 | William Jenkyn - 1839 - 392 halaman
...Scripture promises but may deceive. No other promises can bear the weight of an afflicted soul : " Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction," Psal. cxix. 92. " Thy statutes were my songs in the house of my pilgrimage," Psal.... | |
 | 1745 - 522 halaman
...on her wasted and enfeebled arms, and smiled, and said to me, " There will be plenty for the worms. So great was her sense of those fears and sorrows...delight, I should have perished in mine affliction." (Ps. cxix. 92.) My last interview with her was about six hours before she expired. She conversed very... | |
 | Manasseh ben Israel, Elias Hiam Lindo - 1842 - 354 halaman
...heart, not without reason did that heroic poet and divine musician say, in his celebrated octaves, " Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in mine affliction ;" for David being lightly loved by some, openly hated by others, persecuted even by his own son, and... | |
 | Charles Henry Bromby (bp. of Tasmania.) - 1846 - 166 halaman
...affliction produce peace, or does it not ? It does, answers every child of God. It does, says David, " unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction." 13 It does, the Saviour assured his sorrowing, weeping Disciples, on the eve of their... | |
 | 1847 - 206 halaman
...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 mine affliction.' " " That day— I will not suffer my hand to write ' fatal,' because the blow struck on it gave eternal... | |
 | Joseph Jones - 1848 - 444 halaman
...it abideth. 9 1 They continue this day according to Thine ordinances : For all are Thy servants. 92 Unless Thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in mine affliction. 93 I will never forget Thy precepts : For with them Thou hast quickened me. 94 I am Thine, save me... | |
 | Anne Bolton - 1850 - 232 halaman
...cannot lie, and who will not be unmindful of His promises. She was reminded of David's experience, " Unless Thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction." " Yes," she replied, " but there is another sweet verse, ' Remember Thy word unto Thy... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1851 - 518 halaman
...had my Bible, and I could see to read ; that bore me up in the deep waters. I can say with David— ' Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in mine affliction.' " " How long since did your sight fail you ?" '' It is now nearly ten years since I saw the face of... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1852 - 92 halaman
...parents, and try to lead a better life." When under extreme suffering, she would sometimes repeat, "Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in my affliction." She repeatedly desired that the twelfth chapter of Ecclesiastes might be read, listening... | |
 | William Jay - 1856 - 688 halaman
...his weary spirit, revived him in the midst of trouble ; and he can say, to the praise of its glory, " Unless thy law had been my delight, I should have perished in mine affliction." Hence, in this "law he meditates day and night." It is the peculiar, yet common subject of his thoughts.... | |
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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. 
