Living God’s Way: Remaining faithful during life’s difficulties

Everyone will face difficulties in their life. Rather than forsaking or giving up on God’s word, the author of the 11th stanza of Psalm 119 (verses 81-88) describes how he will remain faithful to God’s word during the difficulties of his life. He speaks of his failing eyesight. Metaphorically, he describes his old age as being like “a wineskin in the smoke.” He expresses his feelings towards the “arrogant” who have “dug pits” for him, “persecuted” him and “almost destroyed” him. During all of these difficulties, the psalmist wants God to “revive” him so he can remain faithful to God. The poet gives some possible answers to the question, “How can one remain