Psalm 119 (173 of 190 notes)

160. The sweet singer finishes up this section in the same way as the last by dwelling upon the sureness of the truth of God: note the likeness between verses 144, 152, and 160. Thy word is true. Whatever the transgressors may say, God is true, and his Word is true. The ungodly are false, but God’s Word is true. They charge us with being false, but our solace is that God’s true Word will clear us. From the beginning. God’s Word has been true from the first moment in which it was spoken, true throughout the whole of history, true to us from the instant in which we believed it, true to us before we were true to it. Some read it, “Thy word is true from the head”; true as a whole, from top to bottom. Experience had taught David this lesson, and experience is teaching us the same. And every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. That which thou hast decided remains irreversible in every case. There is not one single mistake either in the Word of God or in the providential dealings of God. God’s justice endures forever. This is a cheering thought, but there is a much sweeter one, which of old was the song of the priests in the temple; let it be ours: “His mercy endureth for ever.”