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Scott's Reference Library
Psalm 119:121 through Psalm 119:128 (NIV)
121 I have done what is righteous and just;
do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Ensure your servant’s well-being;
let not the arrogant oppress me.
123 My eyes fail, looking for your salvation,
looking for your righteous promise.
124 Deal with your servant according to your love
and teach me your decrees.
125 I am your servant; give me discernment
that I may understand your statutes.
126 It is time for you to act, O LORD;
your law is being broken.
127 Because I love your commands
more than gold, more than pure gold,
128 and because I consider all your precepts right,
I hate every wrong path.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
Happy is the man, who, acting upon gospel principles, does justice to all
around. Christ our Surety, having paid our debt and ransom, secures all the
blessings of salvation to every true believer. The psalmist expects the word of
God’s righteousness, and no other salvation than what is secured by that word,
which cannot fall to the ground. We deserve no favour form God; we are most easy
when we cast ourselves upon God’s mercy, and refer ourselves to it. If any man
resolve to do God’s will as his servant, he shall be made to know his
testimonies. We must do what we can for the support of religion, and, after all,
must beg of God to take the work into his own hands. It is hypocrisy to say we
love God’s commandments more than our worldly interests. The way of sin is a
false way, being directly contrary to God’s precepts, which are right: those
that love and esteem God’s law, hate sin, and will not be reconciled to it.