The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Psalm 119:1-8, “How blessed are those whose way is blameless,

Who walk in the law of the LORD.

2 How blessed are those who observe His testimonies,

Who seek Him with all their heart.

3 They also do no unrighteousness;

They walk in His ways.

4 Thou hast ordained Thy precepts,

That we should keep them diligently.

5 Oh that my ways may be established

To keep Thy statutes!

6 Then I shall not be ashamed

When I look upon all Thy commandments.

7 I shall give thanks to Thee with uprightness of heart,

When I learn Thy righteous judgments.

8 I shall keep Thy statutes;

Do not forsake me utterly!”

Psalm 117 is the shortest psalm in the Bible. It has but two verses. Psalm 119 is the longest psalm in the Bible.

It has 176 verses. These 22 groups are divided into eight verses. Each group is represented by a letter from the Hebrew alphabet.,

The 119TH psalm is written in a poetical style. Hebrew poetry does not rhyme. Each second line is a coroberating balance to the first line. I have emboldened a few words in the verses to demonstrate how the poetic aspect utilizes balance.

What is always most important, however, is the spiritual meaning of the psalm. Knowing the poetical style is

helpful in understanding, but it is not itself the message. These verses set forth the way and law of the LORD.

Those who make the LORD’s way their own way will be blessed of the LORD. Observation of His testimonies is a learning process of the human heart. Those who avoid unrighteousness are walking in the LORD’s way.

The Hebrew word for “ordained” in verse four (tsavah) also translates as “commanded.” Thus, all of these

instructions are more than suggestions; they are marching orders for the LORD’s people.

You know how you “feel” ashamed when you know you’ve done wrong and transgressed the LORD’s commandments? To “look upon” the LORD’s commandments is to “pay attention,” to “obey” them. When we

obey the LORD’s will, we know we have His approval. It’s then that that “sinking” feeling disappears. Think

of your parents’ orders when you were a child. The moral factors they laid down for you were for your benefit.

Many (maybe even most) of the youths without morals today come from parents who failed to properly instruct

them. Don’t follow immorality! It always leads downward. Follow Jesus! His is the Upward Call and it always results in His blessings!

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

P. S. Continue to pray for those who are lost, and for those in authority over us. If your church is closed and not on the

Internet, my pastor, Dr. Nick Floyd, can be seen and heard at: www.crosschurch.org/live at 09:30 & 10:55 A.M. (CST)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

Springdale, Arkansas 72764

United States of America

“We never know that God is all we need

until He becomes all that we have.”