Psalm 119:106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep your righteous judgments. I. THE OBJECT OF THE PSALMIST'S PURPOSE WAS TO KEEP THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS OF GOD. This implies — 1. Labouring to get a true knowledge thereof; to understand aright what God has been pleased in His wisdom and goodness to reveal to us. 2. Receiving the truths thereof in the love of them, and submitting to all that God has declared, as being worthy to be received by us 3. Treasuring them up in our minds, and there labouring to preserve them, as we would something valuable which we were afraid of losing. 4. Living under the influence of them; not being carried down by the torrent of the times; not making custom the rule and model of our conduct. II. The NATURE of the psalmist's purpose: that is, IN WHAT SPIRIT OR TEMPER OF MIND such a purpose may be supposed to have been formed. 1. The psalmist meant to express his serious purpose. 2. It was not a hasty but a deliberate purpose. 3. The determination before us is not the language of self-confidence, but a proper humble purpose and resolution. 4. This resolution has nothing in it of the spirit of procrastination and putting off: there is no mention made of any future, time when he would devote himself to this work. (S. Knight, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.WEB: I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances. |
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