Psalms 119:153-160 RESH
Consider my affliction and deliver me,
For I do not forget Your law.
(154) Plead my cause and redeem me;
Revive me according to Your word.
(155) Salvation is far from the wicked,
For they do not seek Your statutes.
(156) Great are Your tender mercies, O LORD;
Revive me according to Your judgments.
(157) Many are my persecutors and my enemies,
Yet I do not turn from Your testimonies.
(158) I see the treacherous, and am disgusted,
Because they do not keep Your word.
(159) Consider how I love Your precepts;
Revive me, O LORD, according to Your lovingkindness. (
160) The entirety of Your word is truth,
And every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever.
Keywords of God’s Law: Law, Word, Statutes, Judgments, Testimonies, Precepts
Verse 156 tells me the secret of God’s love toward His people. “Great are Your tender Mercies.” It’s not just a secret of Love where he extends His mercy; we are also revived according to His judgments.
If there is ever a time to duplicate God’s love, it is now. How? By extending Mercy and Grace to those who are in failure or a great struggle to survive.
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.