My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
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
Heaviness melts the soul like a candle burning away; ask God to strengthen you by His word as He promised, enough for each day's trial. But watch yourself: affliction tempts men to lie and cheat their way out. Pray hard that God keeps you from settling into deceit, for a course of lying is what every good soul must dread and resist.
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Commenting on Psalm 119:28-29
I have chosen the way of truth,.... Christ, who is the way and the truth, the true way to God and to eternal happiness; and to choose him is to choose the good part, which shall never be taken away; and which choice is made, not by the free will of man, as left to itself, but under the influence and by the direction of...