The Burden of the Righteous
P. L. Davies, M. A. Psalm 55:22 Cast your burden on the LORD, and he shall sustain you: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. I. THE RIGHTEOUS MAN. Justified by faith. No condemnation. II. THE TRIALS OF THE RIGHTEOUS MAN. 1. Those which he bears ill common with all men. Sickness, poverty, bereavement. 2. Those peculiar to the class to which he belongs. The prevalence of sin in the world, the difficulties attending the diffusion of Gospel truth, and the temptations which militate against a godly life, are burdens which all Christians are to bear in common. 3. Those which are restricted to him exclusively as an individual. He has his individual hopes and fears, his individual strength and weakness, and his individual pleasures and sufferings. III. THE DUTY OF THE RIGHTEOUS MAN IN VIEW OF HIS TRIALS, "Cast thy burden on the Lord." 1. The possibility of relief. The "burden can be removed. This is true of all his burdens. 2. There is but one way of obtaining this relief. By casting it on the Lord. 3. This one way of relief requires a personal effort. "Cast." IV. THE ENCOURAGEMENT WHICH IS GIVEN TO THE RIGHTEOUS MAN TO CAST HIS BURDEN ON THE LORD. "He shall never," etc. 1. The Lord's ability to sustain. 2. His willingness to sustain. He is a God of mercy 3. He has made great arrangements to relieve man of his burden. In His providence, in His word, in His Church, and in the agency of His Holy Spirit. Then east thy burden upon Him, O my soul, and He will sustain thee. (P. L. Davies, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. WEB: Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.