Shame! Psalms 119

Psalms 119:6 (ESV Strong's)
Then I shall not be put to shame,
having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.

Psalms 119:31 (ESV Strong's)
I cling to your testimonies, O Lord;
let me not be put to shame!

Psalms 119:46 (ESV Strong's)
I will also speak of your testimonies before kings
and shall not be put to shame,

Psalms 119:78 (ESV Strong's)
Let the insolent be put to shame,
because they have wronged me with falsehood;
as for me, I will meditate on your precepts.

Psalms 119:80 (ESV Strong's)
May my heart be blameless in your statutes,
that I may not be put to shame!

Psalms 119:116 (ESV Strong's)
Uphold me according to your promise, that I may live,
and let me not be put to shame in my hope!

Shame!!

Shame is a real thing.  The Hebrew word has the idea of being made “pale;” as if losing color in one’s face.  The key here is that our physiological conditions can change when a matter of the heart is impacted by another.  The writer of Palms 119 gives us understanding that shame begins when we are not grounded in the heart by God’s Word.  Shame seems to be connected to falsehood (v. 78).  The “insolent” are those who reject truth and deal in falsehood.   GodWord does not deal in falsehood:


Psalms 119:160 (ESV Strong's)
The sum of your word is truth,
and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.

We can avoid feeling shamed by the world when we dwell in truth.   The world uses shame to get us to denounce our belief and our walk in truth.  In the above passages we see we can combat shame by holding to God’s truth.