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It is an open and bold confession of the Psalmist to the rest of the world that God is available and He can deliver him from danger. It is again his marvellous declaration of God’s act that He is in control of the Psalmist’s life and nothing can harm him. It is not the Psalmist’s positive behaviour but godly and Spirit-led attitude towards his life.

We observe a great truth here. The Psalmist’s godly life style is a genuine inspiration to our Bible believeing local church believers. The Psalmist is convinced about the Lord standing by his side. The Lord Jesus walks with him in his life and humans like him and above him in strength and position cannot do anything against him and finish him off.

We can observe two essential senses of the living being mentioned in this verse. They are the senses of seeing and hearing. Our Lord Jesus Christ looks to our hearts and their condition. He also listens to our petitions. But at the same time, all His senses: seeing, hearing, smell, taste, and feeling are not in favour of the those who are involved in their wickedness. Our Lord who is holy cannot entertain the thoughts of the wicked, because He abhors them (Psm. 15:26 ESV).

Being godly, the psalmist confesses the significance of calling upon the Lord Jesus in times of trouble. The Psalmist states that he will cry unto the Lord for help or deliverance or answer. He knows one thing for sure that the Lord Jesus answer when we call upon Him in the need of the hour. Jesus Christ is mighty to rescue us from the peril (sin).

Jesus Christ wants us to be generous enough in giving to the needy. We, being godly, cannot withhold anything from the people who are in need. Today many believers are in chain; they are detained by authorities of the world; they lack facilities and they are poor for the sake of the gospel of Christ. It is our privilege to give our wealth for the spread of the gospel through a local church we are part of it. We should know for sure that our local church is biblically designed to keep the the Lord’s ordinances.

Solomon’s practical advice is our life lesson in this wrong gone world. He throws light on two essential elements of godly life: integrity and crookedness. The godly and righteous should have a sense of integrity in all dealings. People in the world should glorify Jesus by seeing this virtue in us. And it is one of the ways to preach the gospel of Christ. The world and the worldly are known for the works of the flesh which are “sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, [20] idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, [21] envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these” (Gal. 5:10-21 ESV). Paul warns that the people who are involved in these vile acts will not be part of the glorious kingdom of God. It is clear that when we are entangled by any of these ungodly and unholy dead habits, we are far away from the presence of God and we have lost our integrity in Christ.