And take not the word of truth utterly out of my
mouth
The Scriptures, which are by divine inspiration, come from the
God of truth, contain nothing but truth in them, and are called
"the Scriptures of truth", ( Daniel 10:21
) . Or the Gospel, which is often so called, ( Ephesians
1:13 ) ( James 1:18 ) ; This
comes from God, who cannot lie, and is a declaration of his mind
and will concerning the salvation of men; in which Christ, who is
the truth, is concerned, being the author, preacher, and
substance of it; into which the Spirit of truth leads men, and
makes it useful and effectual; which has many eminent and
important truths in it, and nothing but truth, and stands opposed
to the law, which is typical and shadowy, and to everything that
is a falsehood and a lie. This the psalmist desires might not be
taken out of his mouth, but kept in it as a sweet morsel there,
rolled under his tongue; be eaten and fed upon by him, and be the
rejoicing of his heart. Or his sense is, that he might not be
left under a temptation to conceal, drop, or deny the word of
truth, or be ashamed to own and confess it before men; but at all
times, and upon all occasions, publicly declare it, and his faith
in it: at least he desires that it might not "utterly" cease from
him, or be wholly neglected by him, and he entirely apostatize.
Some join the word rendered "utterly", and which signifies
"exceedingly", with "the word of truth", thus: "take not out of
my mouth the word of truth, [which is] exceedingly [so]"; that
is, exceedingly true, to the highest degree F5;
for I have hoped in thy judgments;
or, "have waited for thy judgments" {f}: either the judgments of
God upon sinners, especially on apostates, which he knew would be
very sore and severe, their last estate being worse than the
first; or rather the last judgment, when those that confess
Christ and his truths shall be confessed by him; and those that
deny him and his Gospel will be denied by him: though it may be
best of all to understand it of the word of God, and the
doctrines of it, which the psalmist had an exceeding great regard
unto, hoped, waited, and even longed for; see ( Psalms
119:20 ) .