Homiletic Review Psalm 119:59-64 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet to your testimonies.… I. REFLECTION. "I thought," etc. When a sinner once begins to think he finds many things to think about, as — 1. His long-continued neglect of God. 2. The fearful number of his sins. 3. The many duties he has neglected. 4. The world of light, mercy and grace he has resisted. 5. The many favourable opportunities he has for ever lost. 6. God's amazing forbearance and unwearied efforts to bring him to repentance. 7. The anxiety felt for him all these years while he felt none for himself. II. REFORMATION. "And turned my feet," etc. Thinking of no use unless it prompts to action. Many a soul takes the first step, but not the second. Here the devil makes a bold stand, and plies all his arts to retain his hold on the sinner. III. MAKING HASTE. 1. Multitudes lose their convictions of sin by hesitancy and delay. 2. One of the strongest tendencies of human nature is to pug off turning to God. 3. The devil cares not how a man thinks, or weeps, or resolves, if he can but induce him to wait a little longer! Not so with the psalmist. He made haste, and delayed not his obedience. So will every sinner do, if he means to be saved. (Homiletic Review.) Parallel Verses KJV: I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.WEB: I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes. |
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