Verses 21-31 - The psalmist takes God's comforts to himself, but in a very humbl manner. He was troubled in mind. His body was wasted, and almost wor away. But it is better to have leanness in the body, while the sou prospers and is in health, than to have leanness in the soul, while the body is feasted. He was ridiculed and reproached by his enemies. But in Godbless us, we need not care who curses us; for how can they curs whom God has not cursed; nay, whom he has blessed? He pleads God' glory, and the honour of his name. Save me, not according to my merit for I pretend to none, but according to thy-mercy. He concludes with the joy of faith, in assurance that his present conflicts would end i triumphs. Let all that suffer according to the will of God, commit the keeping of their souls to him. Jesus, unjustly put to death, and no risen again, is an Advocate and Intercessor for his people, ever read to appear on their behalf against a corruptworld, and the grea accuser __________________________________________________________________
