{"id":8381,"date":"2023-08-29T09:15:31","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T15:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=8381"},"modified":"2023-08-29T09:15:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T15:15:31","slug":"psalm-11965-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=8381","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 119:65-72"},"content":{"rendered":"

TETH<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n
\n

65\u00a0<\/sup>You have dealt well with Your servant,<\/span><\/em>
\nO Lord<\/span>, according to Your word.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

66 <\/sup>Teach me good judgment and knowledge,<\/span><\/em>
\nFor I believe Your commandments.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

67 <\/sup>Before I was afflicted I went astray,<\/span><\/em>
\nBut now I keep Your word.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

68 <\/sup>You are good, and do good;<\/span><\/em>
\nTeach me Your statutes.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

69 <\/sup>The proud have forged a lie against me,<\/span><\/em>
\nBut I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

70 <\/sup>Their heart is as fat as grease,<\/span><\/em>
\nBut I delight in Your law.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

71 <\/sup>It is good for me that I have been afflicted,<\/span><\/em>
\nThat I may learn Your statutes.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

72 <\/sup>The law of Your mouth is better to me<\/span><\/em>
\nThan thousands of coins of gold and silver.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

In this stanza, the psalmist seems to be explaining how God’s Word brought him through a time of persecution and\/or sickness.<\/h3>\n

The ideal goal [of God’s lovingkindness \u2014 vs. 64 and 76], achieving that which is best<\/em> for the child, is further emphasized by the repetition of the term usually translated “good,” though here intended in the sense of “best.” This perspective also provides reassurance by reminding the believer who meditates on the biblical examples of God’s lovingkindness that one expression of such is chastisement (Proverbs 3:11-12; Hebrews 12:5ff<\/span><\/a>). Hence, the believers’ affliction itself becomes a source of reassurance and comfort, insofar as it testifies to God’s paternal love expressed in chastisement\u2014a notion unquestionably here affirmed by the psalmist (v.67). \u2014 Wechsler, page 285.<\/span><\/h3>\n

judgment (v.66) = discernment<\/h3>\n

fat as grease (v.70) \u2014 insensible and stupid<\/h3>\n

The speaker here, as always, is the Messiah. He speaks for Himself and for His people. This appears specially in verses 67 and 71. These verses illustrate His offices as the Sin-Offering and the Peace-Offering (Leviticus 4:8). He takes the sins of His people upon Himself, and transfers to them the perfections which belong to Himself. Thus He makes their defections from God’s Law His own. As a true Priest and Advocate He presents Himself as the guilty one, and at the same time credits them with the perfection of the obedience which He personally rendered to the Word of God. \u2014 Williams, page 393.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TETH 65\u00a0You have dealt well with Your servant, O Lord, according to Your word. 66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge, For I believe Your commandments. 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep Your word. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psalms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8382,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8381\/revisions\/8382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}