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About Psalm 119.
It is the longest Psalm in the book of Psalms.
It is also the longest chapter in the Bible.
The Psalm is divided into 22 parts.
Each part begins with a different letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
In Hebrew, each line of these parts begin with that letter.
Significant?
There’s not a letter that doesn’t honor God’s word.
The content of this chapter is respect, praise, and honor for God’s word.
God’s word is described with several different words in this Psalm.
Laws
Testimonies
Ways
Precepts
Statutes
Commandments
Judgments
Word
Truth
All of these words are used to refer to God’s word.
There is great respect for God’s word in this Psalm.
We ought to have this same respect also.
Without God’s word we would not have the information we need for our salvation.
We ought to join the Psalmist in praising God for His wonderful word!
This first part of this Psalm serves as an introduction to the entire Psalm.
Let’s get started
In this first Section labeled Aleph (ŏ’lef) we find that we are Commanded by God’s Word - 119:1-8
I. God’s Word Can Make Us Happy
Vs. 1-3
Everyone wants to be happy.
I’ve never met anyone who said they didn’t want to be happy.
How do we truly find happiness - by diligent obedience to the Word of God!
Our happiness will be relational to our ...
A. Our Purity
vs. 1
Verse one tells us we can be blessed.
The word literally means happy.
(AW-SHar)
So what does the Our Purity mean?
It means we live like we are...
1. Set Apart
Vs. 1a
"Blessed are the undefiled in the way..."
We are set apart from this world, we are not of this world!
We must live Set apart lives if we want happiness.
2. Saturated
v. 1b
“who walk in the law of the Lord"
The qualifier here of being set apart as presented here, is walking in the law of the Lord.
This is an ongoing action!
How is your walk with God?
Secondly, our happiness will be relational to ...
B. Our Pursuit
Vs. 2
The Psalmist gives us a second idea of being happy, not only our purity, but also what we are pursuing.
Pursuing is active - an ongoing action!
First it shows us to ...
1. Be Steadfast
V. 2a
"Blessed are they that keep his testimonies"
Keep - (naw-tsar’) - to keep watch, watch over, keep from.
This is an Active watchfulness to see what God says.
The word testimonies speaks to a witness of something.
God has witnessed, like in a court of law, that something is true!
He has given us the paths of life!
are we steadfastly keeping them?
2. Be Seeking
vs. 2b
"and that seek him with the whole heart"
This word seek - has the idea of searching, or studying, inquiring into the law.
The second aspect given here of being blessed or happy is that we are truly studying His Word.
Reading is not good enough.
Are you really seeking him?
Thirdly our happiness will be relational to...
C. Our Paths
vs. 3
What path do you choose to take in your life, this year, today?
1.
Our Disagreement With Evil
vs. 3a
“they also do no iniquity”
Does your path lead you to evil, or toward righteousness?
iniquity - The word refers to anything that deviates from the right way of doing things.
So the decision must be made ahead of time - are you going to agree with this world, or are you going to agree with God?
2. Our Distinctive Walk Exclusively
vs. 3b
“they walk in His ways”
The word Ways - way, road, path
Are you going to choose God’s path or your own?
This will determine your happiness!
II.
God’s Word Can Make Us Holy
vs. 4-6
Later in this chapter the Psalmist says,
We’ll look at that week, but not only Can God’s Word make us Happy, it can make us holy.
We see three parts of our daily life here in these three verses that God wants us to yield to Him.
A. Our Duty
vs. 4
We are commanded to to keep his precepts diligently.
Precept is an instruction.
Keeping His instructions takes diligence.
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