Psalm 119:137-144 English Standard Version

Tsadhe

137 Righteous are you, O Lord, and right are your rules.

138 You have appointed your testimonies in righteousness and in all faithfulness.

139 My zeal consumes me, because my foes forget your words.

140 Your promise is well tried, and your servant loves it.

141 I am small and despised, yet I do not forget your precepts.

142 Your righteousness is righteous forever, and your law is true.

143 Trouble and anguish have found me out, but your commandments are my delight.

144 Your testimonies are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live.

After using two linesfrom these verses yesterday I revisited Tsadhe and read it all.

Yesterday we were discussing what we must do and why. Here in today’s offering we see truth laid out without argument. Every verse is true even if we do not have a perfect understanding of everything it involves.

Every verse speaks to me from a place of understanding because it has been lived out in my life in some way. I might not have understood it at the time but in time, by God’s Word, it now makes sense.

I cannot say this is true for everyone who reads these verses today, maybe for the first time. I trust the Lord will use this opportunity for someone. It might not be for everyone, it might not even be for two, but if it speaks to even one person, then my obedience has been well worth it.

His appointments are important, even if we should show up in the waiting room in awkward silence waiting for our name to be called. He knows us by name and He will call upon us.

Awkward silence is not the time to fill the room with the sound of your own voice.

That was how zeal once consumed me.