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Chapter
119 (Continued)
{Verses
33:40 'He' File - The Window - Refers to the Perspective of Life -
Viewpoint on Life}
33~~Teach
me, O Jehovah/God, the Way of Your statutes.
And I shall keep it unto the end {the end of his life}.
34~~Give
me understanding,
and
I shall keep/observe Your law.
Yes, I shall observe it with my whole heart {every part of his soul}.
35~~Make
me to go in the path of Your commandments.
{means to live my life according to Bible Doctrine}
For
therein {in the Ways of God}
do
I delight.
36~~Expose
my 'right lobe'/heart to Your doctrine/testimonies . . .
and
not to covetousness.
37~~Turn
away my eyes from beholding 'the emptiness of it all'/vanity . . .
and
refresh me in Your Ways {bible doctrine}.
38~~Stablize
Your word unto Your servant . . .
who
is devoted to occupation with You.
39~~Turn
away my reproach
{his failures after a night of debauchery at the hands of the
soldiers}
which
I fear . . .
for
Your judgments are good.
40~~Behold,
I
have longed after Your precepts/'doctrine taught categorically' . . .
refresh
me in your Righteousness/'Perfect Character'.
{Verse
41-48: Waw/Vau File - A Nail or Peg - Something you can Hang things
on - Doctrine is something you can hang things on}
41~~Let
your mercies/'grace in action'
come
also unto me, O Jehovah/God.
Let
Your deliverance be
according
to the norm and standard of Your Word.
{Note: Not so much his physical deliverance here, but a spiritual deliverance which only comes from doctrine resident in the soul of the mature believer.}
42~~So
I shall have something to answer him
who
constantly scorns/maligns/reproaches/ridicules me . . .
for
I trust/'body slam my troubles' in Your Word/Doctrine.
{Note: Apparently there is dissention among the slaves and Ezra's father is ridiculed for his divine viewpoint. batach is a wrestler's term. It comes to mean 'trust' but it really means to 'body slam your cares on the Lord'.}
43~~And
do not let them snatch away
the
'Words of Truth'/'Divine Viewpoint from Bible Doctrine'
which
come from my mouth . . .
for
I have 'trusted under pressure conditions'
in
Your judgments.
{Note: 'Yachal' is used here for trusting under pressure conditions. 'Mishpat' is used here for Divine judgments. It is bible doctrine as it pertains to experiential principles - opposition, retaliation, forgiveness, forgetting and moving on, etc. And, the general suffering situation and dying grace.}
44~~So
I will guard Your Law . . .
{and
the Law will remain) continually forever and ever.
{Note: He will not last in time forever and ever - it is the Word of God which will remain forever and ever.}
45~~And
I will Walk in comprehensiveness/'depth and breath of mind'
for
I seek Your precepts/'categories of doctrine'.
{Note: 'Rachab' means depth of mind not liberty as we think of it. He is a slave here in chains as he writes this. But his mind is free. His freedom is internal - he concentrates on Doctrine.}
{Witnessing
On the Trip and After the March}
46~~I
will speak of Your Testimonies/'Old Testament Christology'
and
also before kings
and
will not be ashamed.
{Note: He knows he will survive to see the Chaldean king and Persian kings. He will survive and will witness to them - he knows God uses prepared people - he is not ashamed of the gospel of Christ/God. He will be a key bible teacher of his day. And, he will bring up his son, Ezra, to be a strong and mature believer. His son will be one of the greatest believers of all time.}
{His
Love Affair}
47~~And
I 'fondle/caress/court/'make love to' {sha`a`}
Your
Commandments
which
I have loved.
{perfect tense - he loved in the past with the result that He will
always love God and His Word - To be occupied with God/Christ}
{Note: Sha`a` - is the strongest Hebrew word for sex between man and woman. This is the strongest word for soul love turning into the actual act of physical love. This is how he describes his relationship to God and the intake of His Word. He loves God and His Word in the strongest possible terms.}
48~~'My
hands also will I lift up unto Your Commandments' . . .
{idiom for fervently desiring God and His Word}
which
I have loved.
And I will 'talk to myself'/meditate in Your Statutes.
{Verses
49-56: The Zayin/Zain File (z) -- A Weapon - Hebrews 4:12 The Bible
is a Sword}
49~~Call
to remembrance {imperative mood - an order}
the
word unto your servant . . .
upon
which You have kept on causing me
to
'trust under maximum pressure' {yachal}.
{Note: The Word of God is a weapon. It is an offensive weapon. When you have it, there is no pressure too great for the Word of God. It is also very refreshing to practice with a weapon - like a handgun today. The key to refreshment is the ability to recall doctrines stored in the human spirit . . . to bring them into the mentality of the soul. He is asking God to help him recall doctrine buried in his soul. He is a slave on a death march. He can not get instruction right now. He wants doctrine he has already learned that are pertinent to his current suffering situation.}
50~~This
is my comfort in my affliction . . .
for
Your Word has refreshed me {chayah}.
{Note: Doctrine in the soul brings inner happiness in times of great pressure. Chayah means to take in oxygen and thereby be refreshed. Here is to take in doctrine and be refreshed by it when it is needed.}
51~~The
proud have had me greatly in derision . . .
yet
have I not neglected/'turned away' from Your law.
{Note: The proud here are the Chaldean soldiers who are abusing and molesting and scorning the Jewish captives. Yet through it all, he will stay with God's Laws and not become bitter (mental attitude sins) - and therefore will survive.}
52a~~I
'brought to mind'/remember
Your
judgments of old, O Jehovah/God.
{Note: He has to rely on the doctrine already in his soul. When the disaster hits is not the time to prepare for the disaster - you have to be prepared in advance.}
52b~~I have comforted myself.
{Note: This points out that he is 'spiritually self-sustaining'. He is all on his own and he is prepared.}
53~~Horror/'Nightmare
type suffering'
{zal`aphah - literally - burning, raging heat}
has
'taken hold upon me suddenly'/'seized me'.
The
wicked {here the Chaldean soldiers}
have
forsaken Your law.
{Note: Most of the peoples of the ancient world did NOT have a moral code by which they lived. The Jews were an advanced society because of their moral code. The Chaldeans were butchers and were sadistic and did not come close to following God's code of morality for a civilized society.}
54~~Your
statutes
{bible doctrine organized in categories in his human spirit}
have
been 'my songs/psalms'
{zamiyr - spontaneous music that comes from the soul}
in
the 'house of my pilgrimage'.
{Note: He is not just literal singing here. His 'singing' is primarily the teaching of bible doctrine to the other survivors around him. The 'house of his pilgrimage' is no house at all. It is the sky in a foreign land. He is in a long chain gang of slaves. He was chained to men and women who have now died and, as he is getting closer to Babylon, only the strongest of souls survive. This writer is teaching doctrine to those around him, giving them support (his father, before his murder by Nebuchadnezzar, was the High Priest) through teaching and singing.}
{Basis
for Singing Praises - What does he call to mind?}
55~~I
have 'called to mind'/remembered
Your
name, O Jehovah/God,
in
the night,
and
have 'kept what belongs to me' {shamar} . . .
Your
Law/Doctrine.
{Charge
of the Mosquito Vs. the Charge of the Elephant}
56~~This
I had . . .
because
I kept Your precepts.
{Note: In the past he had 'normal problems' - the ticky tacky things we all face in life. During those 'charges of the mosquito', he learned how to use Faith Rest to swat these mosquitoes. Now in this death march, he is facing the charge of the elephant (a much bigger crisis). He has practiced swatting the mosquito and will use the same techniques to shoot down this elephant he is now facing - again using Faith Rest.}
{Verses
57-64: Cheth/Heth (sounds like 'keth') file (j) - A Fence or Enclosure}
57~~You
are my portion/share/provision, O Jehovah/God.
I have said that I would guard/keep Your Words.
{Verse
58: Special Grace Appeal to God}
58a~~I
'made a special appeal'/entreated
for
Your grace . . .
with
my whole heart/'right lobe'.
{the 'whole heart' refers to his entire human soul - all parts of the
soul - the self-consciousness, the mentality, the volition, the
emotion}
{Note: The grace is always there. This special appeal recognizes the grace is already there. He wants to link up with God's grace and get maximum protection that was provided by God for him in eternity past. His whole soul must be oriented to the grace of God.}
{The
Appeal}
58b~~'I
demand grace . . . to me'/'Be gracious unto me' . . .
{imperative mood - an order to God}
according
to Your Word.
{Note: You better be right to order God. He has that confidence because he knows enough doctrine to understand the grace of God. He knows he is claiming an unconditional promise from God - as His Written Word informed him.}
{Self-Examination
- Taking Stock of Things - Like his Relationship with God}
59~~I
thought on my Ways . . .
and
was caused to turn my feet unto Your Testimonies.
{Note: Same principle as I John 1:9 - rebound - confession of his sins and recovery of fellowship with God.}
{Strong
Positive Volition to God and His Word}
60~~I
hurried,
and
delayed not to keep/guard/preserve Your Commandments.
{Note:
He knows God has a purpose for his life and he wants to fulfil that purpose.}
{The
Opposition}
61~~The
companies of the wicked {Chaldean soldiers}
have
surrounded me . . .
but
I have not forgotten your law.
{Note: His first demand for grace and he looks around and there are lots of the drunken Chaldean soldiers standing around. His abuse this time is not mentioned, but he survived because of the doctrine in his soul.}
62~~At
midnight,
I
will rise to give thanks unto You
because
of Your 'Righteous Judgments'
{referring to Old Testament doctrine in the Mosaic Law}.
{Note: His abuse lasted until midnight. Whatever happened to him, he gives thanks unto God for surviving it. His body is not important, his soul is intact.}
63~~I
am a companion of all those
who
revere/fear You {Occupation with Christ},
and
of those who keep/guard Your precepts.
64a~~The
earth, O Jehovah/God,
is
full of Your grace.
{Note: Why does he say this? Because he carries knowledge of God's grace with him - in his own soul wherever he goes.}
{Verses
65:72 Teth File (f)- Roll Together - Concept of Relationship}
65~~You
have
'manufactured
good out of this disastrous situation' {`asah towb}
to
Your servant, O Jehovah/God . . .
{How? Answer provided}
according
to Your Word.
{the relationship with God comes via the study of HIS WORD}
{Note: Teth is a letter that apparently came out of a concept - to be rolled together. In spirituality, RBT says it represents the relationship between God and man. Towb is the Hebrew word for good and will be used a lot in this Teth file (since towb begins with the letter Teth). This is analogous to Romans 8:28 - 'all things work together for good for those who LOVE HIM'.}
66a~~'Teach
me with strong discipline'
{lamad - piel imperative - intensive stem and an order -
to teach by laying it on hard} . . .
'good
judgment'/discernment {tuwb ta`am}
{discernment means to take doctrine and know when to properly
use it - thinking under pressure}
along
with knowledge {da`ath}
{meaning 'not only learn bible doctrine but along with the learning
is the application}.
{Note: There are all different ways to teach. Lamad is the type where you are told to do something and get a whack on the wrist when you do it wrong - do it again! This is 'learning the hard way' and some things in life have to be taught under adversity.}
{Bridge
from Learning Doctrine to Discernment and Application under Pressure}
66b~~I
have believed Your Commandments.
{Note: This is the bridge - faith. You have to believe what is taught and then you can metabolize it in your soul for use when it is needed.}
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