Occupation a Blessing
Psalm 104:23
Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until the evening.


Physical occupation is an excellent aid to a happy and contented mind. I have seen a stage coach driven by a man of L10,000 a year, because he was wretched without regular muscular exertion. I have heard of a nobleman who, for the same reason, bargained with the cutler of the village to be allowed for a certain time every day to turn his grinding wheel. If you visit the Louvre in Paris you may see with your own eyes the anvil at which Louis XVI was in the habit, with a smith's apron on, of making locks, in order to divert his mind.

(J. Thain Davidson, D.D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.

WEB: Man goes forth to his work, to his labor until the evening.




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