Psalm 119, Verse 176

I have made so many mistakes in my ignorance, Adonai. Instead of studying Your word to see what it is that You commanded us, I glibly followed the traditions of men. I can now understand in part how the evil one has twisted so many things from Your word and corrupted Your people with handed-down traditions. I was not diligent in the past to test customs like "Sunday as a day of rest" instead of observing the 7th day as Sabbath. I was ignorant of the seven appointed days (or Moedim's) that You commanded us to keep as a lasting ordinance; and instead observed festivals that are not even mentioned in Your word, festivals such as Christmas and Good Friday and Easter.

I strayed away Adonai but You have shown me mercy and kindness and helped me see things that I otherwise was blinded to. Continue to seek Your servant every time I stray away in ignorance, O Saviour and give me grace, even if I have to be among the few who walk the narrow path, to walk boldly and unashamed of the truth.

This post is the last from Psalm 119. When I first found the Lord prompting me to post this Psalm for the benefit of many, I recognised that it was going to take close to six months to complete.

This is why I want to thank you very much for showing the interest to read what I posted day after day for these past months. My hope is that each Bible verse, with my personal learning corresponding to every verse, has been of benefit to you.

After all, the goal of every Christian service is to encourage each heart to love God with a devotion that is undistracted; as a bride betrothed to her husband, who is Yeshua the Messiah. If that has been achieved through these six months, the purpose has been fulfilled.

Should you ever want to go through these posts later in the future, you will find them on this blog.

Lately, I have found myself drawn to Psalm 119. Charles Spurgeon beautifully describes it thus:

There is no title to this Psalm, neither is any author's name mentioned. It is not just long only; but equally excels in breadth of thought, depth of meaning, and height of fervour. It is like the celestial city which lieth four square, and the height and the breadth of it are equal. Many superficial readers have imagined that it harps upon one string, and abounds in pious repetitions and redundancies; but this arises from the shallowness of the reader's own mind: those who have studied this divine hymn, and carefully noted each line of it, are amazed at the variety and profundity of the thought.

It contains no idle word; the grapes of this cluster are almost to bursting full with the new wine of the kingdom. The more you look into this mirror of a gracious heart the more you will see in it. Placid on the surface as the sea of glass before the eternal throne, it yet contains within its depths an ocean of fire, and those who devoutly gaze into it shall not only see the brightness, but feel the glow of the sacred flame. It is loaded with holy sense, and is as weighty as it is bulky.

The Psalm is alphabetical. Eight stanzas commence with one letter, and then another eight with the next letter, and so the whole Psalm proceeds by octonaries quite through the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet, from Aleph to Tau.

I certainly hope you benefited from the opportunity provided through these posts to reflect on them.