172. My tongue shall speak of thy word. When he had done singing he began preaching. When the tongue speaks of God’s Word it has a most fruitful subject. People will gather to listen to such talk, and they will treasure it up in their hearts. The worst of it is that for the most part we are full of our own words, and speak but little of God’s Word. Oh, that we could come to the same resolve as this godly man; then should we break through our sinful silence; we should no more be cowardly and half-hearted, but should be true witnesses for Jesus. It is not only of God’s works that we are to speak, but of his Word. We may extol its truth, its wisdom, its preciousness, its grace, its power; and then we may tell of all it has revealed, all it has promised, all it has commanded, all it has effected. For all thy commandments are righteousness. David seems to have been mainly enamored of the preceptive part of the Word of God, and concerning the precepts his chief delight lay in its purity and excellence. When a man can speak this from his heart, his heart is indeed a temple of the Holy Spirit. He had said (verse 138), “Thy testimonies are righteous,” but here he declares that they are righteousness itself. The law of God is not only the standard of right, but it is the essence of righteousness. This the psalmist affirms of each and every one of the precepts.
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