{"id":1943,"date":"2007-03-05T02:10:50","date_gmt":"2007-03-05T02:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/03\/calls-commitment.html"},"modified":"2007-03-05T02:10:50","modified_gmt":"2007-03-05T02:10:50","slug":"calls-commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/03\/calls-commitment.html","title":{"rendered":"Call&#8217;s Commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <em>qof<\/em> section of Psalm 119, vv. 145-152, explores the psalmist&#8217;s call to God. The psalmist, once again in a condition of being hunted down like an animal (v. 150), cries out to God. And along with his cry is a corollary. <!--more|inline--><br \/>\nThe psalmist cries to God &#8212; and he asks God to answer him (145) and to save him (146). These two verses are parallels to one another.<br \/>\nAlong with this cry to God to hear his prayer (of deliverance) and to save him (from his enemies no doubt), he makes a commitment: &#8220;I will keep your statutes&#8221; (145) and &#8220;that I may observe your decrees&#8221; (146).<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t think it would be right to see this simply as a bargain with God, though I should not think it inappropriate for the psalmist, but more of an opportunity: he wants deliverance so he can obey God longer. I doubt it is simply that he wants deliverance and, <em>if God delivers him<\/em>, he&#8217;ll be obedient.<br \/>\nNo one who has worked through this psalms thus far would think the psalmist is simply bargaining with God; what strikes the reader of this psalm is his utter and relentless declarations that he will obey the Torah (or the various words he uses for God&#8217;s Torah).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The qof section of Psalm 119, vv. 145-152, explores the psalmist&#8217;s call to God. The psalmist, once again in a condition of being hunted down like an animal (v. 150), cries out to God. 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