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I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek Your servant, For I do not forget Your commandments. Psalm 119:176
When it comes to reading Hebrew poetry, which rhymes ideas, typical words-per-minute reading rates don't apply. Even if you could read and ponder an eight-verse stanza every minute, it would take you twenty-two minutes to get to Psalm 119's last verse (quoted above).
So, here's a quick summary:
- Almost every verse of Psalm 119 talks about God's Word, the Bible.
- It says God's Word is true, righteous, and eternal. It's wonderful, good, and pure. It never changes, disappears, or grows out of date.
- Thirty times Psalm 119 urges you to obey God's Word, to observe it, and to keep it with all your heart until the end of your life.
- Twenty times you're told to remember God's Word and to meditate on it.
- Twenty more times it urges you to love God's Word and delight in it.
- Ten times it commands you to long after God's Word and wait for it.
- Fifteen times Psalm 119 exhorts you to live a pure life.
- Three times it warns you not to wander off the path of life.
- Best of all? Psalm 119 richly describes God Himself as righteous, loving, and kind, and your Master and Savior--and much more.
Prayer: Lord, I'm prone to wander. When I do, speak to me until I turn back onto Your path of life.
When it comes to reading Hebrew poetry, which rhymes ideas, typical words-per-minute reading rates don't apply. Even if you could read and ponder an eight-verse stanza every minute, it would take you twenty-two minutes to get to Psalm 119's last verse (quoted above).
So, here's a quick summary:
- Almost every verse of Psalm 119 talks about God's Word, the Bible.
- It says God's Word is true, righteous, and eternal. It's wonderful, good, and pure. It never changes, disappears, or grows out of date.
- Thirty times Psalm 119 urges you to obey God's Word, to observe it, and to keep it with all your heart until the end of your life.
- Twenty times you're told to remember God's Word and to meditate on it.
- Twenty more times it urges you to love God's Word and delight in it.
- Ten times it commands you to long after God's Word and wait for it.
- Fifteen times Psalm 119 exhorts you to live a pure life.
- Three times it warns you not to wander off the path of life.
- Best of all? Psalm 119 richly describes God Himself as righteous, loving, and kind, and your Master and Savior--and much more.
Prayer: Lord, I'm prone to wander. When I do, speak to me until I turn back onto Your path of life.
Amen! Thank you! Praise God!
