X.
On
Psalm cxix.
30–32
He who loves truth, and never utters a false word with
his mouth, may say, “I have chosen the way of truth.”
Moreover, he who always sets the judgments of God before his eyes, and
remembers them in every action, will say, “Thy judgments have I
not forgotten.” And how is our heart enlarged by trials and
afflictions! For these pluck out the thorns of anxious thoughts
within us, and enlarge the heart for the reception of the divine
laws. For, says he, “in affliction Thou hast enlarged
me.” Then do we walk in the way of God’s
commandments, well prepared for it by the endurance of
trials.