Psalm 119:121-128

Why ask God to take up the cause while confessing a need to be taught?

Berean Standard Bible

121 I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors. 122 Ensure Your servant’s well-being; do not let the arrogant oppress me. 123 My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise. 124 Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes. 125 I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies. 126 It is time for the LORD to act, for they have broken Your law. 127 Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even the purest gold. 128 Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.

What is the context?

The speaker claims to have acted justly and asks not to be abandoned to oppressors. The plea for well-being does not remove the waiting for salvation.

Loving devotion and understanding are requested together. The refusal of others to honor God’s law makes the speaker value it above gold.

The desire for God to act is joined to continued learning. It is not a declaration that the servant can now decide every disputed matter without instruction.

How is this passage commonly understood?

Wesley reads the older surety wording as God undertaking and pleading the servant’s cause.

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