Tag: 119
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Ayin
Psalm 119 English Standard Version (ESV) Another brief review: Zayin: Remember your word to your servant Heth: The Lord is my portion Teth: You have dealt well with your servant Yodh: Your hands have made and fashioned me Kaph: My soul longs for your salvation Lamedh: Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens. Mem: Oh how I love your law! Nun: Your word is a lamp to…
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Samekh
Depart from me… Picture the stoic traditionalist teachers of the Bible venturing out from the mega-cathedral to a far from urban valley of the Jordan and encountering a crowd that should be in church. They are listening to an unkempt man with uncut hair and rags of animal skins and leather. As they descend the…
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Nun
Nun PSALM 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. It is the signature verse of Psalm 119, the central theme of importance to the Psalmist. God’s word. More than words – actions of man directed by God – a way of life. The Proverbs advise of God’s word:…
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Mem
Psalm 119 A review from the King James Version: ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me,…
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Lamedh
Psalm 119 יְהֹוָה English Standard Version (ESV) Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet Lamedh 89 Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens. 90 Your faithfulness endures to all generations; you have established the earth, and it stands fast. Try to wrap your small mind around this: GOD LORD, JEHOVAH, THE EXISTING ONE, THE “I AM” –…
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Kaph
What does it mean to be saved? (What is salvation?) The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death Light has dawned.” – Matthew 4:16 NKJV (quoting Isaiah 9:2) Luke 3:6 KJV And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. Psalm…
