The psalmist believes God is righteous and has spoken words in Torah that are right and that can guide God\u2019s people. But those two convictions are at odds with others: they evidently don\u2019t believe either of his convictions. How does he respond? Here are his words: The psalmist believes God is righteous and has spoken words in Torah that are right and that can guide God\u2019s people. But those two convictions are at odds with others: they evidently don\u2019t believe either of his convictions. How does he respond? Here are his words:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1753],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psalm-119"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n139 \tMy zeal wears me out,
\nfor my enemies ignore your words.
\n140 \tYour promises have been thoroughly tested,
\nand your servant loves them.
\n141 \tThough I am lowly and despised,
\nI do not forget your precepts.
\n143 \tTrouble and distress have come upon me,
\nbut your commands give me delight.
\nHis utter zeal \u2014 undeterred commitment \u2014 wears him down, annihilates him because his enemies ignore God\u2019s words. He is grieved by the ignorance of others<\/em>.
\nIn spite of his enemies\u2019 approach to the words of God, the psalmist tests the promises of the Torah and loves them. He tests the words of God<\/em>.
\nTested as he might be, he will not forget the precepts. He will not forget<\/em>.
\nDistress leads him back to the righteous God and he finds God\u2019s commands utter delight \u2014 delight in delight, delightful delight, or delightful delightfulness. He delights in God\u2019s right laws<\/em>.
\nA God who is right prompts in the psalmist a love for the right things \u2014 the right people, the right laws, the right God, and to a grief over what is not right.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"