Psalms 119:153-154 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. (154) Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
The prosecutor of this world has come to the throne of the great Judge of all (Job 1:6-12). He has found fault, he has found wickedness in us. He expounds the case before the God of the universe remembering every element. He *twists facts like the wick of a candle; he supports his case with false witnesses (Matthew 26:60).
We now appear before the throne of the Eternal Judge. What do we plead? Will we bring before Him our fleshly works to prove the goodness of our heart? Will we justify our case with a show of religiosity? Will we show Him unjust in proclaiming that we do not deserve the worst of all punishment (Psalms 51:4)?
Guilty, yea we should plead guilty. There is no other plea for us. How can he be clean that is born of a woman? (Job 25:4). From the foundations of the world, before we were even created, we were born to be found guilty . . . and by His grace, to be justified.
Oh, what a comfort we have in a Defense Attorney who has himself conquered the death of guilt. What a relief, what a sigh to know that we have One who stands for us as the standard (Isaiah 59:19) of God’s Word of grace and **mercy. Let our attorney battle with the lying prosecutor; let our defender prove him to be the liar that he is. Surely, we will not be absolved of our mistakes nor from our sins--justice will be served--but as a tender and wiser older brother, Jesus will take upon Himself the price of our foolish youthful pranks and deliver us from “the snare of the fowler” (Psalms 91:3).
Psalms 91:2-4 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. (3) Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. (4) He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
*The word “wicked” comes from the twisting of a candle ‘wick’.
** Mercy: Undeserved forgiveness.
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