Psalm 119 - Thy Word

¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp to my feet
       and a light for my path. 

This is one of the very first verses I learned as a young girl so many years ago.  I'm sure I had no clue the value that scripture would play throughout the course of my life to guide, inspire, teach, and encourage me along my way.

Since I first begin my journey to blogging the psalm, I wondered how I would be able to put so many verses (176) from this chapter into one blog and how I could find the words to sum up how Psalm 119 spoke to me.  Little did I know until digging in to it that there is only ONE theme in the 119th chapter -- the impact of scripture on the life of a believer.

The scriptures of this chapter are arranged in alphabetical order according to the Hebrew alphabet (22 letters).  Eight couplets for each letter (each beginning with that letter). Think about how we were taught as children. One of the very first things we learn is to sing/say our alphabet.  It is the cornerstone of our entire language.  Similarly, this chapter represents that God's word is the cornerstone of our SPIRITUAL language. 

 ³³ Teach me, O LORD, to follow your decrees;
       then I will keep them to the end.

⁷³ Your hands made me and formed me;
       give me understanding to learn your commands.

 ⁸⁹ Your word, O LORD, is eternal;
       it stands firm in the heavens.

 ⁹⁷ Oh, how I love your law!
       I meditate on it all day long. 

Psalm 118 - Nuggets

  

¹ Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
       his love endures forever.

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⁶ The LORD is with me; I will not be afraid.
       What can man do to me? 

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 ¹⁴ The LORD is my strength and my song;
       he has become my salvation. 

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 ¹⁶ The LORD's right hand is lifted high;
       the LORD's right hand has done mighty things!" 

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 ¹⁷ I will not die but live,
       and will proclaim what the LORD has done.

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²² The stone the builders rejected
       has become the capstone;

 ²³ the LORD has done this,
       and it is marvelous in our eyes. 

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²⁴ This is the day the LORD has made;
       let us rejoice and be glad in it. 

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 ²⁸ You are my God, and I will give you thanks;
       you are my God, and I will exalt you. 

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 ²⁹ Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
       his love endures forever. 

Definitions of nugget (n)

nug·get [ núggət ]   

• lump of precious metal: a lump of gold or other precious metal in its natural state, dug up out of the ground

•  small precious thing: a small item or piece, especially of something abstract such as knowledge or information, regarded as very precious 

As I read the 118th psalm, this is the word that came to me - 'nugget'.  Like small pieces of precious gold, the truths contained in this chapter have been seared in my soul over the years.  They speak like gentle whispers reminding me that the Lord IS good and that His love endures forever!!  

My prayer today is that when it seems that all the world is spinning out of control and the busyness of life is consuming and attempting to steal my joy, I will reach into the depths of my soul where these truths have been engraved and remember that God is in control.

 

He is my strength and my song.... He is my salvation....

His love endures FOREVER!