Psalm 119:121-128 | Ayin

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Psalm 119:121-128 | Ayin

Milt Reynolds | Last updated: July 30, 2022

I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors. Give your servant a pledge of good; let not the insolent oppress me. My eyes long for your salvation and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise. Deal with your servant according to your steadfast love, and teach me your statutes. I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies! It is time for the LORD to act, for your law has been broken. Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold. Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right; I hate every false way. - Psalm 119:121–128 ESV

Deal With Me According To Love

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Lord, what have I done that is just and right? What have I done grudgingly, pridefully, or thoughtlessly? I can name no one as my oppressor, except my own flesh, and the devil that entices.

My eyes long to see the perfect good you've promised. Until then, deal with me according to love. Teach me to do what is just and right. Teach me to hate the falseness that is in me.

Love For Your Word

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Lord God, form my heart to do what is just and right...when oppressed by circumstances and conditions, whether people or places...do not leave me to my own devices!

  • Show me evidence of good in the promises of your Word
  • Show me your Salvation
  • Show me your steadfast Love
  • Teach me your Word
  • Tach me how to be your servant
  • Lord, act forcefully in my life

Change my desires, Lord, from love of earthly wealth and security and popularity, to love for your Word and Way!

Just and Right

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"I have done what is just and right..."

Can I say this? How can anyone say this?

Ayin turns to God when faced with oppressors. That is just and right.

Ayin seeks from God a pledge of good. That is just and right.

Ayin longs for God's salvatiion, for God's promise to be fulfilled. Ayin relies upon God's steadfast love, promised in God's Word.

All of this is just and right.

God, teach me to do the same!

A Supremely Valuable Treasure

God's Word is a pledge of good, a promise of rightness, a lesson of love, a testament to understanding, a law of action, a supremely valuable treasure.

What hope have I?

What hope have I when I'm found to be unrighteous and unjust? Does God leave me, allowing me to suffer oppression in this world? Ayin is in the midst of oppression, despite haivng done what is righteous and just. His eyes fail...from age or desease? Ayin hopes in God's promise, despite current conditons. Ayin depends wholly upon God's love and words, desperately depending upon having a right understanding of God's word. What does Ayin expect God to do? How does Ayin expect God to act?

What are "wrong paths"? Intentions and actions which ignore or pervert God's word. My "act" in the face of oppression is to love God's word and hate every wrong path.

What do I love more than God's word? How do I identify what I love?

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