“For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.”
The assertion that all God's ordinances are before the speaker and has not put away His statutes establishes that the speaker has internalized divine law as governing principle. The placement of ordinances before suggests constant awareness and reference. The refusal to discard statutes suggests commitment to God's teachings. This verse suggests that the speaker has oriented his entire life toward keeping divine law.
Church Fathers on Psalms 18:22
To the end, for the servant of the Lord, David himself. 1. That is, for the strong of hand, Christ in His Manhood. “The words of this song which he spoke to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him out of the hands of his enemies, and of the hand of Saul; and he said, On the day when the Lord delivered him out of the hands of his enemies and of the hand of Saul:” namely, the king of the Jews, whom they had demanded for themselves. 1 Samuel 8:5 For as “David” is said…
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