THE AFFLICTION OF THE SOUL, THE MIND; The Psalmist David, said, Before l was afflicted l went astray: but now l have kept thy word. When a believer gets into Gods word, the Lord begins to take his word and cleanse the mind, it is called the washing of the water of the word, Jesus said to the disciples, these words l speak unto you, clean you, make you clean, the words of almighty God, through meditation on what is read, begins an afflicting process, that moves out the enemies thoughts and ways, while replacing, and renewing the mind with the thoughts and ways of the Lord, thus through the afflicting of the mind, a believer is changed to the point, of no longer going astray, the believer is changed from wrong desires to coming to right desires, when your desires are changed, the wants of a believer, no longer exsist, THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT! We see another statement that the Psalmist David said, l know O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness