A Daily Study of Psalm 119 (NKJV)
Meditations and Prayers Relating to the Law of God
“Psalms 119 is an acrostic to end all acrostics! There are twenty-two strophes (paragraphs), corresponding to the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Each of the strophes has eight lines (verses), and every one of the lines in each strophe begins with the appropriate Hebrew letter marking that stanza.” – Coffman(1)
Every paragraph contains these words pertaining to God’s Laws:
Law of the Lord or Your Word– Body of prophetic, legal and moral directives (Mosaic Law)
Testimonies – Witness (God never asks us to believe anything that He does not give us evidence (testimony) for.)
Precepts – Command or order respecting moral conduct
Statutes – Something prescribed, prescribed task
Commandments – order by authorities
Judgements – Act of deciding a case, ordinance
PSALM 119:1-8 A Aleph (hebrew letter)
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, Who walk in the law of the LORD! Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart! They also do no iniquity; They walk in His ways. You have commanded us To keep Your precepts diligently. Oh, that my ways were directed To keep Your statutes! Then I would not be ashamed, When I look into all Your commandments. I will praise You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments. I will keep Your statutes; Oh, do not forsake me utterly!
Hi-Lite each “Law” word from the list above
HI-lite in a different color “blessed” (twice)
Underline who is blessed. “the undefiled in the way”, “who walk in the law of the Lord”, “who keep His testimonies”, “Who seek Him with the whole heart!”
Where are we going to walk?
Verse 1:
Verse 3:
What does this say about our ways?
Verse 1:
Verse 5:
Put a box around “I will praise You”, “I will keep Your statutes”
Double underline “I would not be ashamed, when I look into all Your commandments”
Circle the verbs and then list them.
(1)Coffman, James Burton. “Commentary on Psalms 119”. “Coffman’s Commentaries on the Bible”. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/bcc/psalms-119.html. Abilene Christian University Press, Abilene, Texas, USA. 1983-1999.