REPENTANCE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
Vs 8: The precepts of the Lord are right, Giving joy to the heart The commands of the Lord are radiant law is long since done away Giving light to the eyes.
Vs 9: The fear of the Lord is pure, Enduring forever. The decrees of the Lord firm, And all of them are righteous.
Matthew Henry comments on these verses as follows: “The statutes of the Lord are right, just as they should be, and, because they are right, they rejoice the heart. The commandments of the Lord are pure, holy, just, and good. By them we discover our need of a Savior, and then learn how to adorn his gospel. They are the means which the Holy Spirit uses in enlightening the eyes; they bring us to a sight and sense of our sin and misery, and direct us in the way of duty. The fear of the Lord, that is, true religion and godliness, is clean, it will cleanse our way; and it endureth forever… The ceremonial law is long done away, but the law concerning the fear of God is ever the same. The judgments of the Lord, his precepts, are true; they are so altogether; there is no unrighteousness in any of them. Gold is only for the body, and the concerns of time, but grace is for the soul, and the concerns of eternity. The word of the God, received by faith, is more precious than gold; it is sweet to the soul, sweeter than honey’ The pleasure of sense soon *surfeit, yet never satisfy; but those of religion are substantial and satisfying; there is no danger of excess.”
This is a great Psalm! It speaks of Repentance and Holiness. Repentance, turning away or turning your back on your sins, and Holiness, our living holy lives because He is Holy, is the hallmark of Psalm 19. These two verses are a part of a wonderful passage of Scripture. It is really too bad that our reading for today is only of the message of Psalm 19. As Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary says, “The whole is perfect, its tendency is to convert or turn the soul from sin and the world, to God and holiness.”
*“Surfeit” means: “cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess.”
Vs 9: The fear of the Lord is pure, Enduring forever. The decrees of the Lord firm, And all of them are righteous.
Matthew Henry comments on these verses as follows: “The statutes of the Lord are right, just as they should be, and, because they are right, they rejoice the heart. The commandments of the Lord are pure, holy, just, and good. By them we discover our need of a Savior, and then learn how to adorn his gospel. They are the means which the Holy Spirit uses in enlightening the eyes; they bring us to a sight and sense of our sin and misery, and direct us in the way of duty. The fear of the Lord, that is, true religion and godliness, is clean, it will cleanse our way; and it endureth forever… The ceremonial law is long done away, but the law concerning the fear of God is ever the same. The judgments of the Lord, his precepts, are true; they are so altogether; there is no unrighteousness in any of them. Gold is only for the body, and the concerns of time, but grace is for the soul, and the concerns of eternity. The word of the God, received by faith, is more precious than gold; it is sweet to the soul, sweeter than honey’ The pleasure of sense soon *surfeit, yet never satisfy; but those of religion are substantial and satisfying; there is no danger of excess.”
This is a great Psalm! It speaks of Repentance and Holiness. Repentance, turning away or turning your back on your sins, and Holiness, our living holy lives because He is Holy, is the hallmark of Psalm 19. These two verses are a part of a wonderful passage of Scripture. It is really too bad that our reading for today is only of the message of Psalm 19. As Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary says, “The whole is perfect, its tendency is to convert or turn the soul from sin and the world, to God and holiness.”
*“Surfeit” means: “cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess.”
by Paul Kightlinger, Elder
Posted in Read Through the Bible
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