Psalm 119:87 | “They have almost made an end of me on earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts.”

The psalmist continues to describe the weight of his suffering. His enemies pressed him so severely that he felt as if his life were slipping away. He was nearly finished. His time on earth seemed close to its end. Yet even in that place he held fast to God. Nothing his oppressors did could shake his confidence in the Lord. Matthew Henry writes, “That which they aimed at was to frighten him from the ways of God, but they could not prevail; he would sooner forsake all that was dear to him in this world than forsake the word of God, would sooner lose his life than lose the comfort of doing his duty.” Whether in life or death, the psalmist continued to trust and obey. His enemies could touch his body, but they could not pry his heart away from God or persuade him to abandon the word. His resolve should challenge us. When trials press in, do we stand firm, or do we give in because obedience feels too costly? May we echo the psalmist’s confession and remember that no matter the outcome, there is truly nowhere good to go apart from the perfect will of God.