Moving Ahead

It's another beautiful day morning here in the mountains....what a blessing!  And what a blessing to be able to study God's Word with you!  As we continue our journey through Psalm 119, we arrive today in the teth stanza, verses 65-72.  If you have time, read through the entire Psalm again this morning.  If time doesn't permit that, perhaps you will be able to read from the beginning through verse 72.  This will enable you to see the psalmist's progression of thought.  As you read the teth stanza, note repeated words and phrases.  What are the psalmist's requests?  What are his commitments?  What do you learn about God's Word in this stanza?

As you read, here are some questions to consider:

• Note any time phrases that occur (any words or phrases that answer the "when" question). 
• What does the psalmist have to say about any events in his life that changed his life?
• What is the psalmist's view of affliction?  How does he respond to God in his affliction?
• How is the psalmist's view of affliction similar to or different from the way our culture thinks?
• How do you respond in times of affliction?
• What does this stanza tell us about the psalmist's view of God?  (When you locate this answer, quote directly from the Scripture.  This is a verse you might want to consider memorizing!)
• Do you know this to be true?

Here's your final assignment for the day......a "bonus" question to consider.  Verse 70 says "their heart is covered with fat, but I delight in Your law."  What does that (heart covered with fat) mean?

And just one more question.....how's your Hebrew?  Have you found yourself learning some Hebrew letters?  Here's the part of the alphabet we have covered so far:  aleph, beth, gimel, daleth, he, vav, zayin, heth, teth.  That's nine letters out of 22 in the alphabet.  Why not practice those today.....it's fun!!  You can really impress your friends!

Although I have no real idea how many of you are out there taking this journey with me, I want you to know that I am thankful for you and am praying that this study will be a blessing to you, just as it is to me.  I commend you for your commitment to study God's Word and would love to hear from you!

"You are good and do good; teach me Your statutes."  (Psalm 119:68)