Psalm 119 Lesson 5

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Psalm 119 Lesson 5

Psalm 119

Lesson 5

“Hey” Vs.33-40

Text: Psalm 119:33-40 “HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end. 34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. 35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. 37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. 38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear. 39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good. 40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.”

Last weeks answers:

  1. Hey Reysh (rh) 1. Mountain
  2. Hey Reysh Hey (hrh) 2. Pregnant
  3. Hey Mem Hey (hmh) 3. Noise
  4. Hey Lamed Lamed (llh) 4. Praise
  5. Hey Alef (ah) 5. Behold

  1. “Hey!”

    1. An Attention getter,

      1. Hands Raised,

        1. in the earliest renditions of this letter, it was to look like a stick figure with raised hands.

          • This was a common letter, or word picture in the ancent world.

          • We can even see examples of it in artifacts from ancient Egypt.

            • The hieroglyph “a” and “Tua” both are men with their hands raised, one with one, and the other with both,

            • and they mean exalt/ chant, and hail, or cry out.

        2. It is used for a definate article when used as a prefix of a word,

          • a definate artiocel is “The” as opposed to “a”

            • the cow in the field, rather than a cow in a field.

        3. However, when used as a suffix, it denotes feminine,

          • Genesis 2:23 “…. She shall be called woman (Alef Shen hey), because she was taken out if man (Alef Shen – IYSh)

      2. Something to show,

        1. when we cry out behold, it is because we have something to reveal,

          • in vs.33-40, the Psalmist uses the Hey to begin each verse,

          • indicating how God can, and will teach us and cause us to understand His word.

        2. We can see this idea in some of the words that are used,

          • the proper name of God, Behold the nails behold the hands, yod hey vav hey.

          • Another word is Hey Alef, litterally Behold

          • Hey Lamed Lamed, Praise,

    2. A Good Ending,

      1. Receive, Vs.33&34

        1. Paul wrote to Timothy and said he had fought a good fight, and finished his course.

        2. See II Timothy 4

        3. The writer of Hebrews encourtages the Hebrews to run the race with enduracne,

          • Why? Because it is how how finish.

          • It is not the first 299 laps of a 300 lap race that matters, it is who crosses the finish line first.

            • During this year, how often will the winner be a come from behind winner?

          • People are not going to go crazy over the person that begins stong, and then dwindles away.

        4. Think of the people in the bible whoi started off good, but, in the end they fell away:

          • Lot, Sampson, King Saul, Solomon, Demas

            • The end of Colossians 4:14 “Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you”

            • Philemon 1:23&24 “There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus; 24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.”

            • II Timothy 4:9-11 “Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: 10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, …. 11 Only Luke is with me.”

          • So how do we endure till the end?

        5. The first is to receive what God has for us, to Learn form Him,

          • seek out spiritual understanding,

          • “teach me your ways…”

          • Give me understanding,

            • the Lord wants to give His people understanding,

            • James 1:5 “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.”

        6. anyone can understand the word if they:

          • first, have the indwelling of God,

          • Second, Study, and allow God to teach them

            • the carnel man cannot understand, and the saved can not know unless he listens the the spirit that dwells within him.

      2. Obey, vs.35

        1. But learning is one thing, and being obedient to it is another.

          • Notice vs.33 teach me…. I shall keep it….

          • Vs.34 Give me understanding… I shall keep it, I shall observe it,

          • But then in vs. 35 “make me walk”

            • the word comes from a phrase that means to load a bow string,

              • to give me direction.

        2. I have said, and will continue to say, God is under no obligation to reveal futher spiritual truth if we are not willing to put into practice what we already know.

          • The idea of delighting in it is not negitive,

            • I like knowing where I am going, and whats going on.

            • It releaves any stress, and pressure.

            • If we know, and God helps us walk in His way, then we can walk much more at peace.

        3. So the first thing to finish well is to learn, the second is to obey, the thrid is…

      3. Heart and Mind, Vs.36&37

        1. put our heart and mind into following the Lord and His word,

          • once again, the psalmist is asking the Lord,

            • you turn my heart to Your testiomonies,

              • You help me do this,

              • many of us know the old truth, it is easy to want to do something, but a lot harder to do it.

          • When was the last time we prayed, Lord, turn my heart to Your ways, and to Your word?

        2. The second part of this is…

          • Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things “from beholding vanities”

            • more often than not, we do wrong, because we have’nt filled our time with doing the right things:

              • such as David, instead of going to battle with his men, he stayed home, and it lead to sin.

              • I’s sure most can relate to that,

          • The psalmist is asking God to turn his eyes form the things of this world, to God.

            • And to make him live, revive him.

      4. Reverence, Vs.38&39

        1. There is a diffrence between Fear and Reverance:

          • there is a terror and dread, but then there is also respect,

            • How often does the Lord start with, Be not afraid, or fear not?

            • How many times in the Old Testament did it state “Be not afraid” Be coragous”

            • the 23rd Psalm “I Will fear no evil…”

            • the 27th Psalm “the lord is my light… who shall I fear”

            • the 34th Psalm, He hath delivered me form all my fears

            • Psalm 118, I will not fear

        2. But God does want us to “Reverance” Him,

          • this is the good “fear”

            • not a dread, but a healthy respect for who He is,and What He can do.

            • This is what vs.38 is speaking.

          • Why is this respect and not terror? vs.39 “Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good. ”

      5. Desire, Vs.40

        1. the last thing is this section is a deep longing for the things of God,

          • The psalmist doesn’t hold back, he longs for the Lord,

            • He has a deep desire to experience the Lord on a daily bases,

              • this is how one would finish well,

        2. Learning, Obeying, Giving our heart and mind to the Lord,Revwerance of the Lord and His ways, and then longing to experience Him each day.

Vav, (nail or hook) (w)

Words for next week:

  1. Vav, Dalet, Alef 1.Veteran/ one with seniority

  2. Vav, Vav, 2.Complaint

  3. Vav, Tav,Yod, Qoof 3.Hook

  4. Vav, Yod, Dalet, Yod 4. Certainly

  5. Vav, Tet, Reysh, Yod, 5. Confession

Answer: 1-3, 2-5, 3-2, 4-1, 5-4