Psalms 119:161-168 SCHIN
Princes persecute me without a cause,
But my heart stands in awe of Your word.
(162) I rejoice at Your word
As one who finds great treasure.
(163) I hate and abhor lying,
But I love Your law.
(164) Seven times a day I praise You,
Because of Your righteous judgments.
(165) Great peace have those who love Your law,
And nothing causes them to stumble.
(166) LORD, I hope for Your salvation,
And I do Your commandments.
(167) My soul keeps Your testimonies,
And I love them exceedingly.
(168) I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies,
For all my ways are before You.
Keywords of God’s Law: Word, Law, Judgments, Commandments, Precepts Testimonies (Ways, Great Treasure)
Check out verse 162: I rejoice at Your word, As one who finds great treasure. Do you remember Jesus teaching about the treasure in a field, and when found, someone sells all they have to buy?
I imagine Jesus picking certain themes like this and letting them be the foundation of His Gospel—the Good News. We can limit ourselves to studying the New Testament, or we can understand what we read in the NT comes from a foundation of the OT.
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.