The Great Texts Of The Bible Psalm Cxix To Song Of Songs

Author : James Hastings
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483404793
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book The Great Texts of the Bible written by James Hastings and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Great d104s of the Bible: Psalm CXIX. To Song of Songs 1. This' psalm is a hymn in praise of the Mosaic Law, which, either as God's law, or His statutes, or His commandments, or His testimonies, or His precepts, or His ceremonies, or His truth, or His way, or His righteousness, is referred to in every single verse of it except two. There is not much reason for doubting that it was written quite at the close of the Jewish Captivity in Babylon by some pious Jew who had felt all the unspeakable bitterness of the Exile, the insults and persecution of the heathen, the shame, the loss of heart, the trouble above measure which that compulsory sojourn in the centre of debased Eastern heathendom must have meant' for him. The writer was a man for whom sorrow did its intended work, by throwing him back upon God, His ways, and His will; and so in this trouble, when all was dark around, and hope was still dim and distant, and the heathen insolent and oppressive, and the temptations to religious laxity or apostasy neither few nor slight, he still could say, Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and light unto my path. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.