They persecute wrongfully; they dig pits; they have almost consumed; they have waited to destroy; but thy Word abides steadfast. The driven soul flees to the cleft of the Rock and hides there.
At the beginning of our religious life we rest on the assurances of others. Our parents, teachers, ministers, all insist on the truth of Scripture and the certainty of the facts which it reveals; but as life goes on we change our foundations and advance to the personal and experimental conviction which has been wrought in us by years of testing the Word of God for ourselves.
The famous Scotch clergyman, Thomas Erskine, said that no demolition of outward authority, even if such demolition were possible, could deprive him of the conviction of the divine origin and authority of the Bible, because it so exactly coincided with the experiences of his life, and had been verified in so many remarkable instances. We have experienced God's faithfulness to His promises too often to be afraid of any attack upon the truth of Scripture. It is settled in heaven, Psalms 119:89. [source]
Chapter Summary: Psalm 119
1This psalm contains various prayers, praises, and professions of obedience 2Aleph 9Beth 17Gimel 25Daleth 33He 41Waw 49Zayin 57Heth 65Teth 73Yodh 81Kaph 89Lamedh 97Mem 105Nun 113Samekh 121Ayin 129Pe 137Tsadhe 145Qoph 153Resh 161Sin and Shin 169Taw
What do the individual words in Psalms 119:85 mean?
have dugfor methe presumptuouspitswhich [is]notaccording to Your law