Psalms 119:145

Psalms 119:145 says, KOPH.  We have the identifying letter, then verse one-forty-five says, I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.  We need to wholeheartedly call out to God to hear us and promise to keep His statutes as David did.  Verse one-forty-six adds, I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.  After asking God to hear him, David the asked God to save him and then said he would keep God's statutes.  We must first accept God's salvation, and then keep His laws.  Attempting to find salvation by keeping God's law without accepting Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord will never work.  Verse one-forty-seven continues, I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.  David said he prayed to God throughout the night and put his faith in God's word.  If we awake in the night, the best thing we can do is pray.  Verse one-forty-eight continues, Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.  David repeats basically what he had just said, but adds that even during the night he meditated on God's word.  I believe this tells us that when we are awake that we need to be meditating on God's word as Christians.  Verse one-forty-nine states, Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.  Just as David did then, we must ask God to hear us because of His lovingkindnesses, and not because of our goodness.  Then, if we hear God's call to salvation and accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, God will quicken us, or make us alive, spiritually.   Verse one-firty adds, They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.  David said that people who were far from the law and followed after mischief were all around him.  We may be surrounded by people who do not believe in God, but this should not alter our belief in Him.  Verse one-fifty-one declares, Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.  God is always close and His commandments are always true.  We do not serve an absentee God whose word is sometimes true and sometimes not.  God is always with us and His word is always true.  Verse one-fifty-rwo adds, Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. As David said,  God's law is old and He has founded them forever.  We will not come up with a new law of God.