A Prayer for God’s Mercy

Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight. Psalm 119:77 We do not know who the inspired writer of this Psalm was. From the Psalm itself, however, we learn a great deal about him. He was a young man who was being persecuted for his faith. For his faith he had even been imprisoned by the princes of the land. The prospect of a martyr's death was very real. In this Psalm the psalmist speaks of the law of God. He refers to God's law by several different...