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Do Good | bibleinoneyear.org: Do good, not evil Psalm 119:113-120 The opposite of doing good is doing evil. The psalmist is determined to do good. That is why he says, ‘Away from me, you evildoers’ (v.115a). The evildoers are ‘double-minded’ (v.113). They stray from God’s decrees and are deceitful (v.118). Choose to avoid evil and do good. Love God’s words (vv.113,119). God is your refuge and shield (v.114a). Put your hope in his word (v.114b): ‘I’ll give total allegiance to your definitions of life’ (v.117, MSG). The psalmist writes, ‘Sustain me according to your promise, and I shall live; do not let my hopes be dashed’ (v.116). Our hope being deferred is bad enough. The book of Proverbs says, ‘Hope deferred makes the heart sick’ (Proverbs 13:12). Bring your hopes before God today and pray, like the psalmist, that your hopes will not be dashed. Lord, I love your words. Help me to live by them, to stay away from doing evil and to do good. Today I bring my hopes to you again… Do not let my hopes be dashed.