Psalm 119:86 | “All your commandments are sure; they persecute me with falsehood; help me.”

The psalmist anchors his confidence in God’s holy word. God’s commands are trustworthy in every situation, and those who live by them will never be put to shame. What God says always proves true. Yet confidence in God’s word does not guarantee an easy life. The psalmist suffered precisely because he obeyed. His faithfulness made him a target. His devotion to God stirred up the hatred of those who rejected God’s ways. Spurgeon writes, “He had no fault to find with God’s law, even though he had fallen into sad trouble through obedience to it. Whatever the command might cost him it was worth it; he felt that God’s way might be rough, but it was right; it might make him enemies, but still it was his best friend. He believed that in the end God’s command would turn out to his own profit, and that he should be no loser by obeying it.” So the psalmist does what the faithful always do. He turns to God and cries out for help. He does not demand an explanation. He simply asks God to act. Psalm 119:86 reminds us that obedience may bring hardship, but it will never bring regret.