The psalmist’s descriptions of the righteous man are mostly descriptions of Christ. They’re intended to inspire worship by stating the standard and leaving it to the wise reader to realize that only one Man has ever satisfied the standard. Here’s one of the short ones, Psalm 15:
O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart; who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend; in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the LORD; who swears to his own hurt and does not change; who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
Every single phrase of the psalm points to the Lamb. He is blameless. He does do what is right. Satan is the slanderer, but not the Lamb. And if you’re a friend of Jesus, and even if Satan slanders you, the Lord will not pay any attention to it. Even the wicked prophet Balaam had to confess that the Lord refuses to see iniquity in Jacob.
The Lord swore to his own hurt and changed not. Titus 1:2 speaks of a promise made before the foundation of the world, a promise for our salvation. The Lord has kept his word, even though the price was “to his hurt,” yet he has changed not.
Be like that.
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