This responsorial psalm today expresses the musing of a faithful heart, the seat of consciousness in which thoughts are formed. Through words, the soul finds voice, and the self is presented to God. The prayer serves the purpose of a sacrifice, which is the psalmist’s intention that this prayer poem is their offering. In Psalm 19, we see that the Lord is perfect and refreshes the soul; He is trustworthy, right, clear, true, desirable, precious, pure, sweet, and enduring forever. The Lord’s word brings everlasting life. This reality is how millions upon millions have come to believe in and follow Jesus Christ. They look around for a philosophy of life, a god, a world without God, a world without the sovereignty of God, a world with an explanation that makes more sense of more things. And after bringing Jesus into their heart, mind, and soul, they respond as the Apostle Peter did and say, “Where shall we go? Lord, you have the words of eternal life.”