Benefit of afflictions, and support under them. <br /> <br />ver. 153,81,82 <br /> <br />Consider all my sorrows, Lord, <br />And thy deliv'rance send; <br />My soul for thy salvation faints <br />When will my troubles end? <br /> <br />ver. 71 <br /> <br />Yet I have found 'tis good for me <br />To bear my Father's rod; <br />Afflictions make me learn thy law, <br />And live upon my God. <br /> <br />ver. 50 <br /> <br />This is the comfort I enjoy <br />When new distress begins- <br />I read thy word, I run thy way, <br />And hate my former sins. <br /> <br />ver. 92 <br /> <br />Had not thy word been my delight <br />When earthly joys were fled, <br />My soul, oppressed with sorrow's weight <br />Had sunk amongst the dead. <br /> <br />ver. 75 <br /> <br />I know thy judgments, Lord, are right, <br />Though they may seem severe; <br />The sharpest suff'rings I endure <br />Flow from thy faithful care. <br /> <br />ver. 67 <br /> <br />Before I knew thy chast'ning rod <br />My feet were apt to stray; <br />But now I learn to keep thy word, <br />Nor wander from thy way.<br /><br />Isaac Watts<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/psalm-119-part-14/
