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Blessed <i>are</i> the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.</div><span class= "bld">Psalm 119<p>The Law Written on Their Hearts and the Praise of the Word</span><p>This is the longest and most perfect Psalm in the whole collection. It is an alphabetical acrostic. It is composed of 22 sections, each having eight verses, 176 verses in all. Each section begins with a different letter of the alphabet and each verse of the different sections begins also with the corresponding letter of the section. Eight times each letter of the alphabet is mentioned in the 22 sections. The number eight in the Word has the meaning of resurrection, death is gone and life has come. Israel has passed from death to life and now extols the Word and the Law of God. The time has come when it is fulfilled what the Lord spoke through Jeremiah concerning the new covenant, “I will put my law in their inward parts and write it in their hearts.” We behold then in this Psalm the joy of Israel in knowing the Word, in praising the Word and being obedient to the Word. In each verse except <a href="/psalms/119-90.htm" title="Your faithfulness is to all generations: you have established the earth, and it stays.">Psalm 119:90</a> and <a href="/psalms/119-122.htm" title="Be surety for your servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.">Psalm 119:122</a> the Word is mentioned and the following terms are employed: Law, commandment, word, saying, path, way, testimonies, judgments, precepts and statutes.<p>We give the twenty-two sections under the different Hebrew letters with a brief succession as to their contents:<p><span class= "ital">Aleph: 1-8. The blessedness of those who obey His Word.</span><p><span class= "ital">Beth: 9-16. Cleansing by the Word.</span><p><span class= "ital">Gimmel: 17-24. The quickening by the Word.</span><p><span class= "ital">Daleth: 25-32. The uplift of the Word.</span><p><span class= "ital">He: 33-40. The power of the Word.</span><p><span class= "ital">Vav: 41-48. Victory through the Word.</span><p><span class= "ital">Zayin: 49-56. Comfort through the Word.</span><p><span class= "ital">Cheth: 57-64. Preservation through the Word.</span><p><span class= "ital">Teth: 65-72. The pricelessness of the Word.</span><p><span class= "ital">Jod: 73-80. Testimony through the Word.</span><p><span class= "ital">Caph: 81-88. Affliction and the Word.</span><p><span class= "ital">Lamed: 89-96. The Word eternal.</span><p><span class= "ital">Mem: 97-104. Wisdom through the Word.</span><p><span class= "ital">Nun: 105-112. The Word the lamp and the light for all occasions.</span><p><span class= "ital">Samech: 113-120. The wicked and the Word.</span><p><span class= "ital">Ain: 121-128. Separation and deliverance through the Word.</span><p><span class= "ital">Pe: 129-136. Communion through the Word.</span><p><span class= "ital">Tsaddi: 137-144. Zeal for the Word.</span><p><span class= "ital">Koph: 145-152. Experience through the Word.</span><p><span class= "ital">Resh: 153-160. Salvation through the Word.</span><p><span class= "ital">Schin: 161-168. The perfection of the Word.</span><p><span class= "ital">Tav: 169-176. Prayer and praise through the Word.</span><p>The whole Psalm is a marvellous evidence of verbal inspiration. But what will it be when the Word will thus be exalted and lifted to its proper place of supremacy through righteous Israel!<p> <div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Gaebelein's Annotated Bible<br /><br />Text Courtesy of <a href="//biblesupport.com" target="_top">BibleSupport.com</a>. 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