Psalm 119:97-104
David…
I. Loved God’s Word
All through the book of Psalms, David’s love for the Word can be seen. He wrote Psalm 1:2 and practiced it: “But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.”
(vs. 99) “for thy testimonies are my meditation.
II. Meditated on the Word “all the day”
(vs. 97) “O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.”
As we think about the Word through the day with the intention to learn and to practice it, God gives us a deeper love for it – and for Him. The word “law” refers to the whole Bible, not just to the Ten Commandments.
III. Hated False Ways Because of the Word
(vs. 104) “Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.”
The Word gave David a love for righteousness and a hatred for those things that displease God. Spending much time in reading, studying, and meditating on the Word will do the same for you and enable you to “approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ” (Philippians 1:10).
IV. Was Blessed by His Meditation on the Word
In each of these verses (98 – 104), meditation on the word gave David several blessings that every Christian needs. They include:
- (vs. 98) Wisdom greater than his enemies
- (vs. 99) More understanding than his teachers
- (vs. 100) More understanding than the aged men
- (vss. 101,102) Desire to depart from evil to keep the Word
- (vs. 103) Great love for the Word (“sweeter than honey”)
- (vs. 104) Understanding of and hatred of false paths
Christian, has your time in the Word given you these things?