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PE<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n
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129\u00a0<\/sup>Your testimonies are wonderful;<\/span><\/em>
\nTherefore my soul keeps them.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

130 <\/sup>The entrance of Your words gives light;<\/span><\/em>
\nIt gives understanding to the simple.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

131 <\/sup>I opened my mouth and panted,<\/span><\/em>
\nFor I longed for Your commandments.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

132 <\/sup>Look upon me and be merciful to me,<\/span><\/em>
\nAs Your custom is toward those who love Your name.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

133 <\/sup>Direct my steps by Your word,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd let no iniquity have dominion over me.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

134 <\/sup>Redeem me from the oppression of man,<\/span><\/em>
\nThat I may keep Your precepts.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

135 <\/sup>Make Your face shine upon Your servant,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd teach me Your statutes.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

136 <\/sup>Rivers of water run down from my eyes,<\/span><\/em>
\nBecause men do not keep Your law.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

In previous divisions we have seen [the psalmist’s] anger with the wickedness of those who make void the law of God, here we see his pity for them in the rivers of his tears. These two things are not contradictory. Both are the common experience of obedient souls, and both were supremely manifest in Jesus when He wept over the city whose doom He uttered. \u2014 Morgan, page 243.<\/span><\/h3>\n

entrance (v.130) = unfolding, opening<\/h3>\n

panted (v.131) = longed for, was eager for<\/h3>\n

For the believer facing the inevitable oppression of\u00a0 men (v.134)\u2014i.e., of living as one among an inherently depraved humanity, this section focuses on the unique value<\/em> of God’s Word, both intrinsically (e.g., v.129 “Thy testimonies are wonderful”) and expressively\/applicationally (e.g., v.130 “The unfolding of Thy words gives light”\u2014which is parallel to the notion of God’s “presence giving light” in v.135, the implication therefore being that one encounters God’s presence in the unfolding of His Word). \u2014 Wechsler, page 287.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PE 129\u00a0Your testimonies are wonderful; Therefore my soul keeps them. 130 The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. 131 I opened my mouth and panted, For I longed for Your commandments. 132 Look upon … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psalms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8436,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8435\/revisions\/8436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}