Psalm 119:30—“I have chosen the way of truth; Your judgments I have laid before me.”
The key thought of this passage is “I have chosen...” Serving or rejecting God is a choice, it is something we deliberately do or don’t do. The Calvinistic idea of “predestination,” which implies that we really don’t have a choice in anything we do, plus the atheistic error of determinism—that our every action is simply some kind of chemical molecular response to our “environment”—are both refuted by David’s words here. We CHOOSE to sin. Nobody makes us, and, unlike the claim of homosexuals, nobody is born a sinner. When I sin, it is my fault, I did it deliberately, I made my choice, and I shouldn’t try to make excuses for it. Human weakness exists in all of us, but is no excuse for sin. We need to love the Lord supremely, and make the effort to resist temptation and overcome sin.
None of us do that perfectly, of course, and that is why we all need the mercy and grace of God. But we should admit our sins, be contrite and penitent, and petition God for His mercy. “But on this one will I look,” the Lord said, “On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, And who trembles at My word” (Isaiah 66:2).
David chose the way of truth, and put God’s word before him. It is an excellent example. Can you imagine how much better off the world would be if every person did that?