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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><font size="3"><b>Jim
& Marie Watt</b></font></p>
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<a href="http://www.2rbetter.org/">www.2rbetter.org</a></b></font></p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER">April 27, 2011</p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER">
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</p><p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><b>JAN
23 - PSALM 119 - GLORY AND GOD'S WORD</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
119:14 (1-24) BLESSING AND ENLIGHTENMENT BY THE WORD. “I have
rejoiced in the <u>way of your testimonies</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
As much as in all riches.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">(14;
way = derek, S#1870, JESUS the way). </span></span><u><span style="">Jesus</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
You are the way! Father You have given Christ the Kingdom! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Hallowed
be Your Name!</span></i></b></p>
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<b><span style="text-decoration: none;">2. 119:29 (25-48) SUSTAINING
POWER AND SALVATION BY THE WORD. “Remove from me the way of
falsehood; And grant me your </span><u>law</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
graciously.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">(29;
law = torah, S#8451, 25x). Father, in Your law is delight. We give
ourselves in obedience of the faith to the law of the Spirit of life
in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 8:2). </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Your
:kingdom come!</span></i></b></p>
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<b><span style="text-decoration: none;">3. 119:59 (49-72) COMFORT
AND CHASTENING FROM THE WORD. “I thought on my ways, And turned my
feet unto your </span><u>testimonies</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">.”
</span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">(59;
testimony = edah, S#5713 + eduth, 23x). What You have testified
concerning this, O Father, that would we hearken to and walk in! Yes,
we would delight in them with our whole heart. Then we know we will
not be confounded. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth!</span></i></b></p>
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<b><span style="text-decoration: none;">4. 119:78 (73-96)
RIGHTEOUSNESS, HOPE AND ETERNITY IN THE WORD. “Let the proud be
put to shame; for they have overthrown me wrongfully: </span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">But</span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">
I will meditate on your </span><u>precepts</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">.”
</span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">(78;
precept = pikkudim, S#6490, 21x). How we love Your rules of life,
Your precepts, Father! How we delight in Proverbs! For here You teach
us how to walk humbly and forgive; how to love our enemies; how to
live the Sermon on the Mount in You; how to be forgiven. </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Our
:daily bread give us this day!</span></i></b></p>
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<b><span style="text-decoration: none;">5. 119:112 (97-120) WISDOM,
JOY AND SECURITY IN THE WORD. “I have inclined my heart to perform
your </span><u>statutes</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> For
ever, even unto the end.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">(112;
statute = chukkim, S#2706, 22x, to decree or ordain). By these You
regulate our way of life. By these You teach us how to live. We find
Your statutes in all books of the Bible. </span></span><u><span style="">Jesus</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
is our Statute! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
forgive us our :debts, as we also have forgiven our :debtors!</span></i></b></p>
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<b><span style="text-decoration: none;">6. 119:143 (121-144)
CONFIDENCE, GUIDANCE AND CHARACTER IN THE WORD. “Trouble and
anguish have taken hold on me; </span><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Yet</span></i><span style="text-decoration: none;">
your </span><u>commandments</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
are my delight.” </span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">(143;
commandment = mitsvah, S#4687, 22x). We love Your commandments above
gold, Father. Riches cannot deflect us from the way of keeping them.
We honor those who speak and live according to Your commandments.
</span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And bring us
not into temptation!</span></i></b></p>
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<b><span style="text-decoration: none;">7. 119:156 (145-176)
STRENGTH AND PEACE FROM THE WORD. “Great are your tender mercies,
O Jehovah: Quicken me according to your ordinances (</span><u>judgments</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">).”
</span></b><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">(156;
judgment = mishpat, S#4941, 18x). Your judgments, O Father, are Your
regulations, Your sentence, Your verdict. We respect and honor
whatever is Your judgment. You have the right to judge - for You are
King and Judge of Your Kingdom! </span></span><b><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">But
deliver us from the evil one!</span></i></b></p>
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<u><b>NOTE</b></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>: “Seven
times a day do I praise you, Because of your righteous ordinances”
(119:164). </b></span><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
O Father, is the way we would use Your word to praise You. 10 terms
referring to God's Word are used in all but 3 of the 176 verses in
Psalm 119. 7 of these terms appear above; following are the other
three.</span></span></p>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">8.
</span></span><u><span style="">Word</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
= davar, S#1198, 21x in this Psalm; = imrah, S#565, spoken word, 19x;
(equivalent to LOgos and R</span></span><u><span style="">E</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">ma
in the NT).</span></span></p>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">9.
</span></span><u><span style="">Truth</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
= emunah, S#530, 1x; = emeth, S#571, 3x.</span></span></p>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">10.
</span></span><u><span style="">Righteousness</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
= tsedaqah, S#6664, 6x.</span></span></p>
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<span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Psalm
119 is the Psalm of the </span></span><u><span style="">Word</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">!
And - Jesus and the Word are </span></span><u><span style="">one</span></u><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">!
See John 1:1 again - </span></span><b><span style="text-decoration: none;">“In
the beginning was the </span><u>Word</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">;
and the </span><u>Word</u><span style="text-decoration: none;"> was
with :God, and the </span><u>Word</u><span style="text-decoration: none;">
was God! </span></b>
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It is true that the written word in itself does <u>not</u> give life.
The old hymn rightly states it - <b>“Beyond the Sacred Page, I seek
</b><u><b>Thee</b></u><b>, Lord!”</b></p>
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But in the beginning was the spoken Word - R<u>E</u>ma. Then after a
time - it slipped into the written form, LOgos. But as we <u>meditate</u>
upon it, even reverently on our knees speak it back to God - <u>then</u>
the Holy Spirit lays hold of it and transforms it back to a R<u>E</u>ma
- a Living Word! And then Christ Jesus the Living Word becomes fully
formed within us. Then Galatians 2:20 becomes a reality to us as it
was to the apostle Paul, and with him we can say, <b>“Christ lives
</b><u><b>in</b></u><b> me!” </b>This was also the secret of George
Muller and George Whitefield.</p>
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The Book of Psalms, largely by David, is the hymn book of the Bible.
That is why in our reading guide - “Through the Bible in a Year”
- we have taken Psalms and Proverbs out of context, and give a Psalm
a day for the first 5 months of the year with Proverbs for June; and
then we repeat them for the last half of the year. We hope to have
this guide on our Website soon, so that you can read the Bible
through in a Year in this interesting format. We follow J. Vernon
McGee's alternation of OT and NT books for added variety and
interest.
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Psalm 119 is not unique in that it uses the Hebrew alphabet as a
memory device. Lamentations and other Psalms likewise use this same
device. However, it is unique in the extent to which it is involved.
The Hebrew alphabet has 22 letter, all consonants. Psalm 119 is
composed of 22 sections of 8 verses each. The eight verses of these
22 sections all start in the Hebrew with the 22 succeeding letter of
the alphabet. Psalm 119:1-8 with its 8 verses, each start with
“aleph”, the first letter of the alphabet; and closes with
119:169-176, each of the 8 verses commencing with “tav”, the 22<sup>nd</sup>
letter of the alphabet. One of our grandsons with his father quoted
over one half of this Psalm to us on one occasion for our family
devotions. J.A.Watt</p>
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