Category: Psalms

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Psalm 119:161-176, the good SHEPHERD!

Shin ש, 161-168

Psa 119:164, SEVEN TIMES A DAY I PRAISE YOU, Because of YOUR RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS.

It’s a good thing to pray frequently, but not when it’s done in a legalistic way! Not in bondage, “I HAVE TO PRAY”, But in love! Talk to the LORD always in your mind, give thanks, ask for help even for the small things! HE IS ALWAYS LISTENING TO HIS CHILDREN!

1Th 5:16-18, REJOICE ALWAYS, PRAY WITHOUT CEASING, In Everything Give Thanks; FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS FOR YOU.

Psa 119:165, Great peace have those who love Your law, And nothing causes them to stumble.

No one likes trials, but the beauty in them is that you confirm that HE IS! THERE IS GREAT PEACE IN KNOWING THAT THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS IS THERE WALKING NEXT TO YOU, AND LISTENING!

Php 4:7, and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Tau ת, 169-176

Psa 119:169, Let my cry come before You, O LORD; GIVE ME UNDERSTANDING ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD.

The world is trying indoctrinate us and our kids in the ways of the world! YOU CAN CHOSE YOUR GENDER, ABORTION IS GOOD IT’S NOT A BABY, THERE IS NO GOD! BUT, the psalmist wants HIS understanding, HIS word, HIS ways! Stop listening to the world, and listen to HIM!

Rom 12:2, AND DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. 

Psa 119:176, I HAVE GONE ASTRAY LIKE A LOST SHEEP; SEEK YOUR SERVANT, For I do not forget Your commandments. 

Know it or not, but all of us have gone astray, Yet, HE seeks HIS lost sheep to bring them home! HE IS THE GOOD SHEPHERD!

Isa 53:6, ALL WE LIKE SHEEP HAVE GONE ASTRAY; We have turned, every one, to his own way; AND THE LORD HAS LAID ON HIM THE INIQUITY OF US ALL. 

IT COST HIM EVERYTHING, but did it knowing that GREAT JOY WILL COME OUT OF IT!

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Psalm 119:145-160, HIS word is truth!

Qoph ק, 145-152

Psa 119:145, I cry out with my whole heart; Hear me, O LORD! I will keep Your statutes. 

The Psalmist IS NOT NEGOTIATING with the LORD; IF YOU HEAR ME THEN I WILL KEEP YOUR STATUTES. He keeps HIS laws in his heart so that he doesn’t stumble!

Psa 119:11, Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You. 

Psa 119:147, I RISE BEFORE THE DAWNING OF THE MORNING, AND CRY FOR HELP; I HOPE IN YOUR WORD. 

The Psalmist treasures time with the LORD more than sleep! JESUS, our example, woke up early to spend time with the FATHER!

Mar 1:35, NOW IN THE MORNING, having risen a long while before daylight, HE WENT OUT AND DEPARTED TO A SOLITARY PLACE; AND THERE HE PRAYED. 

Psa 119:148, MY EYES ARE AWAKE THROUGH THE NIGHT WATCHES, That I may meditate on Your word. 

Even stayed up at night Meditating on HIS word, HIS promises, HIS judgments! Remember, these are not just words in a book, but are HIS promises to those that believe! JESUS, our example, also stayed up late praying to HIS FATHER!

Luk 6:12, Now it came to pass in those days that HE went out to the mountain to pray, and CONTINUED ALL NIGHT IN PRAYER TO GOD. 

Resh ר, 153-160

Psa 119:153-154, Consider my affliction and deliver me, For I do not forget Your law. Plead my cause and redeem me; REVIVE ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD.

In his personal trial the psalmist pleads for mercy from the LORD. HIS hope is found in HIS word for he knows GOD can not lie!

Tit 1:2, in hope of eternal life which GOD, WHO CANNOT LIE, PROMISED BEFORE TIME BEGAN

Psa 119:160, THE ENTIRETY OF YOUR WORD IS TRUTH, AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS ENDURES FOREVER.

HIS word is true, live by it and live forever, ignore it and it will condemn you forever! IT’S A CHOICE EVERY ONE MUST MAKE!

2Ti 3:16, All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 

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Psalm 119:129-144, HIS word is pure!

Pe פ, 129-136

Psa 119:129-130, YOUR TESTIMONIES ARE WONDERFUL; Therefore my soul keeps them. The entrance of Your words gives light; IT GIVES UNDERSTANDING TO THE SIMPLE.

A name given to the coming MESSIAH, JESUS is WONDERFUL (Isaiah 9:6). For JESUS is wonderful, and HIS word a light to our path!

Isa 9:6, For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. AND HIS NAME WILL BE CALLED WONDERFUL, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Psa 19:7, The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, MAKING WISE THE SIMPLE;

Psa 119:133, DIRECT MY STEPS by Your word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me. 

HE directs those who trust in HIM and HIS promises! Remember, you can be led away by your feelings, lust, friends, circumstances etc. HE wants to lead us by HIS word JESUS!

Pro 3:5-6, Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

Tsadde צ,  137-144

Psa 119:137-138, RIGHTEOUS ARE YOU, O LORD, And upright are Your judgments. Your testimonies, which You have commanded, Are RIGHTEOUS AND VERY FAITHFUL.

HIS way is perfect, and HIS understanding is without fail! HE knows all and sees all! HE is faithful to HIS promises for us found in scripture! Trust in the LORD for HE can’t lie!

Num 23:19, “GOD IS NOT A MAN, THAT HE SHOULD LIE, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. HAS HE SAID, AND WILL HE NOT DO? Or HAS HE SPOKEN, AND WILL HE NOT MAKE IT GOOD? 

Psa 119:140, YOUR WORD IS VERY PURE; THEREFORE YOUR SERVANT LOVES IT. 

For those that know their GOD, HIS word is pure for HE is HOLY, HOLY, HOLY!

1Pe 2:2  as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, 

Your either guided by the cares of this world or by HIS word? We need to choose; remember HE is faithful and can’t lie! Trust in HIM!

Pro 30:5  Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. 

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Psalm 119:113-128, Double-minded person!

SAMECH ס  113-120,

Psa 119:113, I HATE THE DOUBLE-MINDED, BUT I LOVE YOUR LAW. 

A double-minded person is not set in his ways! HE wants what GOD offers, but also wants what the world offers! NO ONE CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS, GOD OR MAMMON? Matt 6:24.

1Ki 18:21, And Elijah came to all the people, and said, “HOW LONG WILL YOU FALTER BETWEEN TWO OPINIONS? IF THE LORD IS GOD, FOLLOW HIM; BUT IF BAAL, FOLLOW HIM.” But the people answered him not a word.

We are either for HIM or against HIM; there is no middle ground, no other way!

Psa 119:115, Depart from me, you evildoers, For I will keep the commandments of my God!

The Psalmist was careful in choosing his friends; for bad habits are easily passed on from one to another! He wants nothing to distract him from following the LORD!

1Co 15:33, DO NOT BE DECEIVED: “EVIL COMPANY CORRUPTS GOOD HABITS.” 

Psa 119:119, You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross; Therefore I love Your testimonies.

Dross is worthless, it takes away the shine of silver and makes it dull, and pretends to be gold but isn’t! So is a double-minded man; wine mixed with water

Isa 1:22, Your silver has become dross, Your wine mixed with water. 

Jas 1:8, HE IS A DOUBLE-MINDED MAN, UNSTABLE IN ALL HIS WAYS. 

AYIN ע 121-128

Psa 119:123, My eyes fail from seeking Your salvation And Your righteous word. 

“He looked to God alone, he looked eagerly, he looked long, he looked till his eyes ached. The mercy is, that if our eyes fail, GOD DOES NOT FAIL, NOR DO HIS EYES FAIL.” (Spurgeon)

Psa 119:125, I AM YOUR SERVANT; GIVE ME UNDERSTANDING, That I may know Your testimonies. 

The Psalmist has chosen his path, he is a servant of GOD and wants more understanding of HIM! WE TOO NEED TO CHOSE, EITHER HIS WAY OR OUR WAY! WE CANT HAVE BOTH! JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO THE FATHER!

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Psalm 119:97-112, choice is yours!

MEM מ 97-104

Psa 119:98-100, You, through YOUR COMMANDMENTS, make me wiser than my enemies; For they ARE EVER WITH ME. I have more understanding than all my teachers, For YOUR TESTIMONIES ARE MY MEDITATION. I understand more than the ancients, BECAUSE I KEEP YOUR PRECEPTS.

Reading and keeping HIS word is wisdom for it is PREPARING US FOR WHAT IS TO COME! The wisdom the world offers is foolishness which leads to death, YET HE offers us life!!

Col 2:8, BEWARE LEST ANYONE CHEAT YOU through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, AND NOT ACCORDING TO CHRIST. 

Psa 119:101, I HAVE RESTRAINED MY FEET FROM EVERY EVIL WAY, THAT I MAY KEEP YOUR WORD. 

What good is it if we read HIS word, but led by the cares of this world, the desires of our hearts, riches and glory?

Luk 9:23, Then He (JESUS) said to them all, “IF ANYONE DESIRES TO COME AFTER ME, LET HIM DENY HIMSELF, AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY, AND FOLLOW ME.

NUN נ 105-112

Psa 119:105, YOUR WORD IS A LAMP TO MY FEET AND A LIGHT TO MY PATH. 

We live in dark times where good is bad, and bad is now good! But we also were once in darkness, YET HIS word put on flesh to teach the lost they way they should go!

Joh 8:12, Then JESUS spoke to them again, saying, “I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. HE WHO FOLLOWS ME SHALL NOT WALK IN DARKNESS, BUT HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE.” 

Isa 9:2a, THE PEOPLE WHO WALKED IN DARKNESS HAVE SEEN A GREAT LIGHT…

Psa 119:112, I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes Forever, to the very end. 

IT’S A CHOICE WE ALL MUST MAKE! For the Psalmist he has chosen to follow his word for the rest of his life! What have you chosen? What do you seek?

Pro 14:12, There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

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Psalm 119:81-96, HE is in control!

KATH  כ  81-88

Psa 119:81-82, MY SOUL FAINTS FOR YOUR SALVATION, But I hope in Your word. My eyes fail from searching Your word, Saying, “WHEN WILL YOU COMFORT ME?”

Here the Psalmist is desperate, without any strength; YET he wants to be delivered by GOD, not man! BEING DELIVERED BY THE STRENGTH OF MAN ACTUALLY ROBS THE PERSON FROM A BLESSING OF GOD!

2Cor 4:8-9, We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed

Psa 119:86-87, All Your commandments are faithful; They persecute me wrongfully; HELP ME! They almost made an end of me on earth, But I did not forsake Your precepts.

Still waiting for help but living in faith, in accordance to HIS way! Never lose heart for the LORD’s hand is on the thermostat; shaping and molding the person he wants to see in you! It’s just the potter doing HIS work!

Isa 64:8, But now, O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand. 

LAMED ל 89-96

Psa 119:89, Forever, O LORD, YOUR WORD IS SETTLED IN HEAVEN.

HE who knows the end from the beginning! What HE has said, in HIS word will come to pass without fail! IT IS SETTLED!

Act 15:18, “KNOWN TO GOD FROM ETERNITY ARE ALL HIS WORKS. 

Isa 46:10, DECLARING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING, And from ancient times THINGS THAT ARE NOT YET DONE, Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,’ 

Psa 119:94-95, I AM YOURS, SAVE ME; FOR I HAVE SOUGHT YOUR PRECEPTS. The wicked wait for me to destroy me, BUT I WILL CONSIDER YOUR TESTIMONIES.

Are you HIS? Do you know the LORD? In trials never lose heart for HE is with you wherever you go!

Psa 27:13-14, I WOULD HAVE LOST HEART, UNLESS I HAD BELIEVED That I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. WAIT ON THE LORD; BE OF GOOD COURAGE, AND HE SHALL STRENGTHEN YOUR HEART; WAIT, I SAY, ON THE LORD! 

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Psalm 119:65-80, HE corrects HIS own!

Teth ט, 65-72

Psa 119:67-68, Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep Your word. You are good, and do good; Teach me Your statutes.

As a good FATHER, HE corrects HIS own children. HE only wants the best for you! HE IS GOOD AND ONLY DOES GOOD!

Pro 3:11-12, My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD, Nor detest His correction; FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE CORRECTS, JUST AS A FATHER THE SON IN WHOM HE DELIGHTS.

Psa 119:71, IT IS GOOD FOR ME THAT I HAVE BEEN AFFLICTED, THAT I MAY LEARN YOUR STATUTES. 

Suffer a little now is better than suffering for all eternity! That is why HE corrects HIS own that we may draw closer to HIM and away from the pit!

1Co 11:32, But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, THAT WE MAY NOT BE CONDEMNED WITH THE WORLD. 

YOD י , 73-80

Psa 119:75, I KNOW, O LORD, THAT YOUR JUDGMENTS ARE RIGHT, AND THAT IN FAITHFULNESS YOU HAVE AFFLICTED ME. 

The LORD uses everything and anything to correct HIS own! HE IS THE GOOD FATHER AND HE DOES WHAT’S BEST FOR US!

Heb 12:10-11 NLT, For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. BUT GOD’S DISCIPLINE IS ALWAYS GOOD FOR US, SO THAT WE MIGHT SHARE IN HIS HOLINESS. No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful! BUT AFTERWARD THERE WILL BE A PEACEFUL HARVEST OF RIGHT LIVING FOR THOSE WHO ARE TRAINED IN THIS WAY.

Psa 119:80, LET MY HEART BE BLAMELESS REGARDING YOUR STATUTES, THAT I MAY NOT BE ASHAMED.

There are so many people who know how to speak christianese, “bless you brother”, “I’ll pray for you”, “God is good” etc.  YET, their hearts are filled with Anger, hypocrisy, lust, and hatred etc. THEN HE COMES, YET YOU STAYED? GET RIGHT WITH THE LORD FOR HE IS NEAR! HE IS COMING

1Jn 2:28, And now, little children, abide in Him, that WHEN HE APPEARS, WE MAY HAVE CONFIDENCE AND NOT BE ASHAMED BEFORE HIM AT HIS COMING. 

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Psalm 119:49-64, Examine your ways!

Zayin ז, 49-56

Psa 119:49-50, Remember the word to Your servant, Upon which You have CAUSED ME TO HOPE. THIS IS MY COMFORT in my affliction, For Your word has given me life.

HIS word cannot be broken, If HE has said it then it shall come to pass! This is our hope!

Num 23:19, “GOD IS NOT A MAN, THAT HE SHOULD LIE, NOR A SON OF MAN, THAT HE SHOULD REPENT. HAS HE SAID, AND WILL HE NOT DO? OR HAS HE SPOKEN, AND WILL HE NOT MAKE IT GOOD?

David boldly asks the LORD to fulfill HIS promise that HE has spoken to him!

2Sa 7:25, “Now, O LORD God, the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house, ESTABLISH IT FOREVER AND DO AS YOU HAVE SAID. 

HIS word is our hope, HIS word is our guide in life! But, if we don’t read and know exactly what HE has promised how can we have hope?

Psa 119:54-56, Your statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage. I remember Your name in the night, O LORD, And I keep Your law. This has become mine, Because I kept Your precepts.

The LORD are in his thoughts day and night. HIS word has become part of himself, for his faith and hope can be found in the word!

Rom 10:17, So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 

Heth ח , 57-64

Psa 119:59-60, I THOUGHT ABOUT MY WAYS, And turned my feet to Your testimonies. I MADE HASTE, AND DID NOT DELAY TO KEEP YOUR COMMANDMENTS.

Hag 1:7, THUS SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS: “CONSIDER YOUR WAYS! 

If we were to examine ourselves through the lens of HIS word we fall short! Are there things we must give up, Pride, dependence on your own strength, and wisdom?  Are we doing things that we shouldn’t? Examine yourself!

2Co 13:5, Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. DO YOU NOT KNOW YOURSELVES, THAT JESUS CHRIST IS IN YOU?—UNLESS INDEED YOU ARE DISQUALIFIED. 

Lam 3:40, Let us search out and examine our ways, AND TURN BACK TO THE LORD; 

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Psalm 119:33-48, Coveting!

HE = ה , 33-40

Psa 119:33-35, TEACH ME, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, And I shall keep it to the end. GIVE ME UNDERSTANDING, and I shall keep Your law; Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart. MAKE ME WALK IN THE PATH of Your commandments, For I delight in it.

LORD, Teach me, Give me Understanding, and Help me walk in your precepts! The Psalmist only fear was that he wouldn’t be able to understand HIS word! The LORD will give understanding and wisdom if asked!

Joh 6:45, It is written in the prophets, ‘AND THEY SHALL ALL BE TAUGHT BY GOD.’ Therefore everyone who has HEARD and LEARNED FROM THE FATHER COMES TO ME. 

Psa 119:36-37, Incline my heart to Your testimonies, AND NOT TO COVETOUSNESS. TURN AWAY MY EYES FROM LOOKING AT WORTHLESS THINGS, AND REVIVE ME IN YOUR WAY.

You shall not covet, “to desire earnestly or set your heart and mind upon”! Coveting is a great threat upon a believer’s life!

King David committed adultery and murdered because he coveted Bathsheba! 2Sam 11

Judas sound out JESUS, the SON of the living GOD for 30 pieces of silver! Matt 26:14-16

Luk 12:15, And He (JESUS) said to them, “TAKE HEED AND BEWARE OF COVETOUSNESS, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”

VAU = ו , 40-48

Psa 119:44-45, So shall I keep Your law continually, Forever and ever. And I will walk at liberty, For I seek Your precepts.

When JESUS first started HIS ministry HE read from Isaiah 61:1-2a. HE came to set us free from the power of sin! Sin imprisons the mind and body, but HE came to open up the prison doors!

Isa 61:1, ….. TO PROCLAIM LIBERTY TO THE CAPTIVES, AND THE OPENING OF THE PRISON TO THOSE WHO ARE BOUND; 

Rom 8:2, …FREE FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH.

Coveting what others have will lead us in the wrong direction! But, HE came to set us free and to set us on a better path than the one we have chosen!

Pro 14:12, There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. 

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Psalm 119:17-32, HE shall open your eyes!

GIMEL = ג , 17-24

Psa 119:18, OPEN MY EYES, THAT I MAY SEE WONDROUS THINGS FROM YOUR LAW. 

These are not just words in a book, it’s HIS living word! Not believing in JESUS and reading this book achieves nothing, but once one comes to faith HE opens their eyes to see the truth in HIS word!

2Cor 3:14-16, But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, BECAUSE THE VEIL IS TAKEN AWAY IN CHRIST. But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. NEVERTHELESS WHEN ONE TURNS TO THE LORD, THE VEIL IS TAKEN AWAY.

Psa 119:19-20, I AM A STRANGER IN THE EARTH; Do not hide Your commandments from me. MY SOUL BREAKS WITH LONGING FOR YOUR JUDGMENTS AT ALL TIMES.

In knowing Christ JESUS, we know that there is a better way, HIS way! We feel out of place living in this filthy corrupt world! YET, the day is coming when HE shall return to judge the world! HE SHALL BE KING OVER ALL THE EARTH!

Zec 14:9, AND THE LORD SHALL BE KING OVER ALL THE EARTH. In that day it shall be “The LORD is one,” And His name one. 

DALETH = ד , 25-32

Psa 119:30-31, I HAVE CHOSEN THE WAY OF TRUTH; Your judgments I have laid before me. I CLING TO YOUR TESTIMONIES; O LORD, do not put me to shame!

It is a choice that we make for there are two roads before us, HIS way which leads to life, and our way which leads to death!

Pro 14:12, There is a way that seems right to a man, BUT ITS END IS THE WAY OF DEATH. 

Psa 119:32, I WILL RUN THE COURSE OF YOUR COMMANDMENTS, For You shall enlarge my heart.

In verse 25, the Psalmist was close to death and said, “MY SOUL CLINGS TO THE DUST, REVIVE ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD”!  Now we see HIM running! This is the work of GOD, for HE is always present willing to help in times of trouble! Trust in the LORD!

Psa 18:36, YOU ENLARGED MY PATH UNDER ME, SO MY FEET DID NOT SLIP.