Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+119%3A137-144&version=AMP Bible Hub Commentary Psalm 119:137-144 https://biblehub.com/commentaries/psalms/119-137.htm Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary: 119:137-144 God never did, and never can do wrong to any. The promises are faithfully performed by Him that made them. Zeal against sin should constrain us to do what we can against it, at least to do more in religion ourselves. From T.H.M. = “in religion” that is to say straining TOWARD a pure heart and a righteous spirit. Must be performed by God Himself to Indwell our spirit because “the heart is evil continually) see https://biblehub.com/genesis/6-5.htm and https://biblehub.com/jeremiah/17-9.htm. Continuing Verse 10 tells us “I, the LORD, SEARCH the heart; I TEST the mind, TO REWARD a person according to their way, BY WHAT Their Deeds Deserve. Back to Matthew Henry: Our love to the word of God is evidence of our love to God, because it is designed to make us partake his holiness. Men's “f.i.o.= for information only” a person’s True and” real Excellency always makes them low in their own eyes. When we are SMALL and DESPISED, we have the more need to remember God's precepts, that we may HAVE THEM IN US https://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/11-18.htm TO SUPPORT US. The law of God is the truth, the standard of holiness, THE RULE OF HAPPINESS; but the obedience of Christ alone justifies the believer. Sorrows are often the lot of saints in this vale of tears; they are in heaviness THROUGH MANIFOLD TEMPTATIONS. There are delights in the word of God, which the saints often most sweetly enjoy when in trouble and anguish. This is life eternal, to know God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent, John 17:3 “Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent”. MAY WE LIVE THE LIFE OF FAITH AND GRACE HERE, AND BE REMOVED TO THE LIFE OF GLORY HEREAFTER.
