Thou [art] near, O Lord
This was the comfort of the psalmist, that though his enemies
drew nigh with a mischievous design upon him, yet his God was
also near, and nearer than they; he was near as to relation to
him, being his God and Father; near as to union, the bond of
which is his everlasting love, which can never be dissolved; near
as to communion, which he admits all his people to at one time or
another; so that they are said to be "a people near unto the
Lord"; ( Psalms
148:14 ) ; and near as to his gracious presence, and the
divine assistance he affords; he is a present help in time of
need; he is nigh to all that call on him in truth, and in all
things in which they do call upon him for, ( Psalms
145:18 ) ( Deuteronomy
4:7 ) ;
and all thy commandments [are] truth;
not only the precepts of the word of God, but his covenant, and
the promises of it; the word which he has commanded to a thousand
generations, ( Psalms 105:8
) ; and even the whole word of God, doctrines and duties; see (
John 17:17 ) .