 | 1828
...then shall ye be my disciples ; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." " Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in mine afBiction (says the Psalmist) ; I will never forget thy precepts, for with them hast thon quickened... | |
 | baroness Rachel Russell - 1809 - 542 pages
...attend a separation from things we love. This comfort I think I have in my affliction, that I can say, unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in my trouble. The rising from the dead is a glorious contemplation, Doctor! nothing raises a drooping spirit... | |
 | Lady Rachel Russell - Great Britain - 1809 - 536 pages
...attend a separation from things we love. This comfort I think I have in my affliction, that I can say, unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in my trouble. The rising from the dead is a glorious contemplation, Doctor! nothing raises a drooping spirit... | |
 | 1842 - 634 pages
...she eventually thought of God, and told the writer, that the words of the Psalmist were her avowal, " Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction." The Word of God sustained her, and caused her to acquiesce in the will of Jehovah as just, and right,... | |
 | Theology, Doctrinal - 1819 - 488 pages
...mercy, O Lord, held me up. In the multitude of my thoughts within me, thy comforts delight my soul *. Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in mine affliction *. Look upon mine affliction, and my pain, and forgive all my sins b. Thou which hast... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - Congregational churches - 1821 - 410 pages
...may look into the word of God, and there find some promise exactly suited to it. Hence David says, Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in mine affliction. I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. Remem* ber thy word... | |
 | Christian life - 1867 - 348 pages
...all others has " the oil of joy for mourning." The experience of David has been that of thousands : " Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in mine affliction." Thus is the Bible man's great protection. It guards us from temporal ills and eternal... | |
 | baroness Rachel Russell - 1826 - 296 pages
...attend a separation from things we love. This comfort I think I have in my affliction, that I can say, unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in my trouble. The rising from the dead is a glorious contemplation, doctor ! nothing raises a drooping spirit... | |
 | Oliver Reywood - 1825 - 542 pages
...Christian. Thoughts fed and furnished from the word, will encounter and conquer the severest trials. " Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in mine affliction." — Psal.cxix. 92. These thoughts are an antidote which keeps sufferings from the... | |
 | Edward Reynolds, Alexander Chalmers - Anglican Communion - 1826 - 490 pages
...brought me to the very brink and darkness of the grave, thy word revived me again, and made me flourish. Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in mine affliction." — Now then when I see a man, upon whom so many heavy pressures do meet, the weight... | |
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I think I have in my affliction, that I can say, unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in my trouble. 
