Psalm 119:10 – This passage is the inspiration
for the hymn “Let Me be Thine Forever”
{LSB 689} The Psalmist’s devotion is first of all to the God of the law and the
promises. They have meaning for him only because they are God’s word of life.
With my whole heart I have sought You: Here the psalmist declares his
dedication to God, and at the same time recognizes his weakness in being able
to maintain such a dedication (Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments).
With my whole heart I
have sought You reminds us that Scripture was no mere textbook to the psalmist;
it was how he sought and met with God. His heart had gone after God himself: he
had not only desired to obey his laws, but to commune with his person.
Let me not wander helps us put in perspective the many claims to purity and
devotion in this psalm (and others). They are understood in the light of
dependence upon God, not in the sense of self-righteous pride.
The path of purity is
that of caution conditioned by the Word of God. This caution is further
manifested in the distrust of self, and earnest seeking to be kept in the way of
God’s commandments.[2]
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