29 - Remove from me
the way of lying:
and grant me thy law graciously.
It is interesting that David asked God to "remove from me" the way of lying instead of "remove me from" the way of lying.
He took ownership of his sin instead of blaming it on external circumstances. Dear God, deliver us from the 21st century "victim mentality!"
Another interesting approach in this verse is his petition for God to "grant me thy law graciously." David set aside his pride and asked God to pity him, to favor him with forgiveness. He did not consider forgiveness his by right, but knew that it would be only by God's favor that He would reach into time and bring the dispensation of grace into David's dispensation (law) and forgive him.
Eternal words are timeless--they know no human boundaries.
"In the first clause you have his malady, David had been enticed to a course of lying.
In the second we have his remedy, and that is the law of God.
~Thomas Manton
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