Verses 169-176
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169-176. Let thine hand help me Finally, the two great wants of man, strength of soul to live righteously and deliverance from outward evils, are rehearsed. The writer is persecuted for his faith. He wishes to keep the faith. He prays also for rest from persecution. The last verse should probably be, “If I go astray like a lost sheep, seek thy servant.” Not that he means to stray, but he knows his own weakness. With this humble cry the long meditation ends. In such form as this the law presented itself to a religious mind in the age of Ezra and Nehemiah. Under this view of it, Israel was revived and men were raised up who contended earnestly for the faith until the Messiah came and the grace of the gospel was proclaimed!
In the condensed foregoing notes, the leading object has been to show that the long text is not a repetition of synonymes, but, like Ecclesiastes, moves forward, not indeed in a direct line, but with shifts and changes, presenting, under a large variety of experiences, the one source of strength and comfort the divine law.
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