Psalm 119:110

Vs. 110 — The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I have not strayed from Your precepts.

Prayer:

You, O’ God, have kept me.  The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I have not strayed from Your precepts. The evil that surrounds Your people in this shadow land is growing and it is growing more bold and dark. But we will not fear, for we know the promise of our Savior that it is not possible that the elect fall away completely. We will not be overcome, because He has overcome the World. We may fall, but You will not allow us to fall completely. Nothing can separate us from the love of God. Nothing. We are hidden in You by Christ Jesus, our Savior and Redeemer! Safe, secure, and sealed, in Christ! Amen!


Psalm 119:109

Vs. 109 — My life is continually in my hand, Yet I do not forget Your law.

Charles H. Spurgeon:

He lived in the midst of danger. He had to be always fighting for existence—hiding in caves, or contending in battles. This is a very uncomfortable and trying state of affairs, and men are apt to think any expedient justifiable by which they can end such a condition: but David did not turn aside to find safety in sin, for he says, “Yet do I not forget thy law.” They say that all things are fair in love and war; but the holy man thought not so: while he carried his life in his hand, he also carried the law in his heart. No danger of body should make us endanger our souls by forgetting that which is right. Trouble makes many a man forget his duty, and it would have had the same effect upon the Psalmist if he had not obtained quickening (verse 107) and teaching (verse 108). In his memory of the Lord’s law lay his safety; he was certain not to be forgotten of God, for God was not forgotten of him. It is a special proof of grace when nothing can drive truth out of our thoughts, or holiness out of our lives. If we remember the law even when death stares us in the face, we may be well assured that the Lord is remembering us. (Spurgeon, C. H. (2009). The treasury of David: Psalms 111-119 (Vol. 5, pp. 343–344). Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.)

Prayer:

Father, grant me the grace to stand on Your word and not depart from righteousness so to ensure that justice and fairness is carried out … in my own eyes. Forgive me for righteous indignation and speaking as if I were omniscient–knowing everything about a circumstance and situation, or that I know the heart of a person and what You are doing in that soul and with his life. Keep Your law in my mind to guide my judgments. I have to rely on Your Spirit to keep me and carry me. Your kingdom come and manifest; Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven! Amen!

 


Psalm 119:108

vs. 108 — Accept, I pray, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, And teach me Your judgments.

John Calvin:

This verse may be read in one connected sentence, as well as divided into two members. According to the former view, the sense will be, Receive, O Lord, my sacrifices, to this end, that thou mayest teach me thy commandments. If we prefer dividing the verse into two clauses, then it will consist of two separate prayers; first, a prayer that God would accept the prophet’s sacrifices; and, secondly, a prayer that he would instruct him in the doctrine of the law. I am rather inclined to follow the first opinion. The prophet affirms, as we have seen elsewhere, that nothing was more precious to him than to understand the doctrine of the law. Lord, as if he had said, do thou, according to thy good pleasure, accept the sacrifices which I offer thee; and as my chief desire is, to be instructed aright in thy law, grant that I may be a partaker of this blessing, which I am so anxious to obtain.

It was the design of God, by that ceremony, to testify to the fathers that no prayers were acceptable to him, but those which were joined with sacrifice, that they might always turn their minds to the Mediator. In the first place, he acknowledges that he was unworthy of obtaining any thing by his prayers, and that, if God heard him, it proceeded from his free and unmerited grace. (Calvin, J., & Anderson, J. (2010). Commentary on the Book of Psalms (Vol. 4, pp. 482–483). Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.)

Prayer:

O’ God, Father of Righteousness and Truth, I know with certainty that my prayers are wholly accepted and delightful to You. I know this because Jesus Christ is my Mediator and High Priest. He has made all that pertains to me holy, blameless, and beyond reproach. He has made my prayers sweet to Your ears. When I think of such, I am shut up and truly beside myself. With such confidence in my Christ, I request knowledge and understanding in Your word, Your ways, and judgments. Humble this child and teach me. Grant me a meek–teachable, spirit. I ask this also for all the saints. Grant us to know You and Your ways.


Psalm 119:107

Vs. 107 — I am afflicted very much; Revive me, O Lord, according to Your word.

Charles H. Spurgeon:

According to the last verse he had been sworn in as a soldier of the Lord, and in this next verse he is called to suffer hardness in that capacity. Our service of the Lord does not screen us from trial, but rather secures it for us. The Psalmist was a consecrated man, and yet a chastened man; nor were his chastisements light; for it seemed as if the more he was obedient the more he was afflicted. He evidently felt the rod to be cutting deep, and this he pleads before the Lord. He speaks not by way of murmuring, but by way of pleading; from the very much affliction he argues for very much quickening.

The Lord has promised, prepared, and provided this blessing of renewed life for all his waiting servants: it is a covenant blessing, and it is as obtainable as it is needful. Frequently the affliction is made the means of the quickening, even as the stirring of a fire promotes the heat of the flame. In their affliction some desire death, let us pray for life. (Spurgeon, C. H. (2009). The treasury of David: Psalms 111-119 (Vol. 5, p. 343). Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.)

Prayer:

Father, Abba Father, I call for revival. I ask for a renewing. As You have promised, so grant me such grace. My soul is heavy and sore. My afflictions weigh upon me. You and You alone are my deliverer. I am not asking for a superficial, temporal relief from this, but a strengthening to my soul that will lift my eyes towards Thee as I endure this trial and pain. When the dawn breaks I know that there will be joy and gladness, as it is written. In this affliction teach me to trust You. My Father, I am in Your care. Amen.


Psalm 119:106

Vs. 106 — I have sworn and confirmed That I will keep Your righteous judgments.

Charles H. Spurgeon:

Under the influence of the clear light of knowledge he had firmly made up his mind and solemnly declared his resolve in the sight of God. Perhaps mistrusting his own fickle mind, he had pledged himself in sacred form to abide faithful to the determinations and decisions of his God. Whatever path might open before him, he was sworn to follow that only upon which the lamp of the word was shining. The Scriptures are God’s judgments, or verdicts, upon great moral questions; these are all righteous, and hence righteous men should be resolved to keep them at all hazards, since it must always be right to do right. (Spurgeon, C. H. (2009). The treasury of David: Psalms 111-119 (Vol. 5, p. 342). Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.)

Prayer:

I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments. This is my confession, my profession. In the grace of Christ thus I will walk.