(5) Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? (6) Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg? (7) The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
These are striking expressions, to denote the total insufficiency of all earthly comforts. How differently doth the soul feel, when creature comforts are sanctified with redeeming blessings. David felt this in an high degree, when he saith, O my GOD, my soul is cast down within me; therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, and from the hill Mizar. Psalms 42:6. Reader! it is blessed to still and calm the troubled spirit, by thoughts of GOD. I cannot bid those troubled waters be quiet; but JESUS can. Him therefore let me remember.