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Heth

Psalm 119

English Standard Version (ESV)

Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Heth (Cheth)

57 The Lord is my portion;
I promise to keep your words.

The LORD is my portion.

What does this mean to you?

To begin, let us disavow the popular preaching from the mega-pulpits of false teaching that God’s blessings are yours to name and claim: God gives us our ‘portion‘ for HIS glory and not ours in the eyes of men.

You, O Lord, are our inheritance! You are our portion for heaven after we have died to our own wills of greed and self-indulgence.

58 I entreat your favor with all my heart;
be gracious to me according to your promise.

I come to you in weakness, in my sickness of heart. With all of my heart (not just a portion set aside for god) I beg you for your favor. NOT ‘favor’ as in a favorite son, but favor as in, Have mercy on me, a sinner.

59 When I think on my ways,
I turn my feet to your testimonies;
60 I hasten and do not delay
to keep your commandments.
61 Though the cords of the wicked ensnare me,
I do not forget your law.
62 At midnight I rise to praise you,
because of your righteous rules.

When you are in trouble do you rise to praise the Lord?

Now follows the importance of Christian community: one Christian for the support of all other Christians who also fear the Lord:

63 I am a companion of all who fear you,
of those who keep your precepts.
64 The earth, O Lord, is full of your steadfast love;
teach me your statutes!

The Lord is faithful, even unto death. For Life is ours in Christ Jesus, who also suffered and was sacrificed for our transgressions of the law and hears our prayers and witness and calling upon Him. Jesus IS Lord.

Teach us your statutes! It is not only a call to memorize 10 commandments or learn a number of rules; it is the plea of our heart that God will show us (His servants) what to do and how to do it His way. Our strong desire should be to hear and do all that Jesus Christ has taught us in Person.

Do you desire the Lord to teach you His statutes? (Here is a start.)

January 21, 2014
Waw

Psalm 119

English Standard Version (ESV)

Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Waw

41 Let your steadfast love come to me, O Lord,
your salvation according to your promise;
42 then shall I have an answer for him who taunts me,
for I trust in your word.

Ah, what sweet words are these; to have the steadfast love of the Lord.

What man of flesh is steadfast in his (or her) love for you? Do any compare to the unfailing love of Christ Jesus?

In the KJV: VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.

Thy mercies… even thy salvation. Some versions translate: ‘your unfailing love,’ your lovingkindnesses.

Couldn’t we all use a little more of those embracing emotions of God’s steadfast love? And how well we know our salvation is in Christ Jesus, our Lord.

Our God is a merciful God, our Lord our salvation of his steadfast love.

43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
for my hope is in your rules.
44 I will keep your law continually,
forever and ever,
45 and I shall walk in a wide place,
for I have sought your precepts.

And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. – KJV

46 I will also speak of your testimonies before kings
and shall not be put to shame,
47 for I find my delight in your commandments,
which I love.
48 I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love,
and I will meditate on your statutes.

January 18, 2014
Gimel
Psalm 119
English Standard Version (ESV)
Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Does your meditation time include prayer and petition to God?

Here is a worthy prayer for your whole heart.

Gimel
17 Deal bountifully with your servant,
that I may live and keep your word.
18 Open my eyes, that I may behold
wondrous things out of your law.

“Open thou my eyes,” states the King James.

‘Open,’ as ‘uncover’ what you do not see exists in the eyes of God, never-the-less.

And note from the translation that it is God we ask to open our eyes and not we ourselves who open our eyes to anything without first opening our eyes to the Lord God. It is that same understanding of good and evil that God sees.

Two important meditations of understanding follow:
1. We are sojourners – travelers on the earth. As children of God we have become strangers who do not belong on this earth of sin.
2. Our prayer to our Father in heaven is that He would reveal or uncover what He sees in the Law and the Commandments.
19 I am a sojourner on the earth;
hide not your commandments from me!

20 My soul is consumed with longing
for your rules at all times.
21 You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones,
who wander from your commandments.

Is your soul consumed with longing for God’s rules at all time?

For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. – Deuteronomy 4:24

“My soul breaketh,” states the KJV. Does your heart break; is it crushed with longing for the judgments of God? The KJV also points toward the wrath of God on those who do not consider His commandments:

21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

In this the Psalmist warns: the curse of God will come upon those who are proud and err in our ways of wandering from the straight and narrow path of the commandments. God rebukes those He loves; but we had best listen and repent if we do not want to experience the wrath of God’s consuming fire.

22 Take away from me scorn and contempt,
for I have kept your testimonies.
23 Even though princes sit plotting against me,
your servant will meditate on your statutes.

To meditate on the word of the Lord is a picture of life – a germination of a new and godly life in our soul which can blossom into eternal life.

24 Your testimonies are my delight;
they are my counselors.
January 15, 2014