46 I will speak of your statutes before kings and will not be put to shame,
46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
46 I will also speak of your testimonies before kings and shall not be put to shame,
46 Then I'll tell the world what I find, speak out boldly in public, unembarrassed.
46 I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings, And will not be ashamed.
46 I will speak to kings about your laws, and I will not be ashamed.
86 All your commands are trustworthy; help me, for I am being persecuted without cause.
86 All thy commandments are faithful:
86 All your commandments are sure; they persecute me with falsehood; help me!
86 Everything you command is a sure thing, but they harass me with lies. Help!
86 All Your commandments are faithful; They persecute me wrongfully; Help me!
86 All your commands are trustworthy. Protect me from those who hunt me down without cause.
(Read Psalm 119:81-88)
The psalmist sought deliverance from his sins, his foes, and his fears. Hope deferred made him faint; his eyes failed by looking out for this expected salvation. But when the eyes fail, yet faith must not. His affliction was great. He was become like a leathern bottle, which, if hung up in the smoke, is dried and shrivelled up. We must ever be mindful of God's statutes. The days of the believer's mourning shall be ended; they are but for a moment, compared with eternal happiness. His enemies used craft as well as power for his ruin, in contempt of the law of God. The commandments of God are true and faithful guides in the path of peace and safety. We may best expect help from God when, like our Master, we do well and suffer for it. Wicked men may almost consume the believer upon earth, but he would sooner forsake all than forsake the word of the Lord. We should depend upon the grace of God for strength to do every good work. The surest token of God's good-will toward us, is his good work in us.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 119:46
Commentary on Psalm 119:41-48
(Read Psalm 119:41-48)
Lord, I have by faith thy mercies in view; let me by prayer prevail to obtain them. And when the salvation of the saints is completed, it will plainly appear that it was not in vain to trust in God's word. We need to pray that we may never be afraid or ashamed to own God's truths and ways before men. And the psalmist resolves to keep God's law, in a constant course of obedience, without backsliding. The service of sin is slavery; the service of God is liberty. There is no full happiness, or perfect liberty, but in keeping God's law. We must never be ashamed or afraid to own our religion. The more delight we take in the service of God, the nearer we come to perfection. Not only consent to his law as good, but take pleasure in it as good for us. Let me put forth all the strength I have, to do it. Something of this mind of Christ is in every true disciple.