, To die is gain., III. Temporal benefits. viii., p. 273.Psalms 116:15 . Psalms 116:13. If the soul is saved from death, physical dissolution can be apprehended calmly. 13 Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; For it is time to have pity upon her, Yea, the set time is come. Three things David here makes confession of:--. 3. God does not allow him to die, as if death is a thing of no importance in Gods sight. Psalm 116:7) for the third time. Then are few men who cannot say the same. He will in the most devout and solemn manner offer up his praises and prayers to God, Psalms 116:13; Psalms 116:17. But in the fulness of time Emmanuel came, and through Him God and man are reconciled and made at one. Hence the Psalmists faith was not a mere intellectual assent to certain truths; but the conscious experience and actual realisation of certain facts. V. Pray because our God is merciful. . Is not the life more than meat? All Gods larger blessings include the lesser. Psalm 116:15 states , yaqar beeinei YHWH ha-mavta la-asidav.The word yaqar is rendered in opposite ways in different translations. This deliverance was personal. To leave room for the grace of God, let us put on the spirit of meekness, even as the prophet, in designating the faithful meek ones, calls upon them to submit their necks quietly to bear the burden of the cross, that in their patience they may possess their souls, Luke 21:19. Verse Psalms 116:7. We obey God not as a hireling toils for wages, but as a friend gives himself to promote the interest of his friend. II. In the midst of the living; in the engagements of the living; consecrating living activities to His services. 1. Without this his best life is sapped. As ever in the great Taskmasters eye., III. "Yea, our God is merciful." David was a king, and yet he glories in this, that he was God's servant. is the death of his devoted. In the court of the Lords house. He who is Gods friend and servant will associate gladly with Gods friends and servants. It is not a matter of indifference to God, when and under what circumstances each of his saints dies. Thou, My. Not law, chance, providence. "I will pay my vows in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.". This relationship is now fully disclosed. Now, while the mercy is on the memory, and as often as fresh mercies come to us. He spoke to others, told his friends what his hope was, and what the ground of it, though it exasperated Saul against him and he was greatly afflicted for it. God's servant seeing God in what he takes. We have a very beautiful one in the text. If good men speak amiss, it is in their haste, through the surprise of a temptation, not deliberately and with premeditation, as the wicked man, who sits in the seat of the scornful (Psalms 1:1), sits and speaks against his brother,Psalms 50:19; Psalms 50:20. 4. Man was made for trust. Therefore, Gods people should make sure that they fill their few short years with praise to him (16-18). The Psalmist would appear to have been in the death struggle. Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine. "Call on the name of the Lord." 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