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Psalm 119:46

I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.

44So I will obey your law continually, forever and ever.
45I will walk in liberty, for I have sought your precepts.
46I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.
47I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
48I reach out my hands for your commandments, which I love. I will meditate on your statutes. ZAYIN
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Kings are the audience here, and the speaker’s resolve to speak God’s statutes raises the question of how human rank shapes speech about God.

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1 Peter 3:15But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility …Both passages concern speaking about faith before others; Peter specifies readiness to answer with humility and fear.
Romans 1:16For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the …The psalm’s resolve to speak God’s statutes before kings shares Paul’s lack of shame about the Good News of Christ.
Colossians 4:6Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.Both passages concern speech addressed to others, with Colossians emphasizing grace in how each person is answered.
Psalm 119:13With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.Both verses describe speaking God’s instruction aloud: declaring his ordinances with the lips and speaking his statutes before kings.
Matthew 10:18–19Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.Both passages name kings as an audience, one for God’s statutes and the other for testimony for Jesus’ sake.
Acts 26:1–2Agrippa said to Paul, “You may speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand, and made his defense.The psalm anticipates speaking before kings; Paul speaks in his defense when Agrippa grants him permission.
2 Timothy 1:8Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,Both passages connect speaking about God with freedom from shame, while Timothy is also told to endure hardship.
Matthew 10:32Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.Both passages describe open acknowledgment before human listeners: speaking God’s statutes in the psalm and confessing Jesus in Matthew.
Deuteronomy 6:7and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, …Both passages bring God’s instruction into spoken conversation, whether before kings or with children in the course of a day.
Psalm 138:1By David. I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.Speaking God’s statutes before kings and singing God’s praises before the gods both express devotion before an audience.
Mark 8:38For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him when he comes in his …Both passages concern shame in relation to God’s words, with Mark recording Jesus’ warning against being ashamed of him.
Luke 12:8“I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, the Son of Man will also confess before the angels of God;Both passages concern speaking openly before people, though Luke speaks of confessing Jesus and the psalm of declaring God’s statutes.
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The speaker expects no disappointment in speaking God’s statutes before kings. Their rank does not silence his witness; God’s words remain worth speaking in their presence.

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