Psalm 119: Samekh
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Hebrew Letter Samekh
Psalm 119:113-120 in Hebrew
113 I hate the double-minded, but I love your law.
114 You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word.
115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
116 Uphold me according to your promise, that I may live, and let me not be put to shame in my hope!
117 Hold me up, that I may be safe and have regard for your statutes continually!
118 You spurn all who go astray from your statutes, for their cunning is in vain.
119 All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross, therefore I love your testimonies.
120 My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments.
The Double-minded bring Destruction
The Double-minded bring Destruction
113 I hate the double-minded, but I love your law.
What does it mean to be double-minded?
What does it mean to be double-minded?
A Biblical Picture
A Biblical Picture
1 And the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said to him, “There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor.
2 The rich man had very many flocks and herds,
3 but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought. And he brought it up, and it grew up with him and with his children. It used to eat of his morsel and drink from his cup and lie in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.
4 Now there came a traveler to the rich man, and he was unwilling to take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the guest who had come to him, but he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”
5 Then David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, the man who has done this deserves to die,
6 and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.”
7 Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
8 And I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your arms and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah. And if this were too little, I would add to you as much more.
9 Why have you despised the word of the Lord, to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.
10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’
11 Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house. And I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
12 For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.’ ”
13 David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
A Biblical Teaching
A Biblical Teaching
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;
8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.
God’s Truth is our Defense
God’s Truth is our Defense
114 You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word.
God is Immutable
God is Immutable
6 “For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.
19 God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
Dealing with Duplicity
Dealing with Duplicity
115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
Faith and Footsteps
Faith and Footsteps
116 Uphold me according to your promise, that I may live, and let me not be put to shame in my hope!
117 Hold me up, that I may be safe and have regard for your statutes continually!
Futility of Duplicity
Futility of Duplicity
118 You spurn all who go astray from your statutes, for their cunning is in vain.
Consequence of Duplicity
Consequence of Duplicity
119 All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross, therefore I love your testimonies.
Dross - Worthless material that is separated from metal when it is refined.
Dross - Worthless material that is separated from metal when it is refined.
The Fear of God
The Fear of God
120 My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments.
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
What to do with Duplicity
What to do with Duplicity
When it is in others?
When it is in others?
Be on Guard, do not tie your life to those who are duplicitous. When God’s judgement comes upon them you may be swept up in it.
When it is in you?
When it is in you?
Fear the Lord and repent of your lies.
Fear the Lord and repent of your lies.
22 and the land is subdued before the Lord; then after that you shall return and be free of obligation to the Lord and to Israel, and this land shall be your possession before the Lord.
7 Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Ground your life in the Truth of God’s Word.
Ground your life in the Truth of God’s Word.
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
