Psalm 4:7 You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. Now, as they were going along and talking, they espied a boy feeding his father's sheep. The boy was in very mean clothes, but of a very fresh and well-favoured countenance, and as he sat by himself, he sang — "He that is down needs fear no fall; He that is low no pride; He that is humble ever shall Have God to be his guide. I am content with what I have, Little be it or much; And, Lord, contentment still I crave, Because Thou savest such. Fulness to such a burden is, That go on pilgrimage: Here little, and hereafter bliss, Is best from age to age."Then said their guide, "Do you hear him?" "I will dare to say that this boy lives a merrier life, and wears more of that herb called heart's ease in his bosom, than he that is clad in silk and velvet." ( John Bunyan.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.WEB: You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased. |