Psalm 119:161-168 “Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words. I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder. I hate and abhor falsehood. I love your law. Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances. Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble. I have hoped for your salvation, LORD. I have done your commandments. My soul has observed your testimonies. I love them exceedingly. I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, for all my ways are before you.”

“Seven” is a number that represents completeness. It is probably equivalent to Paul saying, “pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17). “Great peace” (shalom) is the fullness of God’s blessings that comes to the person who obeys. Rejoicing in God’s Word causes us to stay on a righteous path and helps us to keep from stumbling. The one possible difference between the Psalmists understanding and ours it that the hope we have regarding salvation is a certainty based upon Jesus Christ!

Colossians 1:26-27 “the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints, to whom God was pleased to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery amongst the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.”

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