Princes persecute me without a cause, But my heart stands in awe of Your word. I rejoice at Your word as one who finds great treasure. I hate and abhor lying, ButI love Your law. Seven times a day I praise You, Because of Your righteous judgments. Great peace have those who love Your law, and nothing causes them to stumble. LORD, I hope for Your salvation, And I do Your commandments. My soul keeps Your testimonies, And I love them exceedingly. I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You.

I am convinced that sometime after the return of the Jews from the Babylonian exile, there was a scribe, named Yadeeddayah, meaning Beloved of God. A devout man, well versed in the Scriptures and blessed as a poet, who very carefully crafted one of the greatest poems in any of man's languages.

Voices Together, as it has been my past practice, will feature one stanza of the 119^theach Lord's day. Read it and reread it, let it soak into your soul. Frequently, you will find a sentence or phrase that jumps out at you and burns into your being. Today, for me, it that short sentence where Yadeeddayah writes “And I doyour commandments” It's the “I do” Nothing wrong with the other verbs, but “do” is a rolling up your shirtsleeves and getting busy kind of verb. A putting my faith into practice kind of verb.

Let us do the Lord's Word together.

Today's readings in the Psalms:

Morning: Psalm

Mid-day: 119:

Evening: Psalm

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