I have done judgment and justice:
Leave me not to mine oppressors (Psa 119.121).

The godly fear just mentioned (Psa 119.120) compels single-eyed obedience to God’s Word. We sinners face a choice of fears—God or men. The Lord exhorts us to fear him above all others. “Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward” (Gen 15.1), that is, fear not men, fear not the future, fear not the consequences of obedience to the divine commands. When Abram had proven he would sacrifice Isaac just because the Lord required this, then God said, “Now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me” (Gen 22.12). Continue reading →