“Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.”
Confirm to your servant your promise, which is for those who fear you. The petition requests God's fulfillment of promises to those who 'fear' him, establishing the psalmist within the covenant community ('your servant'). This verse indicates that law-obedience connects to covenant promise.
Church Fathers on Psalms 119:38
1. From its commencement, dearly beloved, does this great Psalm exhort us unto bliss, which there is no one who desires not....And therefore this is the lesson which he teaches, who says, “Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord” Psalm 118:1. As much as to say, I know what you wish, you are seeking bliss: if then you would be blessed, be undefiled. For the former all desire, the latter fear: yet without it what all wish cannot be…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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