Psalm 119, captured by some as Torah piety, is a \u201cmedley of praise, prayer and wisdom\u201d (R. Allen, Psalms 101-150<\/em>, Word). This Psalm, noted above by it being an acrostic with eight lines beginning with the same Hebrew letter (vv. 1-8 begin with aleph) as it works it way through 176 verses. Psalm 119, captured by some as Torah piety, is a \u201cmedley of praise, prayer and wisdom\u201d (R. Allen, Psalms 101-150, Word). This Psalm, noted above by it being an acrostic with eight lines beginning with the same Hebrew letter (vv. 1-8 begin with aleph) as it works it way through 176 verses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1753],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psalm-119"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThere are eight major terms for God\u2019s Torah \u2014 Torah (25x), Word (24x), Rulings and Covenant (23x), Commands (22x), Statutes and Charges (21x), Sayings (19x).
\nIn this series we will work our way through Psalm 119, and I don\u2019t know how long it will take. Our focus will be on seeing Torah as wisdom, and Word of God as identity-shaping.
\nIt opens with this:
\n\u201cHappy are those whose way is blameless,
\nwho follow the Torah of Yahweh.\u201d
\nBlamelessness (tamin) can only be found by reading, listening, hearing, absorbing, and heeding the Torah. \u201cBlamelessness\u201d translates \u201cperfection in way.\u201d This speaks of focus, of concentration, of aim, of telos, of object, and of ambition \u2014 the ambitionm of the blessed person is to be shaped by the Torah.
\nThe reason this blog has something about the Bible almost every day is because I believe Psalm 119:1.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"