Psalms 4

REFLECTIONS UPON PSALM IV.—In every distress God is a safe refuge to flee to; and the more of his kindness we have experienced, the more bold ought to be our prayers, and the stronger our faith. But base is the work, contemptible the character, and vile the desires, of the wicked, when compared with those of the godly.—What fear of God and his judgments, what serious self-examination, what cordial dedication to God through Christ, are necessary in them that are saved!—The wishes of the unregenerated are senseless and sensual: but exalted are the desires, readily granted the felicity, and unmoved the rest, of them who firmly believe