24. Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counselors. They were not only themes for meditation, but also sources of delight and means of guidance. While his enemies took counsel with each other, the holy man took counsel with the testimonies of God. The words of the Lord serve us for many purposes; in our sorrows they are our delight, and in our difficulties they are our guide; we derive joy from them and discover wisdom in them. When we follow their counsel it must not be with reluctance but with delight. This is the safest way of dealing with those who plot for our ruin; let us give more heed to the true testimonies of the Lord than to the false witness of our foes.
In verse 16 David said, “I will delight in thy statutes,” and here he says, “they are my delight”: thus resolutions formed in God’s strength come to fruit, and spiritual desires ripen into actual attainments.
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