You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.
This psalm pursues two chief ends: to exhort God's children toward a holy life, and to establish the Law as the rule and form of true worship. The psalmist weaves in promises to animate believers to live justly, and complaints against the wicked who despise the Law, lest the faithful be corrupted by their example. Though he moves from one matter to another, the composition is not a heap of scattered thoughts, but holds together by a living connection.
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Commenting on Psalm 119:1-176
God treads down all who wander from His statutes and casts them away like dross, worthless, separated from the gold of the righteous. The proud may trample His people for a time, but He will surely triumph over those who oppose His kingdom and cast them into everlasting fire.
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Commenting on Psalm 119:118-120
Be surety for thy servant for good,.... The psalmist was, in a like case with Hezekiah, oppressed; and therefore desires the Lord would undertake for him, appear on his side, and defend him, Psa 38:14; and if God himself is the surety of his people, and engages in their behalf, they need fear no enemy.