I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
The verse joins a firm resolve to keep God's statutes with a plea not to be forsaken utterly or completely, abandoned or left alone. It belongs to a passage pronouncing blessing on the undefiled who walk in the law of the Lord, who keep His testimonies and seek Him with the whole heart, who do no iniquity and walk in His ways, who keep His precepts diligently, who have respect to all His commandments without shame, and who praise Him with uprightness of heart when learning His righteous judgments. It is the language of every truly obedient and sanctified heart, set in contrast to enmity against the law of God. Keeping God's statutes here is joined to learning His righteous judgments and to serving and praising Him with an upright heart, with wholehearted seeking and walking in His ways.
The psalm to which the verse belongs exalts God's law and points out its sacredness, presenting it as the rule of life. The Word lays down principles of righteousness that clearly define right and wrong and truth and error. The psalm also warns that the wickedness of the world has reached a point where the Lord will certainly interfere to punish transgression. The verse is part of the faithful people's song declaring their love and loyalty to God's law amid contempt for it. In this passage the commandments are a delight to the obedient child of God.
The verse is part of a lesson on God's word for children to read, learn by heart, and take to heart as they grow to trust and believe in God. It is part of a call for young people and for young men and women to heed the way of the Lord, to be studied to encourage a spirit desiring to heed that way. It is part of a prayer of consecration of heart and mind that the Lord's servants should continually offer to God.
The verse joins a firm resolve to keep God's statutes with a plea not to be forsaken utterly or completely, abandoned or left alone. It belongs to a passage pronouncing blessing on the undefiled who walk in the law of the Lord, who keep His testimonies and seek Him with the whole heart, who do no iniquity and walk in His ways, who keep His precepts diligently, who have respect to all His commandments without shame, and who praise Him with uprightness of heart when learning His righteous judgments. It is the language of every truly obedient and sanctified heart, set in contrast to enmity against the law of God. Keeping God's statutes here is joined to learning His righteous judgments and to serving and praising Him with an upright heart, with wholehearted seeking and walking in His ways.
The psalm to which the verse belongs exalts God's law and points out its sacredness, presenting it as the rule of life. The Word lays down principles of righteousness that clearly define right and wrong and truth and error. The psalm also warns that the wickedness of the world has reached a point where the Lord will certainly interfere to punish transgression. The verse is part of the faithful people's song declaring their love and loyalty to God's law amid contempt for it. In this passage the commandments are a delight to the obedient child of God.
The verse is part of a lesson on God's word for children to read, learn by heart, and take to heart as they grow to trust and believe in God. It is part of a call for young people and for young men and women to heed the way of the Lord, to be studied to encourage a spirit desiring to heed that way. It is part of a prayer of consecration of heart and mind that the Lord's servants should continually offer to God.