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(See: pronunciation guide
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PSALM 119:169-176
This is the DESTINY file.
Each verse begins with the letter taw. The letter refers to the end or
completion of something; a signature. In our context, it speaks of destiny;
the destiny of the believer who consistently loves and follows God and His
word.
Verse 169, The Study Entry
1. Let my cry come before
you O Yahweh: The word, rinnAh refers to a ringing cry of joy.
Here, it is the cry of faith-rest confidence that God will continue to provide
insight into His word.
2. Give me understanding according to your word: The verb is biyn as a hiphil
imperative.
Again we see the humility command of confidence that God will continue to
provide wisdom and understanding. The standard for orientation to the
character and plan of God is of course, His word (dAbhAr).
Verse 170, The Deliverance Entry
The faithful believer consistently trusts God and His word for deliverance
from persecution.
1. Let my supplication come before you: the word is techinnAh and refers to
further expression of faith-rest dependence on God for physical deliverance
from the persecutors.
2. Deliver me according to your word: The deliverance is of course still based
on God’s wisdom and timing as revealed in His word.
3. Let us remember that REPETITION is germane to learning God’s word and
applying it consistently to our life.
Verse 171, The Worship Entry
1. Let my lips utter praise: The believer continues to praise God for the
revelatory instruction that God provides.
2. because you teach me your statutes (choq): The verb is lAmadh as a piel
imperfect to express the reality of this believer’s fellowship with God and
the revelation he receives from Him.
Verse 172, The Celebration Entry
1. Let my tongue sing of your word (’imrAh): The verb is `AnAh as a qal
imperfect to express personal desire to celebrate the greatness of God’s
truth.
2. Because of all your commandments (mitswAh) are righteousness: He knows and
accepts that God’s word is righteous and contains the greatest good and
benefit for His people.
Verse 173, The Provision Entry
The provision of God’s
assistance is a confident expectation for the believer who makes God’s word
the most valuable thing in his life.
1. Let your hand be ready to help me: The verb, BE, is hAyAh in the imperative
to further repeat his humility dependence on God as expressed in confident
appeals to God’s justice.
To help me is the infinitive of `Azar and refers to everything this believer
needs as he wanders throughout the land under the constant pursuit from the
persecutors.
2. Because I have chosen your precepts (piqqudh): The verb is bAchar as a qal
perfect to indicate both a past and present attitude. It further expresses the
dedication to truth that characterizes this believer’s life. When there is a
challenge to his devotion to God’s character and word, this believer has
consistently chosen to remain faithful to God.
This does not mean that he has been sinless, but as we have seen, his past
failures have been met with grace-discipline from God and the proper response
and recovery from his own soul.
(verse 67, 71, 75)
Verse 174, The Value (desire) Entry
1. I long for your deliverance: The verb is ta’abh to indicate an intense
desire to CONTINUE to experience God’s deliverance. This is not expressing
that there has been none, but that God has been consistent in protecting him,
and he continues to long for it because it will enable him to keep on pursuing
truth; praising and serving God.
2. Because your law (torAh) is my delight: the word is sha`ashu`iym, and
indicates something that is the source of great happiness and contentment. The
most important thing; the most fulfilling thing, and the most pleasant thing
to this believer, is God’s word.
Verse 175, The Service Entry
The faithful believer cherishes life so that he may worship and serve God.
1. Let my soul live: the verb is chAyAh again and refers to the preservation
of physical life so he can continue to learn, praise and serve. It occurs as a
qal imperfect that functions as in imperative because the subject is a third
person (my soul).
2. That I may praise you: Clearly, the desire of this believer is to continue
in his worship and service toward God.
3. And let your ordinances (mishpAt) help me: The verb is `Azar again to
indicate everything and anything this believer needs that will fall within
God’s plan for his life.
Verse 176, The Confidence Entry
1. I am a wanderer like a lost sheep: The translations that suggest STRAYING
are not correct.
This believer does not end on a negative note, but with the focus on what has
been one of his themes from the beginning. He is a wanderer, forced to flee
his home because of those who persecute him for his stand on God’s viewpoint
and policies for his nation and his fellow citizens of Israel.
2. Seek your servant: The verb is bAqash and refers to the Shepherd-like love
and protection that God expresses toward the trusting believer. This does not
mean that the believer is LOST or out of fellowship. It indicates that he is
in a humanly helpless and hopeless situation and knows that his source for
deliverance and the fulfillment of his service responsibilities is God’s word.
Again, the imperative mood is the humility-command of dependence on God for
eventual restoration to the place of PHYSICAL comfort and peace in this life.
It is the faith-rest attitude that depends on God’s wisdom and timing for this
blessing.
But regardless of the details of God’s wisdom and timing, this believer
remains a faithful and devoted servant, representing truth to the spiritual
rebels of his nation.
3. for I do not forget your commandments: The key to inner stability and to
consistent fulfillment of God’s obedience mandates, which accomplishes SERVICE
to God, is the MAINTENANCE of God’s word in the soul; remembrance.
This is the key to sinless
consistency. It is not enough to study and learn God’s word.
God’s word must continually be ACTIVE within the soul of the believer so that
it can provide the guidance for making the right decisions and avoiding any
violation of God’s standards.
This basically repeats the
concept of verse 11, “Your word I have stockpiled in my heart so that I might
not sin against you.”
For any stockpile of truth
to be beneficial – for it to energize itself (1Thes. 2:13) within the
believer, it must be REMEMBERED and BELIEVED and FOLLOWED.
SUMMARY OF THE DESTINY FILE
Verse 169, The Study Entry
The trusting believer maintains a faith-rest confidence that God will continue
to provide insight into His word.
Verse 170, The Deliverance
Entry
The faithful believer consistently trusts God and His word for deliverance
from persecution.
Verse 171, The Worship Entry
The Trusting believer continues to praise God for the revelatory instruction
that God provides.
Verse 172, The Celebration
Entry
The trusting believer continually celebrates the greatness of God as revealed
in His word.
Verse 173, The Provision
Entry
The provision of God’s assistance is a confident expectation for the believer
who makes God’s word the most valuable thing in his life.
Verse 174, The Value Entry
The faithful believer longs for God’s continual protection because it will
enable him to keep on pursuing truth; praising and serving God.
Verse 175, The Service Entry
The faithful believer cherishes life so that he may worship and serve God.
Verse 176, The Confidence Entry
Regardless of the details of God’s wisdom and timing, the faithful believer
remains a devoted servant, representing truth to the spiritual rebels of his
nation. | 
