Ayin - Psalm 119:121-128 Series

Here again in this verse the psalmist is crying out for the promise of God’s protection and deliverance from his enemies.

He does not want to be oppressed by those who oppose God, and thereby sit in opposition to him… He is crying out for God’s promise!

But we find another nuance added to his prayer. He begins his prayer with “I have been living up to Your law and standards, so please keep your promise of protection…”

But in this verse we see he takes that perspective a step deeper when he says, “God, I have been living in accordance with your law and doing the right things, so please keep your promise of protection AND I pray a blessing on my life…”

Here I see the humanity of the psalmist coming through as He mentions his accomplishments in v.121 and then cries out for a blessing in v.122.

However, we cannot believe that the psalmist is fixated on a system of blessing for obedience… or a works based reward system from God.

What we must presume is that the psalmist’s cry is the same as it was in v.121 when he cries out for the promise of God’s protection and deliverance to those who serve Him…

However, the psalmist is crying out for God to keep His promise of blessing to those who obey and serve Him… once again this is NOT about his performance or his faithfulness BUT it IS all about God’s promise and God’s faithfulness!

These 2 verses reveal a human need to be assured by our Heavenly Father that when we are in need, that he will supply that need… it doesn’t matter what the need is… it could be for protection, it could be for deliverance, it could be for blessing… but when we have a need, we want to know that God is listening and will fulfill His promise to us!

I love these verses because it reveals the human nature… the REALNESS of the psalmist. He is like you and me, fragile and vulnerable and totally dependent on God.

So often we place him, and others onto a pedestal and think that they don’t know what WE have to deal with in life… that we have it worse than they did… but here it reveals that this psalmist was FULLY human was FULLY dependent on the promises of God as we are today!

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123My eyes long for your salvation and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise… OR My eyes strain to see your rescue, to see the truth of your promise fulfilled.

Once again the theme of God’s promise being fulfilled is part of the psalmist’s prayer. Here his humanity shows more than the other 2 verses in that it could almost seem as if he may have doubts in his mind about God fulfilling His promises…

He says, “…my eyes LONG for Your salvation…” or as the NLT tells us, “…my eyes strain to see Your rescue…” In other words, what the psalmist is saying here is… I’m in a situation God and I am calling on your promise of deliverance and protection.