Proclamation:
“Those who devise wicked schemes are near,
but they are far from Your law. Yet You are near, Lord, and all Your commands are true.” Psalm 119:150-151 (NIV)
Explanation:
The words of this psalm were written by
King David under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God. This is the nineteenth part, Qoph, of this
twenty-two part psalm. Here David appears
to be bargaining with The Lord. He
basically says if He does something for him, then he will obey His laws. David says answer me and I will obey, (Psalm
119:145) and save me and I will keep Your statutes. (Psalm 119:146) He says that he has been up all night thinking
about the promises that God gave him and he asks Him to hear his prayer and
preserve his life. (Psalm 119:148-149) David
is aware that those evil people who would do him harm are nearby but he is also
aware that The Lord God is nearby and he wants His protection.
Application:
This world is full of people who plan and
develop schemes to take advantage of the innocent, unsuspecting, and the naïve. Most of the “do-gooders” can’t imagine the
lengths that people will go to in order to deceive them. People will tell convincing lies in order to
take advantage of others. They offer
tempting promises of great rewards to lure in their victims. We need to stay “prayed up” and wrapped up in
The Word of God in order to be protected from the evil wicked people in this
world. The Lord said that He would never
leave us or forsake us, but if we want His help we must believe in Him and ask
Him. (Hebrews 13:5 and John 15:7) We do
not have to stay up all night long and pray, but it is better to lose a little
sleep and pray each night. We need to
ask for His help and to thank Him for that which He has done, is doing, and
will do.
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