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<p>Here is, 1. Davids state and condition; he was <i>in the house of</i> his <i>pilgrimage</i>, which may be understood either as his peculiar trouble (he was often tossed and hurried, and forced to fly) or as his lot in common with all. This world is the house of our pilgrimage, the house in which we are pilgrims; it is our tabernacle; it is our inn. We must confess ourselves <i>strangers and pilgrims upon earth</i>, who are not at home here, nor must be here long. Even Davids palace is but the house of his pilgrimage. 2. His comfort in this state: “<i>Thy statutes have been my songs</i>, with which I here entertain myself,” as travellers are wont to divert the thoughts of their weariness, and take off something of the tediousness of their journey, by singing a pleasant song now and then. David was the sweet singer of Israel, and here we are told whence he fetched his songs; they were all borrowed from the word of God. Gods statutes were as familiar to him as the songs which a man is accustomed to sing; and he conversed with them in his pilgrimage-solitudes. They were as pleasant to him as songs, and <i>put gladness into his heart</i> more than those have that <i>chant to the sound of the viol</i>, <a class="bibleref" title="Amos.6.5" href="/passage/?search=Amos.6.5">Amos 6:5</a>. <i>Isa. any afflicted</i> then? Let him sing over Gods statutes, and try if he cannot so <i>sing away sorrow</i>, <a class="bibleref" title="Ps.138.5" href="/passage/?search=Ps.138.5">Ps. 138:5</a>.</p>