Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
The verse stands within a psalm whose whole burden is the exaltation of divine law and testimonies. Its prayer is the language of affection for divine precepts, a declared love for what God has enjoined. Those precepts belong to the Word that functions as the rule of life, defining what righteousness is and marking the distinction between right and wrong.
The verse stands within a psalm whose whole burden is the exaltation of divine law and testimonies. Its prayer is the language of affection for divine precepts, a declared love for what God has enjoined. Those precepts belong to the Word that functions as the rule of life, defining what righteousness is and marking the distinction between right and wrong.