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THE MEANING OF TORAH PSALM 119 INTRODUCTION Longest Psalm collection 22 Sections (8 verses each) that begin with subsequent letters-- Aleph, Beth, Gimel, etc. Vast dimensions of Torah explored Most famous text--Psalm

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PSALM 119

THE MEANING OF TORAH

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INTRODUCTION

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Longest Psalm collection ▪ 22 Sections (8 verses each) that begin with subsequent letters-- אAleph, בBeth, גGimel, etc. ▪Vast dimensions of Torah explored

  • Most famous text--Psalm 119:105
  • [ נNun ] “Your word is a lamp for my feet,

a light on my path.”

▪Guiding & interpretive metaphor

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DIVERSE VOCABULARY FOR TORAH

  • 119:1—Law of the Lord
  • 119:2,14 —Statutes
  • 119:4,15 —Precepts
  • 119:5, 8, 12—decrees
  • 119:6, 10—commands
  • 119:7, 13—righteous laws
  • 119:9, 11,16 —Your word
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POINTS TO CONSIDER

1.Verses 1 & 2 start off with “Blessed” 2.This state tied to Torah 3.Verse 1—”ways are blameless” is equivalent to … “walk acc. to law of the Lord.”

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POINTS TO CONSIDER

  • 4. Positive statement—Via Positiva,

instead of Via Negativa of Psalm 1:1

  • 5. 119:2—”Keep” equals “seek him

with all their heart” Keep=Psalm 19:11; 25:10; 37:34; 78:7, 10, 56—Israel’s history

  • f NOT keeping
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POINTS TO CONSIDER

  • Emphasis on “heart” in

relationship to Torah

  • 14 of 127x occur in 119
  • Look at the emphasis in just first

16 verses…

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PSALM 119:2

  • Blessed are those who

keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart

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PSALM 119:7

  • I will praise you with an

upright heart as I learn your righteous laws

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PSALM 119:10

  • I seek you with all

my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.

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PSALM 119:11

  • I have hidden your word

in my heart that I might not sin against you.

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POINTS TO CONSIDER

  • Verses 5 and 6 seem to be

connected to the question in verse 9.—Moral quandry

  • “How can a young person stay
  • n the path of purity?”
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FOUNDATION FOR IMPLORING

  • Torah provides basis for the

Psalmist to make 3 pleas: 1.v.8—Do not utterly forsake me 2.V.10—Do not let me stray from your commands 3.V.12—Teach me your decrees

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TORAH MOTIVATES PROMISES

What the Psalmist says he will do

  • 1. v.7—I will praise you as I learn
  • 2. v.8—I will obey your decrees
  • 3. v.16—I will not neglect your

word

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COVENANT ASSUMPTIONS

  • V.4--You have laid down precepts

that are to be fully obeyed.

  • V.11--I have hidden your word in my

heart that I might not sin against you

  • V.14--I rejoice in following your

statutes as one rejoices in great riches

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CONCLUSION

  • diverse vocabulary
  • emphasis on heart
  • moral quandry
  • foundation for imploring
  • motivates promises
  • covenant assumptions