CONTENTS This Psalm is supposed by some to have been written by Ezra, but upon what authority is not said. It is a short, but beautiful description, of the different features which mark the godly man from the sinner. Psalms 1:1 This can be fully said of no one among the fallen sons of men, with st... [ Continue Reading ]
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. Reader, you do not forget who it was that said, I delight to do thy will, O my God; yea, thy law is within my heart; or, as the margin of the Bible more strongly expresses it, in the midst of my bowels, meanin... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. Had we no other clue to lead to the discovery of the Lord Jesus, as set forth in this Psalm, than what is here said of him,... [ Continue Reading ]
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Here is a sad contrast! All that are not ingrafted in Jesus, the heavenly vine, their blossom shall go up as the dust, and their destruction cometh speedily! Every plant, saith Jesus himself, which my Father hath not plante... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. What an awful decision that day of judgment shall be when God shall winnow his floor, and while he gathers the wheat into his garner, burn the chaff with unquenchable fire. Matthew 3:12. Reader,... [ Continue Reading ]
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. The Lord knoweth them that are his, saith an Apostle. And as Jesus is the way, and the truth, and the life; so in Jesus the Lord approveth of all that are in Him; and not only approveth and accepteth them in Jes... [ Continue Reading ]