Ps 119:30-31: “I have chosen the way of truth; Your judgments I have laid before me. I cling to Your testimonies.” [NKJV]
The King James says, “I have stuck unto thy testimonies.” Strong’s* says that the word for cling to or stuck is dabaq (daw-bak’); OT:1692: a primitive root; properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit. It is translated as abide, follow close, be joined together, overtake, pursue hard, stick.
Testimonies in the Hebrew is pretty much what testimonies is in the English—evidence, witness, proof. We are to cling to God’s testimonies.
I recently read a biography of George Washington Carver. The author referred often to Carver’s constant acknowledgement of God as Creator. Carver would walk out in nature every day and find new evidence, a new witness of God around him. As part of Tuskegee Institute in its beginnings, Carver also taught a Sunday School Class. Carver had an ability to combine what he saw in nature with what he read in Scripture as testimony to God. The students loved his classes and swelled his audiences.
Paul made it clear in Romans 1:20 that God’s eternal nature and power are clearly seen in the world around us. God has not left us without a testimony of His existence and authority. The next time you take a walk outside, look around, read His witness in Creation, visit a little with Him. I am sure you will be delighted!
*(Biblesoft’s New Exhaustive Strong’s Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)
