“And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.”
Do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for my hope is in your ordinances. The petition requests that the truth ('word of truth') remain accessible for the psalmist's speech, with 'hope' grounded in ordinances. This verse establishes hope as law-centered.
Church Fathers on Psalms 119:43
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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