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Posted by Psalms on Monday, 29 October 2012
Psalms 119:115
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
119:115. Depart from me, ye evildoers. Those who make a conscience of their thoughts are not likely to tolerate evil company. If we fly to God from vain thoughts, much more shall we avoid vain people. Kings are all too apt to be surrounded by a class of people who flatter them, and at the same time take liberty to break the laws of God: David purged his palace of such parasites. Herein he anticipated the sentence of the last great day, when the Son of David will say, “Depart from me, ye workers of iniquity.” We cannot thus send all malefactors out of our houses, but it will often become a duty to do so where there is right and reason for it. We are bound at all hazards to keep ourselves clear of such companions as come to us by our own choice if we have any reason to believe that their character is vicious. Those who say unto God, “Depart from us” ought to hear the immediate echo of their words from the mouths of God’s children.
For I will keep the commandments of my God. Since he found it hard to keep the commandments in the company of the ungodly, he gave them their marching orders. The word God only occurs in this one place in all this lengthened psalm, and then it is attended by the personal word my. Because Jehovah is our God we resolve to obey him, and to chase out of our sight those who would hinder us in his service. It is a grand thing for the mind to be steadfastly fixed in the holy determination, “I will keep thy commandments.”
The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
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