...the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord." With David, our language would be :—" I was dumb, I opened not my mouth: because thou didst it." With Habakkuk, we should sing, "Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in...

...regard to God's providential disposals about them, though others tad a criminal hand in them, says, " I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because thou didst it." And our blessed Lord himself patiently endured his terrible sufferings on this principle, saying, " O my...

...together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. — Ps. xxxix. 9. I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. — Matt. vi. 10. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Matt. xxvi. 39....

...Lord frequently complaineth of them, in the Psalms, as one of the bitter ingredients in his own cup. 9. " I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because thou didst it." Whatever materials compose the rod of affliction, and from whatsoever quarter the stroke cometh, let...

...thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter." Matt. xiii. 7. And hence his noble conclusion: "I was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it." Ps. xxxix. 9. Finally, let the pastor direct the attention of such a person to the contemplation of...

...said, the thing proceedeth from the Lord ; we cannot speak untothee bad or good." — GEN. xxiv, 50. " I was dumb, I opened not my mouth because thou didst it.'' — Ps. xxxix, 9. And again, " Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren...

...hope is in thee. 8 Deliver me from all my transgressions : make me not the reproach of the foolish. 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. 10 Remove thy stroke away from me : I am consumed by the blow of thy hand. 11 When thou with rebukes...

...as usual,we must go to the psalms for truth in what concerns the feelings of the human being. — ' I was dumb ; I opened not my mouth, because Thou didst it.' " " Yes," said Herbert,—" because Thou didst it.— That is the true test which every heart ought...

...they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away."5 Like David, who said, " I was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it," 6 the true believer is willing to be a silent sufferer. None of us know which is to be our next affliction,...

...circumstances, that he " held his peace:" (Levit. x. 3 :) and so the psalmist records of himself; (Ps. xxxix. 9 ;) "I was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it." This is the only proper spirit of a child of God, under his rebukes. But the evil more immediately...