Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
It stands in a psalm that exalts God's law. It is a request for the Lord to teach the way of His statutes, joined to a purpose and resolve to keep that way faithfully unto the end. God's law is to be the rule of life, and His Word lays out the principles of righteousness and makes clear the difference between right and wrong.
The prayer is a consecration of heart and mind to God, the kind of consecration He asks to be made. It is a model of the prayer His servants are to offer continually. It belongs to a life of following Christ by continually seeking to learn God's word and obey it. Young men and women should study its words to encourage a spirit that desires to heed the Lord's way.
It stands in a psalm that exalts God's law. It is a request for the Lord to teach the way of His statutes, joined to a purpose and resolve to keep that way faithfully unto the end. God's law is to be the rule of life, and His Word lays out the principles of righteousness and makes clear the difference between right and wrong.
The prayer is a consecration of heart and mind to God, the kind of consecration He asks to be made. It is a model of the prayer His servants are to offer continually. It belongs to a life of following Christ by continually seeking to learn God's word and obey it. Young men and women should study its words to encourage a spirit that desires to heed the Lord's way.