Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
The psalm that contains this prayer is a psalm that exalts God's law. In it David takes God's testimonies as his delight and his counsellors and makes God's Word the guide for his life. The holy commandments in view were given to govern human agencies.
Those commandments face continuing contempt by being despised and made void through increasing defiance and changing of God's laws. God responds with very great forbearance, bearing long with perversity while giving continual light to those who remain obedient. That long-suffering puts constraint upon His own attributes and causes marvel. Wickedness against His holy law reaches the point where life becomes intolerable because of cruelty, and the Lord will certainly arise to punish bold and defiant wickedness. That declaration belongs with Psalms 126 and 127, voiced earnestly in a large assembly.
Love for the law grows more decided in proportion to the contempt placed upon it. The verse is the prayer of God's commandment-keeping people in the last days, sung as the declaration of their faith and the third angel's message. In it they ask God to look upon them and be merciful to them as He does to all who love His name. They join with that the requests to order their steps in His word, to let no iniquity rule over them, to deliver them from human oppression so they will keep His precepts, and to shine upon them and teach them, while they grieve with weeping because others do not keep His law.
The psalm that contains this prayer is a psalm that exalts God's law. In it David takes God's testimonies as his delight and his counsellors and makes God's Word the guide for his life. The holy commandments in view were given to govern human agencies.
Those commandments face continuing contempt by being despised and made void through increasing defiance and changing of God's laws. God responds with very great forbearance, bearing long with perversity while giving continual light to those who remain obedient. That long-suffering puts constraint upon His own attributes and causes marvel. Wickedness against His holy law reaches the point where life becomes intolerable because of cruelty, and the Lord will certainly arise to punish bold and defiant wickedness. That declaration belongs with Psalms 126 and 127, voiced earnestly in a large assembly.
Love for the law grows more decided in proportion to the contempt placed upon it. The verse is the prayer of God's commandment-keeping people in the last days, sung as the declaration of their faith and the third angel's message. In it they ask God to look upon them and be merciful to them as He does to all who love His name. They join with that the requests to order their steps in His word, to let no iniquity rule over them, to deliver them from human oppression so they will keep His precepts, and to shine upon them and teach them, while they grieve with weeping because others do not keep His law.