Psalms 119:153

Psalms 119:153 says,  After the separating letter, RESH, verse one-fifty-three says, Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.  David was somehow afflicted and asked God to consider his affliction because he never did forget God's law.  If we as followers of Christ are afflicted with some problem today, we should ask God's help, but we should never forget His law no matter what happens.  Verse one-fifry-four adds, Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.  David asked God to plead his case for him before his enemies.  We may at times feel so overcome that we no longer know how to even plead our own case, but God always will if we as Christians look to Him.  He always gives us life according to His word, which means that we have accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord.  Verse one-fifty-five declares, Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.  David said that salvation was far from the wicked because they didn't seek God's statutes.  I believe that salvation is really always as close as accepting Jesus Christ as one's personal Savior and Lord.  Of course, once we do accept Him, we will want to keep God's statutes.  Verse one-fifty-six adds, Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.  God's tender mercies will always be great, and we can only be made spiritually alive by His judgments.  Verse one-f8fty-seven states, Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.  Like David, no matter how many people persecute us and are our enemies because of our faith in God, we must not decline to follow God's laws.  Verse one-fifty-eight adds, I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.  David said he was grieved by those who did not keep God's word.  We should be grieved as Christians for those who do not follow God's word today.   We should not feel superior waiting impatiently for them to get what they deserve, because we all deserve God's punishment, and faith in Jesus Christ is all that makes us different from them.  Verse one-fifty-nine says, Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.  We will be quickened, or made spiritually alive, only if we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord,  but once we do, we should love God's law.  Verse one-sixty adds, Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.  David said that God's word was true from the beginning and that His righteous judgments would endure forever.  God's law never has and never will change, and His righteousness will indeed endure forever.