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Psalm 119:31BSB·author unknown

I cling to Your testimonies, O LORD; let me not be put to shame.

John Calvin Reformed

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

Matthew Henry Presbyterian

Religion must be a chosen thing, deliberate and settled, not drifted into by habit. The way of truth is the only safe way, and once you have chosen it, you must keep God's word before your eyes like a craftsman keeps his pattern, constantly, practically, ruling every step. The choosing Christian is the steady Christian; those who stumble into faith will stumble out of it when the wind turns.

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Commenting on Psalm 119:30-32

John Gill Reformed Baptist

HE.--The Fifth Part. HE. Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes,.... Which they point unto, and direct to walk in; not only the statutes and ordinances themselves, the theory of them, but the practice of them. This is taught in the word, and by the ministers of it; but none so effectually teach as the Lord himself, Isa 2:3; and I shall keep...