'Prayer draws its
very life from the Bible, and has no standing ground outside of the warrant of
the Scriptures. Its very existence and character is dependent on revelation
made by God to man in His holy Word. Prayer, in turn, exalts this same
revelation, and turns men toward that Word. The nature, necessity and
all-comprehending character of prayer, is based on the Word of God.
Psalm 119 is a
directory of God's Word. With three or four exceptions, each verse contains a
word which identifies, or locates, the Word of God. Quite often, the writer
breaks out into supplication, several times praying, "Teach me Thy
statutes." So deeply impressed is he with the wonders of God's Word, and
of the need for Divine illumination wherewith to see and understand the
wonderful things recorded therein, that he fervently prays:
"Open Thou mine
eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy law."
From the opening of
this wonderful Psalm to its close, prayer and God's Word are intertwined. Almost every phase of God's Word
is touched upon by this inspired writer. So thoroughly convinced was the
Psalmist of the deep spiritual power of the Word of God that he makes this
declaration:
"Thy word have
I hid in my heart that I might not sin against Thee."
Here the Psalmist
found his protection against sinning. By having God's Word hidden in his heart;
in having his whole being thoroughly impregnated with that Word; in being
brought completely under its benign and gracious influence, he was enabled to
walk to and fro in the earth, safe from the attack of the Evil One, and
fortified against a proneness to wander out of the way.'
Quoted from- 'THE
NECESSITY OF PRAYER By E.M. BOUNDS'
(Excerpt 69)
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Speaking to God-
this is PRAYER-
Psa 119:4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts
diligently.
Psa 119:5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy
statutes!
Psa 119:6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have
respect unto all thy commandments.
Psa 119:7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart,
when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
Psa 119:8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not
utterly.
Psa 119:9 BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse
his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
Psa 119:10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let
me not wander from thy commandments.
Psa 119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I
might not sin against thee.
Psa 119:12 Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy
statutes.
Psa 119:13 With my lips have I declared all the
judgments of thy mouth.
Psa 119:14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy
testimonies, as much as in all riches.
Psa 119:15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have
respect unto thy ways.
Psa 119:16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will
not forget thy word.
Psa 119:17 GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant,
that I may live, and keep thy word.
Psa 119:18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold
wondrous things out of thy law.
Psa 119:19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy
commandments from me.
Psa 119:20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath
unto thy judgments at all times.
Psa 119:21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed,
which do err from thy commandments.
Psa 119:22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I
have kept thy testimonies.
Psa 119:23 Princes also did sit and speak against me:
but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
Psa 119:24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my
counsellors.
Psa 119:25 DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust:
quicken thou me according to thy word.
Psa 119:26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest
me: teach me thy statutes.
Psa 119:27 Make me to understand the way of thy
precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
Psa 119:28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen
thou me according unto thy word.
Psa 119:29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me
thy law graciously.
Psa 119:30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments
have I laid before me.
Psa 119:31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD,
put me not to shame.
Psa 119:32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when
thou shalt enlarge my heart.
Psa 119:33 HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy
statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
Psa 119:34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy
law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Psa 119:35 Make me to go in the path of thy
commandments; for therein do I delight.
Psa 119:36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and
not to covetousness.
Psa 119:37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity;
and quicken thou me in thy way.
Psa 119:38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is
devoted to thy fear.
Psa 119:39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy
judgments are good.
Psa 119:40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts:
quicken me in thy righteousness.
Psa 119:41 VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O
LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
Psa 119:42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that
reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
Psa 119:43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of
my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
Psa 119:44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever
and ever.
Psa 119:45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy
precepts.
Psa 119:46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before
kings, and will not be ashamed.
Psa 119:47 And I will delight myself in thy
commandments, which I have loved.
Psa 119:48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy
commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
Psa 119:49 ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant,
upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
Psa 119:50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy
word hath quickened me.
Psa 119:51 The proud have had me greatly in derision:
yet have I not declined from thy law.
Psa 119:52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD;
and have comforted myself.
Psa 119:53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the
wicked that forsake thy law.
Psa 119:54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house
of my pilgrimage.
Psa 119:55 I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the
night, and have kept thy law.
Psa 119:56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
Psa 119:57 CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have
said that I would keep thy words.
Psa 119:58 I intreated thy favour with my whole heart:
be merciful unto me according to thy word.
Psa 119:59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto
thy testimonies.
Psa 119:60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy
commandments.
Psa 119:61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I
have not forgotten thy law.
Psa 119:62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto
thee because of thy righteous judgments.
Psa 119:63 I am a companion of all them that fear thee,
and of them that keep thy precepts.
Psa 119:64 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy:
teach me thy statutes.
Psa 119:65 TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant,
O LORD, according unto thy word.
Psa 119:66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I
have believed thy commandments.
Psa 119:67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now
have I kept thy word.
Psa 119:68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy
statutes.
Psa 119:69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I
will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
Psa 119:70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I
delight in thy law.
Psa 119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted;
that I might learn thy statutes.
Psa 119:72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than
thousands of gold and silver.
Psa 119:73 JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me:
give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Psa 119:74 They that fear thee will be glad when they
see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
Psa 119:75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right,
and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
Psa 119:76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be
for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
Psa 119:77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I
may live: for thy law is my delight.
Psa 119:78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt
perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
Psa 119:79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and
those that have known thy testimonies.
Psa 119:80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I
be not ashamed.
Psa 119:81 CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but
I hope in thy word.
Psa 119:82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When
wilt thou comfort me?
Psa 119:83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke;
yet do I not forget thy statutes.
Psa 119:84 How many are the days of thy servant? when
wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
Psa 119:85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are
not after thy law.
Psa 119:86 All thy commandments are faithful: they
persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
Psa 119:87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I
forsook not thy precepts.
Psa 119:88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall
I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
Psa 119:89 LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled
in heaven.
Psa 119:90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations:
thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
Psa 119:91 They continue this day according to thine
ordinances: for all are thy servants.
Psa 119:92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should
then have perished in mine affliction.
Psa 119:93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with
them thou hast quickened me.
Psa 119:94 I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy
precepts.
Psa 119:95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me:
but I will consider thy testimonies.
Psa 119:96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy
commandment is exceeding broad.
Psa 119:97 MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my
meditation all the day.
Psa 119:98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me
wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
Psa 119:99 I have more understanding than all my
teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
Psa 119:100 I understand more than the ancients, because
I keep thy precepts.
Psa 119:101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way,
that I might keep thy word.
Psa 119:102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for
thou hast taught me.
Psa 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea,
sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Psa 119:104 Through thy precepts I get understanding:
therefore I hate every false way.
Psa 119:105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a
light unto my path.
Psa 119:106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I
will keep thy righteous judgments.
Psa 119:107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD,
according unto thy word.
Psa 119:108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill
offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
Psa 119:109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I
not forget thy law.
Psa 119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I
erred not from thy precepts.
Psa 119:111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage
for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Psa 119:112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy
statutes alway, even unto the end.
Psa 119:113 SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do
I love.
Psa 119:114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I
hope in thy word.
Psa 119:115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep
the commandments of my God.
Psa 119:116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may
live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Psa 119:117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I
will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Psa 119:118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from
thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
Psa 119:119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth
like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
Psa 119:120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am
afraid of thy judgments.
Psa 119:121 AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave
me not to mine oppressors.
Psa 119:122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not
the proud oppress me.
Psa 119:123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the
word of thy righteousness.
Psa 119:124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy
mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
Psa 119:125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that
I may know thy testimonies.
Psa 119:126 It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they
have made void thy law.
Psa 119:127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold;
yea, above fine gold.
Psa 119:128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts
concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
Psa 119:129 PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore
doth my soul keep them.
Psa 119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it
giveth understanding unto the simple.
Psa 119:131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed
for thy commandments.
Psa 119:132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me,
as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
Psa 119:133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any
iniquity have dominion over me.
Psa 119:134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so
will I keep thy precepts.
Psa 119:135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and
teach me thy statutes.
Psa 119:136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because
they keep not thy law.
Psa 119:137 TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and
upright are thy judgments.
Psa 119:138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are
righteous and very faithful.
Psa 119:139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine
enemies have forgotten thy words.
Psa 119:140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant
loveth it.
Psa 119:141 I am small and despised: yet do not I forget
thy precepts.
Psa 119:142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting
righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
Psa 119:143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me:
yet thy commandments are my delights.
Psa 119:144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is
everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
Psa 119:145 KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O
LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
Psa 119:146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep
thy testimonies.
Psa 119:147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and
cried: I hoped in thy word.
Psa 119:148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I
might meditate in thy word.
Psa 119:149 Hear my voice according unto thy
lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.
Psa 119:150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief:
they are far from thy law.
Psa 119:151 Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy
commandments are truth.
Psa 119:152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of
old that thou hast founded them for ever.
Psa 119:153 RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver
me: for I do not forget thy law.
Psa 119:154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me
according to thy word.
Psa 119:155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they
seek not thy statutes.
Psa 119:156 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken
me according to thy judgments.
Psa 119:157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet
do I not decline from thy testimonies.
Psa 119:158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved;
because they kept not thy word.
Psa 119:159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me,
O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
Psa 119:160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and
every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
Psa 119:161 SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a
cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
Psa 119:162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth
great spoil.
Psa 119:163 I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I
love.
Psa 119:164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of
thy righteous judgments.
Psa 119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and
nothing shall offend them.
Psa 119:166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and
done thy commandments.
Psa 119:167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love
them exceedingly.
Psa 119:168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies:
for all my ways are before thee.
Psa 119:169 TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O
LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
Psa 119:170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver
me according to thy word.
Psa 119:171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast
taught me thy statutes.
Psa 119:172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all
thy commandments are righteousness.
Psa 119:173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy
precepts.
Psa 119:174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and
thy law is my delight.
Psa 119:175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee;
and let thy judgments help me.
Psa 119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek
thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
AMEN.
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