Sunday, January 12, 2020

Psalm 119 - TSADHE (Hebrew Alphabet)

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TSADHE - Psalm 119: 137-144

 The longest chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119.  If you turn to Psalm 119 in your Bible, you will notice that there is a strange word every 8 verses.  These "strange" words are the letters of the Hebrew alphabet.  David wrote this chapter in an acrostic pattern and every letter of the alphabet is followed by 8 verses.  It is a chapter full of praise and worship.  I thought it would be fun to study Psalm 119 by summarizing each alphabetic section in an acrostic format.

 I did not know anything about the Hebrew language, so I did a little research.  The Hebrew language is written from the right to the left - opposite of the English language.  There are 22 letters to the Hebrew alphabet.  Today we continue studying with the eighteenth letter
TSADHE.
I am also NOT a poet, so I had to research what an acrostic pattern meant.
An Acrostic Poem - is a poem where certain letters in each line spell out a word or phrase.
Example below.
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TSADHE - Trustworthy are your Statutes, O Lord;  they Are my Delight and your rigHteousness is Eternal

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We begin by defining "statute" and "righteousness":

 Statute - a law or decree made by a Sovereign or by God.

Righteousness - acting in accord with divine or moral law:  free from guilt or sin.  Justifiable, genuine, excellent.

 The featured verses that we are studying today focus on righteousness, right, true, trustworthy.

 - God is righteous (verse 137)

- God's laws are right (verse 137)

 - His statutes are righteous (verse 138)

 - God's statutes are fully trustworthy (verse 138)

 - God's righteousness is everlasting (verse 142)(see picture above)

 - His law is true (verse 129)(see picture above)

- God's statutes are "forever right" (verse 144) (see picture below)

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This week let's strive to be righteous in every aspect of our life by following God's statutes.


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2 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 25, 2022 at 12:25 PM

    Thank you for this information.May you be blessed for your work.

    One question though.
    My NKJV Psalms 119 vs 144 say“
    The righteousness of your testimonies is everlasting; give me understanding and I shall live.

    I Would love to know which Bible you are using!!Thanks again.

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    1. AngieOuellette-TowerMarch 2, 2022 at 8:00 PM

      Thank you for visiting.
      Perfect timing on the topic of your comment because I just started a new series called: "Bible Version Discrepancies". I have recently been finding very concerning issues with the N.I.V. translation. Here is a link to the first post in that series: https://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2022/01/bible-version-discrepancies-1-lords.html
      Looks like I will have to add Psalm 119 to my discrepancy list.
      God bless!
      Angie

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