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Jod. The Consolation of God's Providence and Government. —
v. 73. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me, the special creation of man being referred to here, and the implication being that God will not destroy His noblest creature. Give me understanding, leading the believer back to the original knowledge of the heavenly Father, that I may learn Thy commandments, for the renewal of the image of God in the heart of the believers works in them righteousness and true holiness, so that their entire conduct agrees with the directions given in His Word.
v. 74. They that fear Thee will be glad when they see me, rejoicing at the prosperity of the faithful. as they consider his cause their cause and glorify God for the revelation of His mercy, because I have hoped in Thy Word, for this hope never disappoints the believer.
v. 75. I know, O Lord, that Thy judgments, His decisions of condemnation as well as of approval, are right, they served for his benefit, for his salvation, and that Thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me, dealing with him as a faithful Friend and Father, the chastisement which was laid upon him being just the right thing to turn him away from sin and from the allurements of this world.
v. 76. Let, I pray Thee, Thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, to sustain him in the trials which his weak and sinful nature found so hard to endure, according to Thy Word unto Thy servant, another reminder of God's faithful promises, upon which he relies absolutely.
v. 77. Let Thy tender mercies come unto me, the believer being unable, of his own reason and strength, to come to them or to earn them, that I may live, for the mercy of God is the source of all true life in man; for Thy Law is my delight, the Word of God's mercy sustains him. For this reason the psalmist now asks God to frustrate the plans of the enemies.
v. 78. Let the proud, the arrogant mockers, be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause, both by intimating that his sufferings were an evidence of his rejection by God and by trying to discredit him everywhere; but I will meditate in Thy precepts, continuing to fashion his conduct in accordance with the Word of God.
v. 79. Let those that fear Thee turn unto me, realizing that the charges of his enemies are untrue, that God is not making him an example by punishing him in anger, and those that have known Thy testimonies, for all true believers will rally to his side in this emergency.
v. 80. Let my heart be sound, perfect and sincere, in Thy statutes, making the Word his one rule of doctrine and life, that I be not ashamed, disgraced before the enemies on account of his trust and disappointed in his hope of salvation.