Psalm 119:67

Verse 67. -- But now have I kept thy word.

Verse 67. -- From the countless throng before the throne of God and the Lamb, we may yet hear the words of the Psalmist, "Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word." There is many an one who will say, "Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth" ( John 5:17 ). One would tell you that his worldly undoing was the making of his heavenly prospects; and another that the loss of all things was the gain of All in All. There are multitudes whom God has afflicted with natural blindness that they might gain spiritual sight; and those who under bodily infirmities and diseases of divers sorts have pined and wasted away this earthly life, gladly laying hold on glory, honour, and immortality instead. --William Garrett Lewis, in "Westbourne Grove Sermons", 1872.

Verse 67. -- By affliction God separates the sin which he hates from the soul which he loves. --John Mason.

HINTS FOR PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS

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Verse 67. -- The restraining power of affliction

Verse 67,71,75. -- Affliction thrice viewed and thrice blessed. I