The Psalmist has great confidence in the Lord’s commands (v137-138). The rules God has given are righteous, because the Lord is totally righteous. We must never separate our response and attitude to God’s word from our response and attitude to God. How we treat God’s word is how we treat God.

The Psalmist has a consuming zeal because of those who do not treat God’s word properly (v139). By contrast the Psalmist loves God’s promises as he has proved them to be true (v140).

The Psalmist is not valued in this world, but that doesn’t matter, rather it is his remembering of God’s commands that give him vale (v141).

God’s word is eternal and never changing because God’s righteousness is forever (v142). This brings great security in a world of trouble and anguish (v143). The never changing righteousness of God’s word give a deep longing to understand them, knowing this is where real life and life to the full comes from (v144). Do you have a similar confidence and love in God’s word? Is God’s word your true lifeline?