Category Archives: Psalms

Notes from my brief public devotional in Psalm 119:105-112

Psalm 119:105-112 was my early morning reading this past Sunday (May 5, 2019).

I knew I was on to have the evening devotional in our home church. I decided I would use this passage. I also decided I would just wing my public commentary based on my early morning thoughts (an approach that’s very out of the ordinary for me).

I had a Mission Board meeting to attend that afternoon, so I went early and spent some time rereading the passage and gathering my thoughts better.

Well, it was a relatively short meeting and I got home much earlier than I had anticipated. I decided to quickly “pencil out” a few notes for myself.

That evening, after some introductory comments regarding this particular Psalm, I read Psalm 119:105-112: Continue reading →

A theme I noticed in Psalm 119:81-88

I’ve known for decades that God’s Word is mentioned in all but one or two of the 176 verses in Psalm 119.

Only recently (as in, a month of two ago) did I notice that each eight-verse section seems to have its own overarching theme. For example, this morning I read the section with verses 81-88:

  1. “My soul fainteth…”
  2. “Mine eyes fail…When wilt thou comfort me?”
  3. “For I am become like a bottle in the smoke…”
  4. “…them that persecute me?”
  5. “The proud have digged pits for me…”
  6. “…they persecute me wrongfully…”
  7. “They had almost consumed me…”
  8. “Quicken me after thy lovingkindness…”

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