The Weariness of Life
Hebrews 4:9
There remains therefore a rest to the people of God.


For the young, this is fresh, beautiful, sunlit life; to the old, it is often what Talleyrand found it, who in the journal of his eighty-third birthday wrote, "Life is a long fatigue." Weary eyes droop, weary shoulders bend, weary hands tremble, weary feet drag heavily along, weary brows burn, weary hearts faint everywhere. The primary cause of the universal weariness is universal sin. The needle forced from its centre is in a state of tremulous motion; man wandered from his God is in a state of weariness. Though now on the way back, he will never be perfectly at rest until finally at home.

(C. Stanford, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

WEB: There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God.




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