Each of the original Hebrew verses of stanza 20 begin with the letter 'resh' as the testimony of the sufficiency of God's Word marks yet another chapter in the journey of the believing author even through the darkest of trials. While stanza 19's theme rested upon the great summary commandment: (Deut 6:5) “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.”, stanza 20 acknowledges a world where most follow this commandment as applied to their idols. In our sin, it comes naturally to love our ideas of God, our assumptions about God, or our substitutes for God with all our heart. The Psalmist spares no lyrics qualifying true devotion and worship. He is incessantly emphasizing that one cannot love God and dismiss His law/word. We can imagine this stanza on the lips of Joseph imprisoned in Egypt, Jacob enslaved to despair at the loss of his son, Job during times of great affliction, and repentant believers rejecting the shackles of sin. We also note how the admonitions of this stanza overlap with themes of our last message in Jude. We are to keep ourselves in the love of God as we persistently wait for the mercy of Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. Matthew Henry comments on this text: “The closer we cleave to the Word of God, both as our rule and as our stay, the more assurance we have of deliverance. Christ is the advocate of His people, their redeemer. Those who were quickened by his Spirit and grace, when they were dead in trespasses and sins, often need to have the work of grace revived in them, according to the word of promise”.