...gleanings of the vintage*: there is no cluster to eat : my soul desireth the first ripe fruit. — 8. Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy : when I fall,...in darkness, the Lord» shall be a light unto me. 9. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause,...

...hear them;"-|- — "When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up;".];—" When I fall I shall arise; when I sit in darkness the Lord shall be a light unto me^'^-and many others: not to mention our Lord's declara'tion — " Take no thought for the morrow:...

...kept me from exposing my slanderers. Micha's words much affected my heart, chap. vii. 8, — 10. " Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy ; when I fall,...sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me," &c. Then, and ever since, I have found that the Lord hath most plainly vindicated me when I have made...

...without fainting. I find much to be contained in the triumphant language of the church, Mic. vii. 8. ''Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy! When I fall,...in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me."' The faith of the certainty of such events frees the mind from despomJrnc/, fills it with hope, and...

...I will look unto the Lord : I will wait for the God of my salvation : my God will hear me. Ver. 8. Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy : when I fall, I shall arise ; when 1 sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. Ver. 9. I will bear the indignation of the Lord,...

...countenance of God, and yet had strong faith ; as appears in those words, ' When I fall I shall rise ; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.' He will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. And let this suffice for...

...prophet Micah, " Rejoice " Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy ; when I shall fall, I shall rise : when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me," Micah vii. 8. As Moses said to Pharaoh, " We will go into the wilderness to sacrifice to our God ;...

...for me !' January 26th. " I read to her to-day the 8th and 9th verses of the rth chapter of Micah. When I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. She observed, that passage particularly suited her. I said, ' I hope, my love, you do not sit in darkness.'...

...unshaken reliance on his faithfulness and power, you may now adopt the exulting language of the church, Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy, when I fall, I shall arise. Hereafter you shall sing the song of Moses and of the Lamb in those man*' 394 The Grace of Christ ,...

...language of the prophet Micah, "' Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy ; when I shall fall, I shall rise : when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me," Micah vii. 8. As Moses said to Pharaoh, " We will go into the wilderness to sacrifice to our God ;...