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Psalm 119:20 "My soul breaks with longing for Your judgments at all times."
Day 278 – Psalm 119:17-24
“My soul breaks with longing for Your judgments at all times.” Psalm 119:20
AN APPRECIATION OF THE PLACE OF GOD’S WORD IN LIFE
The circumstances in the life of the psalmist were sometimes critically dangerous. In the context of the tough times he went through, the psalmist recognized afresh just how important the word of God was.
“My soul breaks with longing
For Your judgments at all times.
You rebuke the proud- the cursed,
Who stray from Your commandments.
Remove from me reproach and contempt,
For I have kept Your testimonies.
Princes also sit and speak against me,
But Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.”
Psalm 119:20-24
1. Adverse circumstances
a) There were enemies.
b) Some of them were princes.
c) Their attacks included the following:-
i) Reproach
ii) Contempt
iii) Opposing the psalmist and speaking against him
2. The psalmist’s clear response
a) He seeks God and His judgments.
b) He mediates on the statutes of the Lord.
c) He delights himself in the Lord’s testimonies.
d) God’s word offered significant counsel in difficult times.
3. A Prayer from the heart
The psalmist prayed that God would deal with the wicked and the proud, even if they were powerful and influential princes. He expressed confidence that God would hear his prayer for he knew that God would always resist the proud and the wicked who had strayed from His commandments.