Affliction

Posted on June 18, 2016 by Werner Dekarski

Reading the word “afflicted” several times in Psalm 119 made me look up the word in the dictionary and this is what I find in the COLLINS ENGLISH DICTIONARY: It is a condition of great suffering. It says there also that there is physical suffering and that there is mental suffering.

Here are the verses from Psalm 119.

Psalm 119:67: “Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word.”

The Beach, a good place meditate

Psalm 119:71: “It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.”

Psalm 119:75: “I know, O LORD, that your laws are righteous, and in faithfulness you have afflicted me.”

Psalm 119:92: “If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.”

I know for sure that I must read the verses again and again and meditate on them. Will you join me?

Enemies, Teachers, Elders

Posted on June 18, 2016 by Werner Dekarski

The Psalmist says that he is wiser than his enemies, has more insight than all his teachers and more understanding than the elders. He tells us also why that is the case.

Here are his own words. We find them in Psalm 119:98-100:

“Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me.

I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.

I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts.”

It is all because of the word of God.