Day 18 - Psalm 119:81-84

Day 18 - Psalm 119:81-84 - Kaph

1/19/2020

January 19
(81) My soul faints for Your salvation, But I hope in Your word. (82) My eyes fail from searching Your word, Saying, "When will You comfort me?" (83) For I have become like a wineskin in smoke, Yet I do not forget Your statutes. (84) How many are the days of Your servant? When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?
Enero 19 Salmo 119:81-84
“Desfallece mi alma por tu salvación, Mas espero en tu palabra. Desfallecieron mis ojos por tu palabra, Diciendo: ¿Cuándo me consolarás? Porque estoy como el odre al humo; Pero no he olvidado tus estatutos. ¿Cuántos son los días de tu siervo? ¿Cuándo harás juicio contra los que me persiguen?”

Duncan

1/19/2020 04:56:18 am

Verse 82 How often we search the word waiting but forgetting we are in His hands. The letter Kaph Origin for is Hebrew, literally: palm of the hand. We must remember that we are in the palm of His hand. If we seek Him we shall find Him. Don't grow weary.

Vikki

1/19/2020 07:41:00 am

The Hebrew letter for this section is a KAF or Kaph. It looks like a backwards C. It resembles the palm of our hand, signifying the WORKS OF OUR HANDS. As Christians we are to be active in living out our faith in Jesus Christ before others. We do this by walking in the Fruits of the Spirit.

Galatians 5:22-23 But the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

When the letter KAF is used at the beginning of a word, it signifies that a comparison is being used. In English we say something is LIKE something else. Verse 83 uses a KAF 3 times.

“THOUGH I have become LIKE a wineskin in the smoke, I do not FORGET Your statutes.”

First the word THOUGH is a KAF, signaling that a comparison is coming. The writer then compares himself to a WINESKIN that is left in the smoke. It has become dry and shriveled, becoming useless. Before that he says that his soul is LANGUISHING and his eyes are FAILING. But he picks himself up out of his idle and unproductive state and declares that He will NOT FORGET God’s statutes. The word for NOT FORGET has a KAF in the middle. It means that he will not let go of them, but keep them tightly held in the PALM of his HAND.

Have our hands become idle for the Kingdom of God? If so, let’s cry out to the Lord to help us hold tightly to His Words, and then walk them out!

Rose

1/19/2020 01:58:47 pm

Kaph, verses 81-84

This is a cry of many ,including me, who are going through challenges they can't find an answer to. We love God, love his word, keep his statutes in the midst of discomforting situations. But in our innermost being we have questions for God; " why ? " , " how long ?"

King Hezekiah challenged by his illness, came to that place. ' I cried like a swift or thrush. I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew weak as l looked to the heavens. I am troubled; O Lord, come to my aid!'

Habakkuk also at a moment of frustration because of Judah's great sin against God, cried out to God.
Habakkuk 1:2. ' How long, O LORD, must l call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, " Violence! " but you do not save?

How about us? I believe when we come to the end of this fast and the reading of and meditating on God's word in Ps. 119 our minds will be renewed and we will know better than to complain and accuse God that he is not doing anything. The more we know him the more we trust him and so wait for his comfort, help, answer, judgement etc.
He will come and save us!!!

Lord help us to know what to do while we are waiting.🙏

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