Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Many sorrows belong to the wicked, while mercy encircles the one who trusts in the Lord. This contrast is learned through study of the Word of God. It belongs to the true and safe instruction the Lord regards as the higher education, distinct from the higher education so called by the world. That true higher education gives true and safe instruction from the Word of God for a right understanding.
It is the way of the Lord in which self is not manifested in large proportions. As the heart and mind and life are impressed and refined and purified, men receive the exalted privilege of expressing the divine image in thought and deed. The promise that mercy shall surround the trusting one comforts those whose past sins are brought up to accuse and discourage them. They are to hold fast their trust toward God and not be shaken by human efforts to condemn them.
Many sorrows belong to the wicked, while mercy encircles the one who trusts in the Lord. This contrast is learned through study of the Word of God. It belongs to the true and safe instruction the Lord regards as the higher education, distinct from the higher education so called by the world. That true higher education gives true and safe instruction from the Word of God for a right understanding.
It is the way of the Lord in which self is not manifested in large proportions. As the heart and mind and life are impressed and refined and purified, men receive the exalted privilege of expressing the divine image in thought and deed. The promise that mercy shall surround the trusting one comforts those whose past sins are brought up to accuse and discourage them. They are to hold fast their trust toward God and not be shaken by human efforts to condemn them.