...coming upon them, being represented by their foot sliding. The same is expressed, Psalm Ixxiii. 18. " Surely thou didst set them in slippery places ; thou castedst them down into destruction." 2. It implies, that they were always exposed to sudden unexpected destruction. As he that walks in...

...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...

...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...

...heart could wish0. Behold, these are the ungodly who prosper in the world, they increase in riches d. When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me, until I went unto the sanctuary of God ; then understood I their end. Surely thou didst set them in slippery places...

...15 If I say, I will speak thus ; behold, I should oflend against the generation of thy children. 16 @ 5 17 Until 1 went into the sanctuary of God ; then understood I their i. irl. 18 Surely thou didst set...

...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,...

...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 I their end. 18 Surely thou didst set them...

...God, and these humiliating, dangerous episodes we .shall know no more. Let us dwell in the sanctuary. 'When I thought to know this, it was too painful for...the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.' If he had gone into the sanctuary sooner and oftener, he would have found less pain and less peril....