05/30/2026 – “Remember the word to Your servant, in which You have made me hope.” Psalm 119:49 /Bible Reading and commentary: Link below / Comment below.
“God’s Word is a veritable storehouse of promises – over seven thousand of them. Not empty hopes and dreams, not just nice-sounding, eloquently worded thought that make you fee warm all over, but promises. Verbal guarantees in writing, signed by the Creator himself.”
Bible Reading : Psalm 119: 33-48
Here are the Bible verses by verse, along with commentary:
https://www.biblestudytools.com/psalms/passage/?q=psalm+119:33-48
Psalm 119 – “Delight in God’s Word”, commentary footnote in “The Apologetics Study Bible:
“This, the longest psalm, is a meditation on the word of God in its many forms and functions. The entire psalm is alphabetically arranged (acrostic). The first stanza is labeled alef because each of the eight verses starts with a word that begins with that letter, the first of the alphabet. The second stanza follows with the same arrangement using the second letter of the alphabet, bet; the rest of the palms follows the same pattern through the alphabet. This scheme certainly aided in memorizing the meditation (“a mnemonic” device); but it also was a way of ordering the thoughts to provide a complete meditation on the word of God – the “ABCs” about the law of God. Commentators have called the composition of palms of this type “learned psalmography”, that is, inspiration combined with intense scholarship and literary skill.”
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Soli Deo Gloria!
Comment: Our youngest daughter seems like she is singing when she prays extemporaneously. It is almost akin to singing an acrostic. It occurred to me decades later that just perhaps it came from reading the entire book of Psalms to her “in utero.” I really hadn’t reflected on it much up to that point. I don’t know, perhaps it was a short subtle message from the Holy Spirit. I am convinced now that we miss a vast majority of miracles because we are just too caught up in the world, like a “fog” at best.
I was blessed to be in a prayer group that prayed the entire book of Psalms. It took us seven sessions, spending roughly half our prayer time, a total of around five hours. Funny, I thought it would be longer given that: In our read through the Bible program, the Book of Psalm takes up one entire day of the week for the entire year, 100 pages in length.
Always connected through prayer and by His grace!
Your brother in Christ,
Jimmy