And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
The verse is a prayer asking God not to take the word of truth utterly out of the speaker's mouth, because hope has been put in His judgments and there is desire to keep speaking truth. It is the language of every truly obedient and sanctified heart. In its psalm setting the verse exalts God's law, with His testimonies and word serving as guides and counsellors, as the rule of life that sets out the principles of righteousness and defines the difference between right and wrong and between truth and error.
The prayer belongs to those who walk in the law of the Lord, keep His testimonies and seek Him with the whole heart. They do no iniquity. They delight in the path of His commandments, love them and meditate in His statutes. The hope expressed leads to keeping His law continually forever and ever, walking at liberty because His precepts are sought. It gives having wherewith to answer the one who reproaches, and speaking His testimonies without shame even before kings. It issues in delighting in, loving and meditating on His commandments and statutes.
The verse is the prayer and declaration of the end-time commandment-keeping people described in Revelation 14. Their fidelity and love for the law grow more decided as contempt is placed upon it in an emergency. When sung with heart and voice it becomes proclamation of the third angel's message. The prayer stands opposite to the spirit of those who pour bitterness against the law and follow the leadership of the first rebel, showing that true sanctification keeps all the commandments. The verse testifies to the sacredness of God's law and to the certainty that God will intervene when wickedness has reached its limit, with God's truth remaining a ground for hope in His judgments.
The verse is a prayer asking God not to take the word of truth utterly out of the speaker's mouth, because hope has been put in His judgments and there is desire to keep speaking truth. It is the language of every truly obedient and sanctified heart. In its psalm setting the verse exalts God's law, with His testimonies and word serving as guides and counsellors, as the rule of life that sets out the principles of righteousness and defines the difference between right and wrong and between truth and error.
The prayer belongs to those who walk in the law of the Lord, keep His testimonies and seek Him with the whole heart. They do no iniquity. They delight in the path of His commandments, love them and meditate in His statutes. The hope expressed leads to keeping His law continually forever and ever, walking at liberty because His precepts are sought. It gives having wherewith to answer the one who reproaches, and speaking His testimonies without shame even before kings. It issues in delighting in, loving and meditating on His commandments and statutes.
The verse is the prayer and declaration of the end-time commandment-keeping people described in Revelation 14. Their fidelity and love for the law grow more decided as contempt is placed upon it in an emergency. When sung with heart and voice it becomes proclamation of the third angel's message. The prayer stands opposite to the spirit of those who pour bitterness against the law and follow the leadership of the first rebel, showing that true sanctification keeps all the commandments. The verse testifies to the sacredness of God's law and to the certainty that God will intervene when wickedness has reached its limit, with God's truth remaining a ground for hope in His judgments.