This 12th stanza of Psalm 119 reminds us that it is God's creating and sustaining word that instructs and rescues us.

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Eternal is your word, O LORD;
in heav’n it stands for ever sure.
Your faithfulness will never fail;
the earth you founded to endure.
By your appointment all things stand:
creation under your command.

Had not your law been my delight,
I would have died in misery.
I never will forget your laws,
for by them you have rescued me.
LORD, I am yours—save me, I pray,
for I have sought your precepts’ way.

The wicked lie in wait for me;
destruction threatens at their hands,
but yet in spite of all their threats
I will reflect on your commands.
Perfection’s limits I have found,
but your commandments have no bound.