PSALM 119:9-16

Refined by the Word

THESIS: The word saves us from sinning against God

I. ITS VIRTUE IS OUR DESIRE, 9-10
Two inherent virtues of the word of God
A. Cleansed to Be Sanctified, 9 Cleansing
B. Control to Be Supervised, 10 Continuing

II. ITS VALUE IN OUR DEPORTMENT, 11-14
The four-fold secret of abundant living
A. Personal: Depositing the Word Life, 11 Keeping
B. Practiced: Dissecting the Word, 12 Learning
C. Proclaimed: Declaring the Word, 13 Witnessing
D. Prized: Delighting in the Word, 14 Rejoicing

III. ITS VALIDATION IN OUR DETERMINATION, 15-16
A three-fold vow to God
A. Practical Reflection, 15 Heeding
B. Proved Rejoicing, 16 Remembering

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Key Thot: The best book in the world is the Bible, and the best place
to store it is the heart
A WORD ON THE WORDS
1. Keep (22x), kept (7x)natsar (10x) = to guard, protect; shamar (19x) =
to hedge about
2. Heart (14x)(6x = whole heart)
3. Meditate(ion) (7x)to commune, muse, contemplate, ponder, pray
4. Teach (9x), taught (2x), teachers (1x)yara = to point out, inform,
instruct; lamad = to goad as an incentive
5. Love (9x), loveth (1)what the Psalmist loves is the Lord and his law
6. Hate (4x)the Psalmist hates every false way, vain thoughts, and
lying
7. Live (5x), quicken(ed) (11x)these are all references to what we
refer to as the Christian life
8. Understanding (10x)biyn (9x)= to distinguish mentally,
discernment; sakal (1x) = to be circumspect, prudent & exercise
wisdom (v 99)
9. Delight(s) (9x)chaphets = to incline toward, bend to, and be pleased
with; shaa, shashua = to look on with enjoyment
10. Yet (7x)moreover, nevertheless
always italicized as a word supplies by the translators to bring out the
original meaning
11. But (13x)however
12. Because (8x)tells us the reason or cause
13. For (28x)tells us the reason based on a plea (usually follows a
prayer)
14. Let (15x)always used in prayer
15. I have (~50x)/I will (~40x)one looks back, the other forward
Ac t s 20: 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of
God.

Re f e re nc e s :
John 1: 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
Col 3: 1- 2 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are
above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your
affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
John 17: 8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me;
and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out
from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
John 17: 14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them,
because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.