...15 If I say, I will speak thus ; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. 16 When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me ; 17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God ; then understood 1 their end. 18 Surely thou didst set...

...foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked." (tf) At length he concludes his Account of them; •' When I thought to know this, it was too painful for...the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end." (*) XVII. We may learn then, even from this confession of David, that the holy fathers under the Old...

...spiritual Israel, while there is a curse in all the comforts which the ungodly enjoy. Ver. 16, 19. " When 1 thought to know this, it was too painful for me; until I went into the sanctuary of God."] — • The psalmist finding himself not yet satisfied, consulteth ihe oracle of God, revealed in his...

...against the generation of thy chi Idren. 16 When I thought to know this, it was (oo painful for me ; 17 l the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their c 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places : thou castedst them down into destruction. 19 How...

...shall vouchsafe it the necessary information. " It " was too painful for me," says the Psalmist ; 17. Until I went into the sanctuary of God ; then understood I their end. The third argument, with which we may repress the spirit of murmuring and distrust, so apt to be excited...

...wicked. For there are no bands in their death ; but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble as other men ; neither are they plagued like other men....know this, it was too painful for me ; until I went unto the sanctuary of God ; then understood I their end b. If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be...

...David, utterly at a loss to account for the prosperity of the wicked, and his own calamities, says, " When I thought to know this it was too painful for...I went into the sanctuary of God : then understood Itheirend."f In the sudden death of a good man, however tragical apparently, every thing connected...

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...washed my hands in innocence ; for all the day Jong have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. When I thought to know this, it was too painful for...into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end—thou shall guide me with thy counsel, and afterwards receive me to glory." This is the Psalmist's...

...yea, I had almost said even as they. — Then " thought I to understand this ; but it was too " hard for me, until I went into the sanctuary *' of God: then understood I the end of these " men. Namely, how thou dost set them in " slippery places, and castest them down,...