Reading The Psalms Daily

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Ps 119:17 ¶ Deal bountifully with Your servant, That I may live and keep Your word.

Ps 119:18 ¶ Open my eyes, that I may see Wondrous things from Your law.

Ps 119:19 ¶ I am a stranger in the earth; Do not hide Your commandments from me.

Ps 119:20 ¶ My soul breaks with longing For Your judgments at all times.

Ps 119:21 ¶ You rebuke the proud-the cursed, Who stray from Your commandments.

Ps 119:22 ¶ Remove from me reproach and contempt, For I have kept Your testimonies.

Ps 119:23 ¶ Princes also sit and speak against me, But Your servant meditates on Your statutes.

Ps 119:24 ¶ Your testimonies also are my delight And my counselors.

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17-24 If God deals in strict justice with us, we all perish. We ought to spend our lives in his service; we shall find true life in keeping his word. Those that would see the wondrous things of God's law and gospel, must beg him to give them understanding, by the light of his Spirit. Believers feel themselves strangers on earth; they fear missing their way, and losing comfort by erring from God's commandments. Every sanctified soul hungers after the word of God, as food which there is no living without. There is something of pride at the bottom of every wilful sin. God can silence lying lips; reproach and contempt may humble and do us good, and then they shall be removed. Do we find the weight of the cross is above that we are able to bear? He that bore it for us will enable us to bear it; upheld by him we cannot sink. It is sad when those who should protect the innocent, are their betrayers. The psalmist went on in duty, and he found comfort in the word of God. The comforts of the word of God are most pleasant to a gracious soul, when other comforts are made bitter; and those that would have God's testimonies to be their delight, must be advised by them. May the Lord direct us in exercising repentance of sin, and faith in Christ.

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DALETH

Ps 119:25 ¶ My soul clings to the dust; Revive me according to Your word.

Ps 119:26 ¶ I have declared my ways, and You answered me; Teach me Your statutes.

Ps 119:27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts; So shall I meditate on Your wondrous works.

Ps 119:28 ¶ My soul melts from heaviness; Strengthen me according to Your word.

Ps 119:29 Remove from me the way of lying, And grant me Your law graciously.

Ps 119:30 ¶ I have chosen the way of truth; Your judgments I have laid before me.

Ps 119:31 I cling to Your testimonies; O LORD, do not put me to shame!

Ps 119:32 I will run the course of Your commandments, For You shall enlarge my heart.

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25-32 While the souls of the children of this world cleave to the earth as their portion, the children of light are greatly burdened, because of the remains of carnal affections in their hearts. It is unspeakable comfort to a gracious soul, to think with what tenderness all its complaints are received by a gracious God. We can talk of the wonders of redeeming love, when we understand the way of God's precepts, and walk in that way. The penitent melts in sorrow for sin: even the patient spirit may melt in the sense of affliction, it is then its interest to pour out its soul before God. The way of lying means all false ways by which men deceive themselves and others, or are deceived by Satan and his instruments. Those who know and love the law of the Lord, desire to know it more, and love it better. The way of serious godliness is the way of truth; the only true way to happiness: we must always have actual regard to it. Those who stick to the word of God, may in faith expect and pray for acceptance with God. Lord, never leave me to do that by which I shall shame myself, and do not thou reject my services. Those that are going to heaven, should still press forward. God, by his Spirit, enlarges the hearts of his people when he gives them wisdom. The believer prays to be set free from sin.

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Ps 119:33 ¶ Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes,

Ps 119:34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

Ps 119:35 ¶ Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it.

Ps 119:36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to covetousness.

Ps 119:37 ¶ Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, And revive me in Your way.

Ps 119:38 ¶ Establish Your word to Your servant, Who is devoted to fearing You.

Ps 119:39 ¶ Turn away my reproach which I dread, For Your judgments are good.

Ps 119:40 ¶ Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me in Your righteousness.

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33-40 Teach me thy statutes, not the mere words, but the way of applying them to myself. God, by his Spirit, gives a right understanding. But the Spirit of revelation in the word will not suffice, unless we have the Spirit of wisdom in the heart. God puts his Spirit within us, causing us to walk in his statutes. The sin here prayed against is covetousness. Those that would have the love of God rooted in them, must get the love of the world rooted out; for the friendship of the world is enmity with God. Quicken me in thy way; to redeem time, and to do every duty with liveliness of spirit. Beholding vanity deadens us, and slackens our pace; a traveller must not stand gazing upon every object that presents itself to his view. The promises of God's word greatly relate to the preservation of the true believer. When Satan has drawn a child of God into worldly compliances, he will reproach him with the falls into which he led him. Victory must come from the cross of Christ. When we enjoy the sweetness of God's precepts, it will make us long for more acquaintance with them. And where God has wrought to will, he will work to do.

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WAW

Ps 119:41 ¶ Let Your mercies come also to me, O LORD-Your salvation according to Your word.

Ps 119:42 So shall I have an answer for him who reproaches me, For I trust in Your word.

Ps 119:43 ¶ And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, For I have hoped in Your ordinances.

Ps 119:44 So shall I keep Your law continually, Forever and ever.

Ps 119:45 ¶ And I will walk at liberty, For I seek Your precepts.

Ps 119:46 I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings, And will not be ashamed.

Ps 119:47 And I will delight myself in Your commandments, Which I love.

Ps 119:48 My hands also I will lift up to Your commandments, Which I love, And I will meditate on Your statutes.

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41-48 Lord, I have by faith thy mercies in view; let me by prayer prevail to obtain them. And when the salvation of the saints is completed, it will plainly appear that it was not in vain to trust in God's word. We need to pray that we may never be afraid or ashamed to own God's truths and ways before men. And the psalmist resolves to keep God's law, in a constant course of obedience, without backsliding. The service of sin is slavery; the service of God is liberty. There is no full happiness, or perfect liberty, but in keeping God's law. We must never be ashamed or afraid to own our religion. The more delight we take in the service of God, the nearer we come to perfection. Not only consent to his law as good, but take pleasure in it as good for us. Let me put forth all the strength I have, to do it. Something of this mind of Christ is in every true disciple.

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ZAYIN

Ps 119:49 ¶ Remember the word to Your servant, Upon which You have caused me to hope.

Ps 119:50 ¶ This is my comfort in my affliction, For Your word has given me life.

Ps 119:51 ¶ The proud have me in great derision, Yet I do not turn aside from Your law.

Ps 119:52 ¶ I remembered Your judgments of old, O LORD, And have comforted myself.

Ps 119:53 ¶ Indignation has taken hold of me Because of the wicked, who forsake Your law.

Ps 119:54 ¶ Your statutes have been my songs In the house of my pilgrimage.

Ps 119:55 ¶ I remember Your name in the night, O LORD, And I keep Your law.

Ps 119:56 This has become mine, Because I kept Your precepts.

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49-56 Those that make God's promises their portion, may with humble boldness make them their plea. He that by his Spirit works faith in us, will work for us. The word of God speaks comfort in affliction. If, through grace, it makes us holy, there is enough in it to make us easy, in all conditions. Let us be certain we have the Divine law for what we believe, and then let not scoffers prevail upon us to decline from it. God's judgments of old comfort and encourage us, for he is still the same. Sin is horrible in the eyes of all that are sanctified. Ere long the believer will be absent from the body, and present with the Lord. In the mean time, the statutes of the Lord supply subjects for grateful praise. In the season of affliction, and in the silent hours of the night, he remembers the name of the Lord, and is stirred up to keep the law. All who have made religion the first thing, will own that they have been unspeakable gainers by it.

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HETH

Ps 119:57 ¶ You are my portion, O LORD; I have said that I would keep Your words.

Ps 119:58 ¶ I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; Be merciful to me according to Your word.

Ps 119:59 ¶ I thought about my ways, And turned my feet to Your testimonies.

Ps 119:60 I made haste, and did not delay To keep Your commandments.

Ps 119:61 ¶ The cords of the wicked have bound me, But I have not forgotten Your law.

Ps 119:62 ¶ At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You, Because of Your righteous judgments.

Ps 119:63 ¶ I am a companion of all who fear You, And of those who keep Your precepts.

Ps 119:64 ¶ The earth, O LORD, is full of Your mercy; Teach me Your statutes.

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57-64 True believers take the Lord for the portion of their inheritance, and nothing less will satisfy them. The psalmist prayed with his whole heart, knowing how to value the blessing he prayed for: he desired the mercy promised, and depended on the promise for it. He turned from by-paths, and returned to God's testimonies. He delayed not. It behooves sinners to hasten to escape; and the believer will be equally in haste to glorify God. No care or grief should take away God's word out of our minds, or hinder the comfort it bestows. There is no situation on earth in which a believer has not cause to be thankful. Let us feel ashamed that others are more willing to keep from sleep to spend the time in sinful pleasures, than we are to praise God. And we should be more earnest in prayer, that our hearts may be filled with his mercy, grace, and peace.

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TETH

Ps 119:65 ¶ You have dealt well with Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word.

Ps 119:66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, For I believe Your commandments.

Ps 119:67 ¶ Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep Your word.

Ps 119:68 ¶ You are good, and do good; Teach me Your statutes.

Ps 119:69 ¶ The proud have forged a lie against me, But I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.

Ps 119:70 Their heart is as fat as grease, But I delight in Your law.

Ps 119:71 ¶ It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes.

Ps 119:72 ¶ The law of Your mouth is better to me Than thousands of coins of gold and silver.

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65-72 However God has dealt with us, he has dealt with us better than we deserve; and all in love, and for our good. Many have knowledge, but little judgment; those who have both, are fortified against the snares of Satan, and furnished for the service of God. We are most apt to wander from God, when we are easy in the world. We should leave our concerns to the disposal of God, seeing we know not what is good for us. Lord, thou art our bountiful Benefactor; incline our hearts to faith and obedience. The psalmist will go on in his duty with constancy and resolution. The proud are full of the world, and its wealth and pleasures; these make them senseless, secure, and stupid. God visits his people with affliction, that they may learn his statutes. Not only God's promises, but even his law, his percepts, though hard to ungodly men, are desirable, and profitable, because they lead us with safety and delight unto eternal life.

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YOD

Ps 119:73 ¶ Your hands have made me and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.

Ps 119:74 ¶ Those who fear You will be glad when they see me, Because I have hoped in Your word.

Ps 119:75 ¶ I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are right, And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

Ps 119:76 ¶ Let, I pray, Your merciful kindness be for my comfort, According to Your word to Your servant.

Ps 119:77 Let Your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; For Your law is my delight.

Ps 119:78 ¶ Let the proud be ashamed, For they treated me wrongfully with falsehood; But I will meditate on Your precepts.

Ps 119:79 Let those who fear You turn to me, Those who know Your testimonies.

Ps 119:80 ¶ Let my heart be blameless regarding Your statutes, That I may not be ashamed.