21. Here the assertion of purity is repeated, both in a positive and a
negative form. There is I have and have not, both of which must
be blended in a truly sanctified life; constraining and restraining grace must
each take its share. The words of this verse refer to the saint as a traveler
carefully keeping to the ways of the Lord,
and not wickedly, that is, designedly, willfully, persistently,
defiantly forsaking the ordained pathway in which God favors the pilgrim with
his presence. Observe how it is implied in the expression and have notwickedly departed from my God that David lived habitually in communion with
God, and knew him to be his own God, whom he might speak of as my God.
God never departs from his people; let them take heed of departing from him.
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