Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.
Words alone are mockery without the heart meditating; the shell is nothing without the kernel. Both together are useless unless accepted by God, and even man's acceptance means nothing if He does not receive them. Feel your personal interest in Him as your strength and Redeemer, or your prayer will falter and fail.
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The heavens declare God's glory, but Scripture does far more: it recovers fallen man. Creation would have sufficed if Adam had not sinned, but now divine revelation must do what the works of God alone cannot. The word has its power and excellence from the Lawmaker Himself, and nothing can be added to it or taken away.
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Commenting on Psalm 19:7-14
The words of God are desirable as outward treasure and sweet as inward nourishment; the servant who is warned by them knows by experience that their observance brings great reward. Yet because the Law shows man to himself, even the pardoned saint must pray for forgiveness of sins he cannot perceive.
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Commenting on Psalm 19:10-14