PSALM 119:153-160 (RESH)

WHEN TROUBLES COME.

DAVID’S ASSESSMENT OF HIS SITUATION (VERSES 153-156).

1. IT CLEARLY MADE HIM:-
   1. MORE THOUGHTFUL IN HIS PRAYER LIFE – see verses 153-154
      WHICH THEN LEADS HIM TO OPEN HIS LIFE TO:
      1. THE LORD’S INSPECTION – Verse 153. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me, for I do not forget Thy law. 
      2. THE LORD’S INTERVENTION – Verse 154. Plead my cause, and deliver me, quicken me according to Thy word.
2. HIS HOPE HOWEVER WAS ALWAYS IN HIS SAVIOUR – Verse 156. Great are Thy tender mercies, O Lord, quicken me according to Thy judgements.

DAVID’S ADVERSARIES (VERSES 153-154).

1. HE WAS TROUBLED BY THE ATTACKS OF HIS PERSECUTORS AND HIS ENEMIES – see verse 157.
2. HE WAS ALSO TROUBLED BY THE ATTITUDE OF HIS TRANSGRESSORS AND WAS GRIEVED – see verse 158.

DAVID’S ASSURANCE (VERSES 159-160).

1. HIS DEVOTION TO THE WORD OF GOD – Verse 159. Consider how I love Thy precepts, quicken me, O Lord, according to Thy lovingkindness.
2. HIS DISCERNMENT FROM THE WORD OF GOD – Verse 160. Thy word is true from the beginning, and every one of Thy righteous judgements endureth forever.