We dipped our toes into the deep waters of Psalm 119 a couple of Sundays back.  It’s the longest and most complex poem in the book of Psalms.   It contains one eight-verse stanza for each letter in the Hebrew alphabet.  That means that the basic lesson of the psalm is repeated over 20 times.

Listen to the lesson in this stanza:

¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.
¹⁰⁶ I have sworn an oath and confirmed it,
to observe your righteous ordinances.
¹⁰⁷ I am severely afflicted;
give me life, O Lord, according to your word.
¹⁰⁸ Accept my offerings of praise, O Lord,
and teach me your ordinances.
¹⁰⁹ I hold my life in my hand continually,
but I do not forget your law.
¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me,
but I do not stray from your precepts.
¹¹¹ Your decrees are my heritage forever;
they are the joy of my heart.
¹¹² I incline my heart to perform your statutes
forever, to the end

God’s word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path. We should know and follow God’s word. Reading the Psalms helps us to do just that.

Prayer

Thank you, God, for leaving a roadmap for me in the Bible. Help me to read, know, and follow your word each and every day, as I walk the path of discipleship, following my Lord and Savior, Jesus, in whose name I pray. Amen.