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Verses

Psalm 119:65-72

March 8, 2010

65. You have dealt well with your servant,
O Lord, according to your word.
66. Teach me good judgment and knowledge,
for I believe in your commandments.
67. Before I was afflicted I went astray,
but now I keep your word.
68. You are good and do good;
teach me your statutes.
69. The insolent smear me with lies,
but with my whole heart [...]

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Psalm 119:57-64

March 4, 2010

57. The Lord is my portion;
I promise to keep your words.
58. I entreat your favor with all my heart;
be gracious to me according to your promise.
59. When I think on my ways,
I turn my feet to your testimonies;
60. I hasten and do not delay
to keep your commandments.
61. Though the cords of the wicked ensnare me,
I [...]

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Psalm 119:49-56

February 27, 2010

49. Remember your word to your servant,
in which you have made me hope.
50. This is my comfort in my affliction,
that your promise gives me life.
51. The insolent utterly deride me,
but I do not turn away from your law.
52. When I think of your rules from of old,
I take comfort, O Lord.
53. Hot indignation seizes me [...]

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Psalm 119:41-48

February 17, 2010

41. Let your steadfast love come to me, O Lord,
your salvation according to your promise;
42. then shall I have an answer for him who taunts me,
for I trust in your word.
43. And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,
for my hope is in your rules.
44. I will keep your law continually,
forever [...]

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Psalm 119:33-40

February 15, 2010

33. Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes;
and I will keep it to the end.
34. Give me understanding, that I may keep your law
and observe it with my whole heart.
35. Lead me in the path of your commandments,
for I delight in it.
36. Incline my heart to your testimonies,
and not to selfish gain!
37. Turn [...]

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Psalm 119:25-32…some thoughts

February 6, 2010

25 My soul clings to the dust;
give me life according to your word!
26 When I told of my ways, you answered me;
teach me your statutes!
27 Make me understand the way of your precepts,
and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
28 My soul melts away for sorrow;
strengthen me according to your word!
29 Put false ways far from me
and graciously teach [...]

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Psalm 119:17-24

January 24, 2010

Deal bountifully with your servant,
that I may live and keep your word.
Open my eyes, that I may behold
wondrous things out of your law.
I am a sojourner on the earth;
hide not your commandments from me!
My soul is consumed with longing
for your rules at all times.
You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones,
who wander from your commandments.
Take away from [...]

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Psalm 119:16

January 16, 2010

I will delight in your statutes;
I will not forget your word. -Psalm 119:16
Here, the psalmist promises to delight in God’s Word. He pledges, also, to not ignore it. This is a noble promise. It is one which every child of God should make, but even if he/she does not verbally articulate it, there is still [...]

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Psalm 119:15

January 15, 2010

I will meditate on your precepts
and fix my eyes on your ways. -Psalm 119:15
If my inner life were my test on this verse, would I get a passing grade? Well, it is. (the test)
Word Meanings
meditate: to put forth, muse, commune, ponder, sing, study, consider, talk, put forth thoughts, “to produce, to bring forth, to put [...]

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Psalm 119:14

January 14, 2010

In the way of your testimonies I delight
as much as in all riches. -Psalm 119:14
Do I delight in God’s Word as much as I would in unfathomable material prosperity?
Word Meanings
delight: rejoice, exult, display joy, “be glad (to leap, to spring)”-Gesenius
as much
riches: wealth, substance, price, high value, interj: enough, sufficiency, enough: facility, comfort, to live comfortably/quietly

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