Consider my affliction ... - This begins a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Resh (ר …

And all your commandments are truth. Concerning your testimonies, I have known of old that you have founded them for ever.

Behold my affliction and rescue me. The Psalmist teaches by his own example that those who are devoted to the service and fear of God must…

(r) , RESH.--The Twentieth Part .

The closer we cling to the word of God, both as our rule and as our support, the more assurance we have of deliverance. Christ is the Advocate of H…