31 - I have stuck
unto thy testimonies:
O Lord, put me not to shame.
The word "stuck" was translated from the Hebrew word, dabaq, which carries the meaning of "to cleave, to adhere."
"It is not a little remarkable, that while the Psalmist says in Psalm 119:25, 'My soul cleaveth to the dust,' he should say here, 'I have cleaved unto thy testimonies'; for it is the same original word in both verses. The thing is altogether compatible with the experience of the believer. Within there is the body of indwelling sin, and within there is the undying principle of divine grace. There is the contest between them 'the flesh lusteth against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh' (Galatians 5:17), and the believer is constrained to cry out, 'O wretched man that I am' (Romans 7:24). It is the case; and all believers find it so. While the should is many times felt cleaving to the dust, the spirit strives to cleave unto God's testimonies. So the believer prays, 'Cause that I be not put to shame.' And keeping close to Christ, brethren, you shall not be put to shame, world without end."
~John Stephen
© 2012 by Melani Brady Shock
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