Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
David shows us that true happiness rests on one thing alone: God's free forgiveness of our guilt and full acceptance of our persons. Without this reconciliation, men either writhe in torment or drift into deadly forgetfulness of both God and themselves, unable to imagine that He could be gracious to them at all.
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Commenting on Psalm 32:1-11
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked. Like refractory horses and mules, they have many cuts and bruises. Here and hereafter the portion of the wicked is undesirable. Their joys are evanescent, their sorrows are multiplying and ripening. He who sows sin will reap sorrow in heavy sheaves.
Having tasted the sweetness of pardoning mercy, David cannot doubt God will preserve him from trouble and guard him from returning to folly. God keeps His people from trouble by keeping them from sin. Now converted, he instructs others: whoever desires instruction, I will teach you in the great congregation.
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Commenting on Psalm 32:7-11