Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. In its setting this assurance is given to the distressed, that the Lord is near to the brokenhearted, saves the contrite, and redeems those who serve and trust Him. The afflictions of the righteous belong within a picture of spiritual humility, connected with blessing on the poor in spirit and with God's regard for the humble and contrite. The verse reveals God as the help and shield of all who trust in Him, both the house of Aaron and those who fear the Lord.
Affliction is not proof that the anger of the Lord is upon the sufferer. God brings His people into trials and allows troubles to come in order to draw them nearer to Him. Troubles and trials conform the righteous to their Lord and Master and prove the eternal principles that love for God and love for truth have planted in their hearts.
David illustrates the verse as a representative man whose history guides everyone striving for eternal victory, in whose heart faith and unbelief struggled daily for mastery while Satan disputed every advance of righteousness and tried to shut out light from God's throne. He fought evil spiritual powers and rulers of darkness and was at times nearly overcome until faith conquered and he rejoiced in saving power. The same struggle must be gone through by every follower of Christ while Satan works with great power in his short time. The controversy is watched by the heavenly universe and angels are ready to raise a defense for hard-pressed soldiers and give them songs of victory and rejoicing.
God does not desire His children to remain under a cloud or to go in anguish of spirit looking at the thorns and thistles in their experience. The required response is to trust His love, mercy, and promises, to talk faith and act faith, to believe He will do what He has said even when feeling and sight give no proof. The deliverance is to be laid hold of personally as a promise. The chapter including this verse contains important lessons to be read verse by verse, especially before people who need them and those not walking in the light. It shows the Lord's tender regard for those with subdued, contrite hearts, His mercy on those who fear Him, and His putting down the proud and mighty while exalting those of low degree and filling the hungry with good things.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. In its setting this assurance is given to the distressed, that the Lord is near to the brokenhearted, saves the contrite, and redeems those who serve and trust Him. The afflictions of the righteous belong within a picture of spiritual humility, connected with blessing on the poor in spirit and with God's regard for the humble and contrite. The verse reveals God as the help and shield of all who trust in Him, both the house of Aaron and those who fear the Lord.
Affliction is not proof that the anger of the Lord is upon the sufferer. God brings His people into trials and allows troubles to come in order to draw them nearer to Him. Troubles and trials conform the righteous to their Lord and Master and prove the eternal principles that love for God and love for truth have planted in their hearts.
David illustrates the verse as a representative man whose history guides everyone striving for eternal victory, in whose heart faith and unbelief struggled daily for mastery while Satan disputed every advance of righteousness and tried to shut out light from God's throne. He fought evil spiritual powers and rulers of darkness and was at times nearly overcome until faith conquered and he rejoiced in saving power. The same struggle must be gone through by every follower of Christ while Satan works with great power in his short time. The controversy is watched by the heavenly universe and angels are ready to raise a defense for hard-pressed soldiers and give them songs of victory and rejoicing.
God does not desire His children to remain under a cloud or to go in anguish of spirit looking at the thorns and thistles in their experience. The required response is to trust His love, mercy, and promises, to talk faith and act faith, to believe He will do what He has said even when feeling and sight give no proof. The deliverance is to be laid hold of personally as a promise. The chapter including this verse contains important lessons to be read verse by verse, especially before people who need them and those not walking in the light. It shows the Lord's tender regard for those with subdued, contrite hearts, His mercy on those who fear Him, and His putting down the proud and mighty while exalting those of low degree and filling the hungry with good things.