Look on my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget your law.
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
Prayer is the afflicted man's first recourse. Spread your case before God, plead for His power to deliver you, ask Him to advocate your righteous cause against your mighty enemies, and beg Him to revive your drooping spirit until deliverance comes. The closer you cleave to His word, the more certainly He will answer.
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Commenting on Psalm 119:153-154
Many are my persecutors and mine enemies,.... Because they were his enemies, therefore they were his persecutors; and they became enemies to him, or hated him, because of his religion, and on that account persecuted him: and this has always been the lot and case of God's people in all ages; and whose persecutors are many, even the whole world, as well as fierce and...