Psalms 119:169

Psalms 119:169 aays, TAU.  After the separating letter, verse one-sixty-nine says, Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.  We, like David, need understanding according to God's word.  It is not enough to be highly educated if we do not believe God's word.  We must understand Who God is and who we are in respect to Him.  Verse one-seventy adds, Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.  David asked that his supplications, or prayers, come before God and that God deliver him according to God's word.  The only way to be saved is to ask God to deliver us according to His word.  This means we must put our faith in the Living Word, Jesus Christ.  Verse one-seventy-one states, My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.  Like David, if we know God's statutes and believe them, then we need to speak our praise of Him to the world.  Verse one-seventy-two adds, My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.  We speak God's word not because of our righteousness, but because of His righteousness.  What we may believe is not the key, but what God has said is.  Verse one-sevenry-three declares, Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.  David asked for God's help, because he had chosen God's precepts.  If we have chosen God's precepts, which must begin by putting our faith in Jesus Christ, God is always ready to help us if we call on Him in faith.  Verse one-seventy-four adds, I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.  We should long for God's final salvation, even as we delight in His law now.  This does not mean that we just sit back and look to die, but that even as we live life to its fullest, we look forward to the day that we will be in our heavenly home forever.  Verse one-seventy-five continues, Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.  Our soul will live, but whether we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord will determine where our soul will live, and God's judgments will help us along the way.  Verse one-seventy-six concludes, I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.  David concluded this segment and this psalm by stating that he had gone astray and asking God to seek Him like a lost sheep.   God will always seek the lost sheep, people who have not accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord, and if we stray from His commandments as Christians, He will seek us to call us back to obedience.