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Barnes' Notes on Psalms 119:26

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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I have declared my ways - That is, I have declared or recounted them to thee. I have made mention of my cares, troubles, anxieties, purposes. I have laid them all before thee, reserving or keeping back nothing. And thou heardest me - Thou didst answer me. It is only when we declare all our ways before God, that we can hope he “will” hear us. It is right and proper that we should go before God with all our cares and troubles. There is nothing that gives us anxiety, of which we may not speak to him, however trivial it may seem to be - even as a child speaks to a mother of the smallest matter that troubles him. When this is done, we may be assured that God will not turn away from us, or disregard our cry. “I told him all my secret grief; My secret groaning reached his cars; He gave my inward pains relief, And calmed the tumult of my fears.” Teach me thy statutes - Make known to me thy will. Acquaint me with what thou wouldst have me to do. See Psalms 119:12. return to 'Top of Page'
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