Vol 20 Issue 02

Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end. Ps. 119:88 Unto the end! I shall persevere! Upon that blessing of perseverance the inspired poet of this beautiful psalm fixed his longing eye! It is, perhaps, the main theme, the controlling thought and yearning expressed in this particular section of the psalm. For as we know, the one hundred and nineteenth psalm is divided into different sections, twenty two in all, according to the number of characters in the Hebrew alphabet, each section consisting of eight verses; and in the original each...