{"id":2010,"date":"2007-03-28T02:10:31","date_gmt":"2007-03-28T02:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2007\/03\/pleas-and-praises-2.html"},"modified":"2007-03-28T02:10:31","modified_gmt":"2007-03-28T02:10:31","slug":"pleas-and-praises-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2007\/03\/pleas-and-praises-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Pleas and Praises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The psalmist often declares his commitment to God and to God&#8217;s Word and therefore he believes the Lord should deliver him. Notice these lines: <!--more|inline--><br \/>\nMay your hand be ready to help me,<br \/>\nfor I have chosen your precepts.<br \/>\nI long for your salvation, O Lord,<br \/>\nand your law is my delight (119:173-4)<br \/>\nWe see commitment; we see request. It is not so much justification of himself as it is overt confidence that, since he has observed the Torah and since God promises blessing to the Torah-doer, he believes God ought to deliver him out of God&#8217;s faithfulness.<br \/>\nThis is an old theme in this psalm; it is one that tends to make Protestants nervous; it is a theme, however, that has more merit than we might admit. He is not claiming self-righteously that he&#8217;s superior to others, but instead of his utter commitment to God and that God promises blessings. His declaration of commitment, then, is not simply an observation but a window into a system: I&#8217;ve done my part, You are faithful, now do yours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The psalmist often declares his commitment to God and to God&#8217;s Word and therefore he believes the Lord should deliver him. 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