Silence in Great Affliction
This devotional meditation on Psalm 39:9 by Gerrit Vos explores how believers maintain faith and silence before God during seasons of great affliction, recognizing God's sovereign hand in their suffering. Vos contrasts the godly response of quiet trust with the ultimate silence of the ungodly at final judgment, offering encouragement that faith in God's providence brings peace even in deepest sorrow.
Rev. Gerrit Vos (This is a chapter from O Taste and See: Devotionals From the Psalms) “I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because Thou didst it” (Ps. 39:9) There will be a day when the whole world shall be dumb before the Face of the great Judge. Paul speaks of this in Romans 3:19. All their lives they had spoken volubly against the Lord and against His anointed Son. But at the end of days and history there will be one great silence. They see Him whom they pierced. They see the open books:...