Psalm 119:94 I am yours, save me: for I have sought your precepts. I. THE RELATION TO GOD WHICH IS CLAIMED IN THE TEXT. 1. Its origin. 2. Its dignity and blessedness. 3. The duties involved in it. (1) Loyalty. (2) Diligence. (3) Obedience. (4) Love. 4. The graces exemplified in pleading it. (1) Humility. (2) Faith. (3) The spirit of adoption. (4) Complete and implicit dependence. (5) Love and devotion. 5. The evidence by which this relation is supported: — "I have sought Thy precepts." II. THE PLEA WHICH THE PSALMIST FOUNDS UPON HIS RELATION TO GOD. "Save me." It is a brief petition, but it comprehends every blessing. It is the craving after spiritual freedom; the longing to be delivered from the bondage of corruption and the body of death, the panting to be transformed, renewed and sanctified. (C. F. Childe, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts. |
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