 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. 72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.  Life of Sir Henry Lawrence - Page 109by Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes, Herman Merivale - 1872 - 627 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John M'Donald (teacher of English) - 1838 - 188 pages
...thou caused me to hope'. This is my comfort' in my affliction': for thy word hath quickened me'. 72, The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver'. 92, 93, Unless thy law had been my delights', I should then have perished in mine affliction'; I will... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Philosophy and religion - 1838 - 690 pages
...calculated to convey to the soul, " О how I love thy law !" says David ; " il is my meditation all the day. The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of of gold and silver. I have rejoiced in thy testimonies as much as in all riches." The moral maxims... | |
 | Sermons, English - 1839 - 612 pages
...commandments, on which hang all the law ¡vnd the prophets. The Psalmist referred to it when he said, " The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver:" for he knew that the commandment proceeded from the lips of Jehovah, and that he wrote it on the tables... | |
 | 1840 - 728 pages
...during hie affliction most richly supplied him with " songs in the night." He would frequently say, " The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver." In fine, he was a man of prayer. Christ and his salvation was the theme on which he loved to dwell,... | |
 | Rose and crown lane - 1840 - 152 pages
...is my meditation all the day. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver," Psa. cxix. 24, 54, 93, 92, 97, 11, 72. It is pleasant also to see the children of such a mother disposed... | |
 | Phillis Breay - 1841 - 234 pages
...try to find in the Scriptures ? 18. Does the Old Testament tell us any thing about Jesus ? 8CRIPTURE TEXT. "The law of thy mouth is better unto me, than thousands of gold and saver." Ps. cxix. 72. 19. Who wrote these words ? 20. What does he mean by the law in this verse ?... | |
 | 1861 - 980 pages
...love for the word when he exclaimed — Oh ! how love I Thy law, it is my meditation all the day; — the law of Thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver ; — more to be desired than gold, yea, than much fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb;... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1841 - 572 pages
...do these views of the Word enstamp thereupon ! Well may the inspired Psalmist say, Ps. cxix. 72 : " The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver." Also in v. 127 : " I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold." The spiritual, heavenly,... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 pages
...delight in thy law. 71 It is good for me that I have been afflwted ; that I might learn thy statutes. 72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. JOD. 73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me : give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.... | |
 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 pages
...34, 35 ; Isa. ix. 13. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes : the law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. — Ps. cxix. 71, 72. My beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone; my soul failed, &c. I sought... | |
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