...can tend more to produce submission to his will than the sight of his hand ? Therefore David said, " I was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it" — " It is the Lord," whose power is almighty, and who cannot be resisted. "It is the Lord," who has...

...man is vanity. 26 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. 27 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. 28 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. 29 Hear my prayer, O Lord,...

...frequently complaineth of them in the Psalms, as one of the bitter ingredients of his own cup. " 9. I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because thou didst it." Whatever materials compose the rod of affliction, and from whatsoever quarter the stroke cometh, let...

...city," it is " the Lord that hath done it," our first duty is that expressed by the Psalmist — " I was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it:" — and our tecond is conveyed in the admonition of Solomon — " In the day of adversity, consider."...

...the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord." With David, our language would be :—" I was dumb, I opened not my mouth: because thou didst it." With Habakkuk, we should sing, "Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in...

...all your concerns. This consideration repressed the ferment of unsanctified passion in David — " I was dumb; I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it." This calmed Job: though the Chaldeans, the Sabeans, and the elements of nature had deprived him of...

...namely, the origin, the progress, and the end of true religion. No. 10. — South, on Ps. xxxix. 9 : " I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because thou didst it." Here the subject is submission, and our author takes occasion to remark on the graces of faith, &c.,...

...the Lord, let him do what seemeth him good."4 David hushed his impatient spirit into silence — " I was dumb ; I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it." And when Shimei cursed him, he said — " Let him alone, let him curse ; for the Lord hath bidden him."5...

...Spirit." Lord, help us thus to walk, that we may reap the full benefit of living thus always believing. / was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.— PSALM xxxix. 9. THERE is nothing tends more to quiet us under any dispensation, however grievous to the flesh, than...

...regard to God's providential disposals about them, though others tad a criminal hand in them, says, " I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because thou didst it." And our blessed Lord himself patiently endured his terrible sufferings on this principle, saying, "...