Psalms 119:17-24 NKJV Gimel
Deal bountifully with Your servant,
That I may live and keep Your word.
(18) Open my eyes, that I may see
Wondrous things from Your law.
(19) I am a stranger in the earth;
Do not hide Your commandments from me.
(20) My soul breaks with longing
For Your judgments at all times.
(21) You rebuke the proud—the cursed,
Who stray from Your commandments.
(22) Remove from me reproach and contempt,
For I have kept Your testimonies.
(23) Princes also sit and speak against me,
But Your servant meditates on Your statutes.
(24) Your testimonies also are my delight
And my counselors.
Keywords of God’s Law: Word, Law, Commandments, Judgments, Testimonies, Statutes,
Deal with me, Lord, so that I may live bountifully. Maybe the key to this psalm is the opening phrase. God! Handle me appropriately, and I will dedicate my focus to you. We are strangers here, but we must focus on Him.
An old song comes bubbling to the surface: This world is not my home, I’m just a passin’ through. My treasures are laid up… somewhere beyond the blue.
If you know it, make the theme of the song and this portion of Psalms 119 your anthem today.
Psalms 119 Explanation: Psalms 119 is the longest chapter in the bible. But remember. Psalms contain individual writings from multiple sources, so each “chapter” is like an eBook. Most psalms are better read as one would a poem. Break the chapter into small subsections of a sentence, and you’ll get the idea.
B.C. 444, This Psalm, which was probably composed by Ezra, is another of the alphabetical Psalms. It consists of twenty-two parts, answering to the number of the Hebrew letters, every part being divided into eight verses, and each verse beginning with that letter which forms the title of the part; that is, the first part of eight verses with א, the second with ב, etc. It is an elegant, important, and useful composition, the chief subjects of which are the excellence of God’s laws and the happiness of those who observe them.
Each psalm references God’s Word using many phrases and words:
Law, Testimonies, Precepts, Commandments, Statues, etc.