of the Lord fills the soul with joy in the midst of pain. The following remark of De Wette is important: “The somewhat diffuse language (two synonyms and the pronoun) is intended to depict the repose of confidence.” Luther: “David prescribes here to all Christians a common rule, that there is no other way or plan upon earth by which a man can be delivered from trouble of every kind, than to cast all his care upon the Lord, to lay hold of Him by His word of grace, to hold this fast, and by no means