15. I will meditate in thy precepts. He who has an inward delight in anything will not long withdraw his mind from it. No spiritual exercise is more profitable to the soul than that of devout meditation; why are many of us so exceeding slack in it? The preceptory part of God’s Word was David’s special subject of meditation, and this was the more natural because the question was still upon his mind as to how a young man should cleanse his way. Practical godliness is vital godliness.
And have respect unto thy ways. That is to say, I will think much about them so as to know what thy ways are; and next, I will think much of them so as to have day ways in great reverence and high esteem.
Note how the verses grow more inward as they proceed: from the speech of verse 13 we advanced to the manifested joy of verse 14, and now we come to the secret meditation of the happy spirit. The richest graces are those which dwell deepest.
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