Psalm 119:160

Today’s verse brings us to the end of the octave of Psalm 119 entitled Resh,  This verse is particularly significant to me since it carries over onto the column of Bible text on the next page.  This column of text is the last column of Psalm 119 in my Bible.  Therefore, I am quite literally into the final stretch of Psalm 119.  The end is in sight.

Psalms 119:160  Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.

God “cannot lie” (Titus 1:2).  Therefore, every word God has ever spoken is true and has been so from the beginning.  From the very first word of the Holy Scriptures in Genesis 1:1, which announces the beginning of creation, to the last “Amen” of Revelation 22:21, which completes the Scriptures, every word God has spoken from start to finish in the volume of the Book is true.   It starts out true and stays true.  Nothing that ever comes to pass will ever in any way detract from the truth of what God has said.  It will never change.

And every one of God’s righteous judgments endureth for ever.  One of the ten words used in this psalm to refer to the Scriptures is this word judgments.   Recall that this word refers to God’s decrees, ordinances, laws, and statutes.  When commenting on this word in the introduction to this psalm I wrote:  “These commandments or laws of God’s word are the judicial decrees of the sovereign Judge of the world.  By these laws we are to judge ourselves and others, and by them we shall be judged.”  Every one of God’s judgments is righteous.  He has never been mistaken in any decree or law He has handed down.  As Charles Spurgeon wrote, “The Lord has nothing to regret or retract, nothing to amend or to reverse.”  Sadly, the same cannot be said of all our judgments.  And whenever God declared a judgment to be penned in His word, that judgment will never pass away.  It will endure, that is, it will continue in existence and that for ever.  This thought echoes the words of verse 152 which concluded the previous octave.

Psalms 119:152  Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

So today’s verse lets us know quite succinctly that our Bible is true in every single part of it and has always been true, and that every single part of it is indestructible.  Once God speaks a word, you can be sure that somewhere in this world in some language that word of truth is in existence.  Now that is something worth seeking out and something you can always depend on!