Psalm 119:57

"Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words." (Psalm 119:57)

Three stanzas within the 22 stanzas of Psalm 119 have all eight Hebrew terms used to describe the Word of God. How appropriate it is that the central theme in these verses (vv. 57-64) provides us succinct ways to keep (guard) His Word.

Principally, our "whole heart" must be involved in seeking the "favour" of God (v. 58). The "great commandment"  rests on loving God with "all" of our hearts. If we seek God’s blessing, both during our earthly life and in the eternity to come, we can "trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths" ).

Such a heart thinks (considers, reckons) about the ways of God and turns (turns back, corrects) its "feet unto testimonies" . The godly life is not an unplanned life. The godly life seeks to understand and obey the words of God’s Word. And the godly life makes "haste" and will not delay in keeping His commandments .

Circumstances may cause temporary difficulties in the life of a godly person, but he will not forget the laws of God. Rather, he will rise at "midnight" (the deepest time of trouble) to give thanks to our Lord "because of thy righteous judgments" .

The one who wants to guard the Word of God is a companion of those who fear God and keep the precepts of the Word, know that Word of God is life to the soul and lamp unto our feet.