Day 150 (Psalm 119) - Year 8
5/30/20266 min
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[intro music] Hey, Bible readers. I'm Tara-Leigh Cobble, and I'm your host for The Bible Recap. [intro music] We are 150 days in, and today we read the longest chapter in the Bible. You probably either knew it was the longest chapter or at least hoped it was. It's even longer than some entire books of the Bible, and it's the center chapter of the Bible. This song is written as a Hebrew acrostic poem where each of the 22 sections starts with the subsequent letter of the Hebrew alphabet, and each of the eight verses within each section starts with that letter as well. For us, that would be, like, eight verses that start with the letter A, then eight verses that start with the letter B, and so forth. And as a former songwriter, this intimidates me. This song was a labor of love. No one knows who wrote it, but a lot of people think it was Ezra, the priest and scribe. All we know is that this particular psalmist loved the Word of God. This kind of detail-demanding songwriting isn't done in a half-hearted manner. Not only does he love the Word of God, but he wants to love it even more. He's not a perfect man. He even ends the psalm by saying he's a lost sheep who has gone astray and asks God to come find him. But in all this, he shows a deep understanding of God and His character. In fact, the psalm points out at least seven primary praiseworthy attributes of God and His character. They are righteousness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, faithfulness,