"My Times Are in Thy Hand"

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What a treasure store for a "rainy day" is locked up in those six monosyllables, "My times are in Thy hand"! Psa. 31:1515My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. (Psalm 31:15). What a downy pillow for a weary head to rest on in the night season! What a firm support for a tender creeper to cling to in the sunshine!
Looking on the darkest hour with such a resource, David could say, "Thou hast considered my trouble, Thou hast known my soul in adversities," and then adds, "How great is Thy goodness which Thou hast laid up for them that fear Thee!" Psa. 31:7, 197I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities; (Psalm 31:7)
19Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! (Psalm 31:19). And if all this is on the road, what will the end be but "one loud eternal burst of praise"? —Geo. C.