My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
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
Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy,.... Which is either general and providential, and reaches to all his creatures; and according to which David had been dealt with all his days, and which he desires a continuance of: or special; and which is in Christ, and communicated through him; and in whom he deals with his people, not according to their merits, but his...