Father, thank you for your grace to us. Thank you for your kindness to us in Christ and the mercy of the gospel. Father, I ask that as we come to your word that you would give us wisdom, that you would give us understanding. that You would help us to be faithful to You, and Father, as we study Psalm 119 and we begin this series, I ask that You would just help us to have an increased delight in Your Word, an increased submission to Your Word, and joy in the truth that You have revealed. It's in Jesus' name I pray. Amen. As I just said, we're going to be going section by section through Psalm 119. Now that we have finished the book of Malachi, did everybody get an outline of Psalm 119 or does anybody need one? Anybody need one? All right, everybody got it? Perfect. Psalm 119 is only one chapter of the Bible. So initially, whenever I say we're going to be going section by section through this chapter, you might think, oh, that's not going to take that long. Actually, it's probably going to take the next six months, just about, right? Because if you break this down section by section, it's a total of 176 verses, this psalmist. And so it ultimately is a psalm. It is a section of the word of God on the gift of scripture itself. The Word of God is the pure, inerrant, inspired, sufficient, and authoritative revelation from God. And the Word of God is wonderful because it reveals the glorious God being inspired by His Spirit. And so as we go section by section through this psalm and as we're studying what the Word of God is, we're going to see the transforming work of the Lord that He does in His people through His Word. And that's something that, as we're gonna see, as the psalmist breaks down, that impacts every different season of life. The word is given to us that we might know God, that we might be changed by the grace of God to be more like the Lord Jesus Christ, that we might rejoice in the eternal hope of the gospel and be equipped to live for the glory of the Lord. And Psalm 119 shows us that in so many incredible ways. Which brings me to a question that I want each one of us to consider as we prepare to unpack this first section tonight. How do you view the Word of God? And really let that question sink in. How do you view the Word of God? How do you view the Scripture? You see, for so many evangelical Christians in recent times, the Word of God has not held the central place that it should. It has not held the central place that it should. In the minds of many, their walk with the Lord becomes more about emotional feelings, more about supposed visions and dreams, more about the Holy Spirit giving them certain sensations to guide them. Others see the Word of God as important for the Christian, important for areas of personal growth. Maybe it's an encouraging tool, but it's not actually something that is sufficient to give answers to life's most complicated questions. Others view the Word as solely pertaining to matters of the Church, not pertaining to matters of culture or the public square. Others falsely believe that there are many moral beliefs in Scripture, but there are also many errors in the Word of God as well. Others would undercut the authority of Scripture by saying that, well, the authors who wrote the Bible, they were limited in terms of the cultural understandings of their day, so their teachings don't bind us any longer. To put it straightforwardly, all of these views, at the end of the day, have the same rotten root of the devil saying to Eve in the garden, has God really said? Has God really said? They all lead to a distrust of the perfection, the centrality, or the authority of the Scripture. And when that's the case, it's ultimately going to detriment the people of God. Because as we study the Word, And as we're going to study Psalm 119, we're going to see with unmistaking clarity the Word of God is central to the life of the believer. And the Word of God is central to the healthy Christian. The Spirit of God is at work in us, sanctifying us to be made more like Christ, and that sanctification is driven by the pure truth of the Word of God according to Jesus in John 16 and John 17. The preaching and teaching of the word is central to the life of the church, as Paul says in 2 Timothy chapter 4. And well, as for the application of the word of God to the public square, Jesus says you're to disciple the nations as the church. What other tool are you going to use to disciple them other than the word of God, right? And so it's actually central to all of these things. And the challenge for us as the church is on the one hand to view the word of God as the pure, spotless, sufficient revelation that it is. But then secondly, and this is where I want to press in for a second, to actually live like that, right? Not for that just to be something that is in theory, not for that to just be a statement that we say that the Word of God is perfect, the Word of God is sufficient, the Word of God is authoritative in our doctrinal statements, in our minds, and so forth, but that this is actually both the right belief and the right practice. You and I, we believe the right thing about Scripture, but then whenever guidance, where do we go? We go to the word of God. Whenever we're going through a trial and we're going through adversity, where do we go for comfort and direction? We go to the word of God. Whenever we're seeking to be faithful in the life of the church, what do we use? We use the word of God. This is actually living out what we say by demonstrating it in practice. And I'm grateful for the heart of this church body for the word. I think it's amazing that every time that we gather, the hunger that you see among the people of this church for scripture. And I pray that the Lord will increase that as we study this section. And so let's read this first section of Psalm 119. Psalm 119 verses one through eight here tonight. Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord, Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways. You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently. Oh, that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes. Then I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all your commandments. I will praise you with an upright heart when I learn your righteous rules, I will keep your statutes. Do not utterly forsake me. Now you notice in your Bible that each section of Psalm 119 starts with a word, right? So if you look at it, this section starts with the word Aleph. Now, that's my Arkansas pronunciation of a Hebrew word, so give me a little grace on that. But each section starts with a word. If you ask, what does this mean? Is this a hidden code? No. This is different words from the Hebrew alphabet, is what this is, okay? So it's not like a hidden meaning, it's not a hidden code, it's an arrangement of the Psalms. Whenever you see the word Aleph, that's the first letter in the Hebrew alphabet, is the way that this works. It's actually interesting if you study this, some commentators have said that historically Jewish children would have learned the Hebrew alphabet by studying this psalm and by working through this psalm and by memorizing this psalm. And so don't think that that's some kind of a hidden code or anything like that. It's just the arrangement of the psalm according to the Hebrew alphabet. And as we unpack this section of this Psalm, I want you to notice how both verse one and verse two start with the word blessed. So you can say quite literally, Psalm 119, excuse me, my voice is recovering from a little Christmas cold, so. Psalm 119 starts with a double blessing, right? Literally, both of these first two verses start with the word blessed. And that makes sense because the soul who knows God by the power of His grace and has the blessing of the Word, that soul's blessed beyond measure for eternity, right? Blessed beyond measure for eternity. What a privilege we have to come to the sufficient Word of God and to behold the glory of God. This is more than we can imagine. It is an all surpassing blessing. And this word blessed here, if you literally translate that, it literally would be translated as happy. Now the happiness that's being pictured here is not something that's based on circumstances. It's not something that's based on a fleeting emotion. It is talking about true joy grounded in knowing God for all of eternity. Right, look at this first verse. Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord. So this shows us something very important about the blessing. It's not just a blessing of knowledge, right? Do you notice that? Amen, knowing the word, knowing the truth of scripture, this is a blessing beyond measure. But this psalm helps us to see that the knowledge of the word of God is meant to directly lead to a change in how we walk, right? Verse one ends, who walk in the law of the Lord. In other words, you're implementing the scripture. You're seeking to apply the scripture throughout your life and live faithfully according to it. We as Christians, of course, on the basis of the testimony of the Word of God, we're saved solely by grace, we're saved by faith alone on the basis of the work of Christ alone. But as we know the Lord and as we're granted salvation and the true knowledge of God, we then come to the Word of God with a new heart that seeks to obey it. a new heart that seeks to live in submission to the Scripture. And what we need to see is that actually coming to the Word and walking and living according to it, this is the good path of blessing for us as Christians. Not meaning material possessions, not meaning earthly prosperity, but meaning eternal joy in the Lord Jesus Christ and being equipped to live according to His will. Look at James 1, verse 25. James chapter one, verse 25. This is talking about the blessing that comes to the Christian, the blessing of doing the word of God. James 1.25, but the one who looks into the perfect law. Again, a reference to scripture. The one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty. and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets, but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing." We are blessed in knowing, and then by the grace of God, living out the truth of Scripture. Studying and rightly applying the Word of God is not a burden. Studying and rightly applying the Word of God is not some kind of a chain around our neck. He instructs us as His people that we might know the glorious reality of who He is and live in a way that is eternally pleasing to Him, eternally most glorious to His name, and eternally most to our joy in the Lord Jesus Christ. a very foundational perspective for us to have. To see the blessing of actually walking and living according to the word of God. Because it's God's word that is going to inform us on how to live rightly in God's world. So for example, you have a young man who comes to the scripture after being saved by the grace of the gospel, and they learn, okay, I need to cast aside laziness, I need to cast aside sloth, and I need to go about my life with diligence and a hard work ethic, because he sees Colossians 3 that we talked about this last Sunday, right? Do everything to excellence for the glory of the Lord. is He's implementing those truths, that is a path of blessing because it is pleasing to the Lord Jesus Christ. A soul who is learning to flee anxiety by studying the Scripture and learning to cast all their burdens on the Lord Jesus Christ in prayer, that is a blessed application of the Word of God. A church rejoicing more in the Gospel and sharing the Gospel more with others. That is a blessing because they are learning to apply the Word of God in their life as a body. And in doing this, it is what we are called to as the people of God. Now that flows right into verses two and three here, where we cover one part of the blessing in verse one, now we're looking at the second part, verses two and three. Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways. Now ultimately, As we go through Psalm 119, we're going to see several different words used for scripture, right? You're going to see testimonies, statutes, rules, law, so on and so forth. If you look at the second page of your outline, It includes several different definitions of these different words from Psalm 119 that ultimately are all being used to reference scripture itself. And those definitions come from Charles Spurgeon's thoughts, and he's quoting a theologian in his own day in his commentary set at that point. but they're helpful for us. And this word testimonies that we see in verse two, that word is being used to talk about something or someone that testifies or witnesses to. God testifies to the truth through his word, amen? He instructs us by the truthful way according to the commandment of scripture. He is guiding us, he is directing us in his sufficient word. So the psalm says that they are blessed who keep the testimonies of God. Ultimately, this keeping, this obedience, this application, I want you to notice this in verse two. It's not being driven by legalism. It's not being driven by adding things to Scripture that aren't there. It's not being driven by a heart that would need to be justified. This is coming from the heart of someone who has been saved by the power of the Gospel, and now they're coming to the Scripture, and their desire is to obey the Word of God. Why? Because they're seeking Him with their whole heart. You see that at the end of verse 2? That's the motivation. That's the driving fuel. That this person has been redeemed by the work of the Lord Jesus Christ, and they are rejoicing in God, and they want to know more of God. Right, and this is important. Because our sanctification, our growth in the Lord, our studying of His word, is according to verse two, being driven by seeking out the knowledge of God, being driven by a desire to want to know Him. And this shows us something of the hunger that we should approach the Word of God with, right? We're not just reading any other book. We're not just reading any other writing. We are reading the revelation of God himself and we as his people must have a hunger to come to his word to know him. And the obedience to the scripture, the living out of the walk, it's being driven by a devotion to God. And I want you to notice then this goes right into verse three. So you're keeping the testimonies that's being motivated by this desire to know God himself. But then you look at verse three and there's two elements to that. And actually it's very similar to what we've studied in Colossians chapter three of this put on and put off dynamic, right? That you see we're to, on the one hand, ways, but also do no wrong. So you're seeking to follow in the right path while also casting aside the wrong path. And I think whenever you begin to put that very practically, as you come to the scripture, and you long to know God, you long to know who God has called you to be as his people, you and I have that desire to seek him with our whole heart, and you come to the word of God and you're instructed, for example, how to love your family well, right? You're instructed on what it looks like to put yourself aside and to actually exercise love modeled after the love of the Lord Jesus Christ, the sacrificial love that He has for us. You learn to serve others, and what it looks like to love one another in the life of the local church is you study the New Testament commands of all of the one another. And Christ is teaching us through His Word to both put off this wrong path that we see in verse 3 of doing wrong. We're learning to do no wrong, but then we're learning to walk in His ways. And so don't be surprised in your life as a Christian whenever you study the word of God and you're convicted of sin, right? I mean, sometimes, you know, you hear people talk and it's like, it's almost like they're surprised whenever they study the scripture and they're convicted of sin. Really? That's how it's supposed to work. That's what's supposed to happen, right? You come to the word of God, you're reading the revelation of the perfect God, and through his spirit, by the power of the Lord Jesus Christ, he's working in your soul to open your eyes where you need to repent. To open my eyes where I need to repent, and where I need to rejoice in the Lord and follow him more faithfully. That's by design. That's what the word of God is supposed to do, as we see here in verse three. That leads us right into verse four. Right to verse four, where we see again, we're seeking after the Lord with all our heart, and then in verse four, we see more of this attitude that we're to have in our approach to the word. You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently. So now we come to another word, for scripture in this passage in verse 4, precepts. This is coming from a word that means that you've been entrusted with something. Others would say that you've been mandated to do something. So these are those things that God has directed, God has called on us to do as his people. These things that we are called to keep. In other words, we're not given the word of God just simply to look at it, right? We're given the word of God that we might know him, that we might know the great glory of our God, the awesomeness of our God, and that we might know what he has commanded us to do and to be as his people. And then the heart that we are to have is one of diligence towards actually pursuing and living out these things. And I love that because it shows really, it's drilling down into the heart of not only what the word of God is and what it's doing, but the heart that we should have as his people. A heart that would be diligent to listen to and obey his word. Does that describe what the people of Israel on Malachi's day were doing? Did we just finish studying? No, right? We saw again and again throughout the book of Malachi that the people of Israel, they knew what God had said. The issue wasn't a lack of knowledge. The issue wasn't a lack of God revealing himself. The issue was that they didn't care. They wanted to go the way of their sinful flesh. They were not interested in submitting to God, and so they were violating God's commandments for worship, his commandments for the family, his commandments for devotion to him. They were not submissive. That's the opposite of having a attitude and heart of diligence to come to the scripture, know what God has said, and then seek to live according to it. And this is the heart that we are to have, one that would come to the word, seek to meditate on the word, seek to rightly understand the word, seek to rightly apply the word, and be faithful in that process. Now look at verse five, look at verse five. O that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes. This is one of the points that I love about Psalm 119. Because the reality is, we are finite, limited, sinful human beings, right? So as we come, and as we study the perfection of the word of God, If we come and we see the glorious gift that Scripture is, and we see the heart of diligence and devotion and hunger that we're to have for the Word, at some point or another, or perhaps even at many points, we're all gonna look at that and we're gonna go, ouch, right? We fall short of that. We need growth, we need grace, we need the Lord to strengthen us towards this, that we understand here's what God is calling us to be, here's how he's revealed himself, here's the delight that we're to have in this truth, but we're not yet there yet. And then we come to passages like verse five, and we see the psalmist recognizing his own need for growth. recognizing his own need for the power of God. He says, oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes. Who's he crying out to? He's crying out to God. He's crying out to the one who has revealed the word, the one who is the glorious God who is delighting his people in the revelation of himself in the scripture, and he's crying out that I might be steadfast in keeping. This is a statement where he is recognizing his need to grow more and more in keeping the Word. And he is recognizing his need of God's power to be at work in his life in order for him to rightly understand the Scripture, but then to live according to the Scripture. And this too should be our own cry as we study the Word. This too should be what our hearts and our souls are echoing, that we see this devotion, we see the pure gift of scripture. But then we come back to the glorious grace that is ours in the gospel. And we come back to what has been given to us through the redemption of the Lord Jesus Christ. And we realize that even as we fall short, even as we sin, even as we have to repent, even as we have to ask for forgiveness, even as we come and we see our need for growth. The gospel is sufficient for these things. And the promise of the Lord Jesus Christ, the promise of the Lord Jesus Christ, is that he is at work in the hearts and the souls of his people according to his word, building them and growing them by the power of his grace. And so that leads to the believer seeing in verse five a desire for steadfastness, a desire for steadfastness. And that desire in and of itself is a testament to the grace of God. Because the very fact that you or I would look at the scripture and have a desire within us and to exclaim, oh, that my ways would be steadfast in keeping your word and keeping your statutes. That's not from us. That's not from our sinful hearts. In our sinful hearts, we're where the people of Malachi's day were. We're in rebellion. We're wanting to go our own way. So the fact that we would ever say this, that's testament to God's grace. And it's testament to his work and his people. And that's, like I said at the beginning, that's one of the things that I'm grateful for in this church body is that I see, verse five, at work in this church, that this church body is crying out that I might be steadfast in keeping your statutes. And where you see individuals or churches that have that heart, that is testament of the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. And that should prompt us to be thankful, to be thankful for his work. So now he goes on here, he's crying out to God for help in living according to the word, and now he comes to a point of very rich application for us in verse six. He says, then I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all your commandments. On all your commandments. So many individuals struggle with shame. So many individuals struggle with shame. You sin, right, and you feel ashamed. Or maybe you struggle with a false sense of shame, meaning that you feel shame about mistakes that you made 10 years ago, 20 years ago, 40 years ago, that you've repented of, they've been covered by the Lord Jesus Christ, they've been covered by the gospel, and yet you still feel shame over those things. Other people, we can think of shame in a different sense, of people-pleasing kind of shame, where they actually back away from biblical truth and biblical convictions because they want a people please and they're ashamed of what the scripture says, right? You can think of shame in multiple different ways. And what we see in this verse is actually instructive for all of that. It's instructive for all of that because having our eyes fixed on all the commandments of God, we will not be ashamed. That is a reassuring statement for the Christian that is true before the eyes of God. Okay, the psalmist is not talking about before other people because you can live in obedience to the word of God and you can have other people ridicule you and scorn you and oppose you precisely because you're living in obedience to the word. I mean, you ever heard of a guy by the name of the Apostle Paul? All right, I mean, just go read Acts and see how many different times Paul receives persecution or opposition or scorn precisely because he's holding to the biblical truth. This lack of shame is not talking about before other men. This lack of shame is talking about what is actually most important. And it is the reality that for the believer, focused on the Word of God, rejoicing in the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, they are not ashamed before the throne of the Heavenly Father. They are perfectly clothed in the righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ, having their eyes fixed on the Word as the way that they are called to live. And therefore, there is no need for shame before the divine throne. Because it is actually the Word that we come to, and we fix our eyes on the commandments of God, and we see the reality of the sin that we need to repent of, the sin that we need to bring in the light. And instead of letting it fester, the Christian who is walking in submission to the Word of God, having their eyes on the totality of the commandments of Scripture, will bring their sin to the light and seek to put it to death. and seek to walk in submission to the Lord. And so this devotion, this genuine heart that has been produced by the gospel, it leads to this shame being gone because of the work of the Lord in their heart. But I want you to notice one word in verse six that should drive us all to humility here as believers. One word in verse six. Do you see that little word all? at the end of verse six, having my eyes fixed on all your commandments. Not just the ones you like, right? Not just the ones that are easier for you in the current situation of your life, avoiding the ones where you really have to die to your flesh, all of the commandments. And any Christian, I don't care who you are, any Christian, you study all of the commandments of God, I promise you, you're gonna see an area where you need to grow at some point. And you're gonna see an area where you need the Lord to bring change and transformation. And there are gonna be some aspects as you look at all of the commandments of God and his word, and you're gonna see that by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, wow, you're not where you were on this one. He's grown you, He's advanced you in the faith, He's matured you, and that is all a testament to His glory, but then you're gonna read this one over here and you're gonna go, I really need work on that. And this should drive us to that humility, to realize that it's not just a devotion to one or to this particular section of Scripture, He's talking about a devotion to the whole thing. And that's instructive for us to one, study the whole thing, right? study the entirety of the word of God that you would know what he has said, but then number two, approach it with humility and realize our need for growth. Now look at verse seven here. I will praise you with an upright heart when I learn your righteous rules. Now this word rules is actually a legal term. It's a legal term used to reference decisions that have been handed down. God has already given us his will in his holy word. God has revealed all that we need to know to live a life that is pleasing to him. But here's the key. You gotta learn it, right? You gotta learn it. And not just learn it, but by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ working in your heart and your soul. You and I are not born with perfect knowledge. And neither are we born again with a complete understanding of the word of God. You're not born again and have Genesis through Revelation totally memorized. I mean, wouldn't it be kind of nice if it worked that way? I mean, just like, you're saved by the power of the gospel, and then bam, the Holy Spirit zaps you, and it's an instant memory catalog, right? That's not the way it works. That's not God's plan for our sanctification. That's not God's plan for our growth in Christ. We have to trust that He knows better than we what we need. And so this is why we need to be taught. This is why we need to be instructed, which is where we see the work of God and that we actually are learning the truth of his word. And he is the one who, as we come to the scripture, it's not something we're doing on our own. He's actually the one opening our eyes, giving us understanding, convicting us through his spirit of where we need to grow. And every single person is on a journey and learning in that way. Nobody has reached the destination yet on this side of heaven. Every single person is on a journey of learning the righteous rules of the Lord. But I want you to notice a direct connection point in verse seven. Notice the connection point he gives. I will praise you, right? I will praise you with an upright heart when I learn your righteous rules. Knowing God through his word is directly connected to praising him with an upright heart. So it's connected to worship. It's connected to glorifying him. The reality is that apart from the truth of the word and the enlightening grace of God working through his word, we don't know the depths of our own sin. We don't know the depths of where we need to repent. We don't know the glory of God. We don't know how he has instructed us to worship him. You come to the Word, and it is at work in your heart as you learn it. And that drives you to praise. That drives you to worship. And that is, I think, a very important point for us in our study of Scripture. Why? You don't just study the Word of God to know all of these big theological terms and all these big theological doctrines. and fill out all these fancy charts that people will just be amazed by, right? You study the word of God because you want to know God and the fruit, the fruit of a Christian studying the word of God with the right heart is a desire to praise him. It is a desire to worship before his feet because you have beheld his glory. And so it seems like you have in our current day kind of one or two ditches on this that you have people over here who, and I'm not saying this side of the room, okay, just to be clear. I'm not dividing the room out here. You have people over here who they say you don't need the theology, you don't need the doctrine. False, you do. It's given to us for a reason. But then you have people over here, and it just kind of seems like they study, but I really don't see any application. It's all up here, but I'm not seeing anything in your life. I'm not seeing how you're being convicted of sin. I'm not seeing how you're actually dying to yourself and learning to live for the praise of the Lord Jesus Christ. It's all up here. And what this verse and what this section in Psalm 119 helps us to see is that we're hungering after God, therefore we come to his word, and one of the key know that we have the right heart is that our heart, after we study Scripture, desires to praise Him more and desires to glorify Him. And that is, in fact, a priority for us as the people of God in approaching the Word. I think that's actually such a powerful point for us to each ask ourselves that question. Do you study the Word of God from the heart? Do you study the Word of God wanting to know him and leaving with a desire to praise him. If not, where do you struggle with that? When do you struggle with that? Come before the Lord, right? Be sifted by the truth of the word. You and I must, in order to have the right heart in these ways. And that's where we see again, a cry from the psalmist for help, which I love that, right? Look at verse eight. I will keep your statutes, Do not utterly forsake me. I will keep your statutes. Do not utterly forsake me. This is, again, such a powerful verse for us. Such a powerful verse in driving us forward in our study and application of the Word. Because we say with the psalmist, I will keep your statutes. That's our heart's desire. That's what we want, to honor the Lord Jesus Christ. And we see that in life, and sometimes we have that desire over here, but then we look at the growth, and impatience kind of rises up, right? And you get kind of frustrated, and you're like, well, I'm not growing as much as I wish I would, and Lord, just go ahead and zap me here, right? Just change me instantly. It's not the way it works most of the time. The way that it works most of the time is you, after being saved by the power of the gospel, coming to the Word of God, growing, coming to the Word of God again, growing, coming to the Word of God and being convicted and growing and being convicted and growing and being convicted and growing, and it's just like a little kid, right? You don't see a little kid grow this much in one day. But you see a little kid grow over 10 years, right? The growth is remarkable. And that is the growth the Lord does in us over the course of sanctification. And so we say with the psalmist, I will keep your statutes while also realizing our sin. And so we cry out, do not utterly forsake me, because we know God has no obligation to have anything to do with us. God, if we all got what we deserved, we would be sentenced to eternity in hell. And yet he has been kind to us in the gospel. And so as we cry out, do not utterly forsake me, we're reminded of all of the glorious promises of Christ in the new covenant. Because the desire, I wanna keep your statutes. But then we go throughout life and we see where we're falling short. We come to God and we cry, do not utterly forsake me. And his answer to us in the new covenant, his answer to us in the gospel, is that none will ever snatch us out of his hand. And that we are eternally his. Which, by the way, even as this is a text that's challenging us towards the right heart, toward the word, we can't help but leave verse eight and want to worship. We can't help but leave verse eight and want to praise the Lord because we see the glory of what we have been given and that God will never forsake us, even in our shortcomings. God will never forsake his people, even as they are still being sanctified, and even as they are still growing. And so this text of scripture, as we open Psalm 119, it does convict us, I'm sure. It does let us see where we need to grow, but it also encourages us. It encourages us that the word of God is the perfect revelation from God. The word of God is the sufficient revelation from God. God himself is present with us as his people, as we learn his word and grow in him. And I pray that that desire that we have as we go section by section would only grow. Because we're gonna see each of these sections, and this is one of the things that I love about Psalm 119, is that as you study these sections, you see that the psalmist is in a pretty wide variety of different situations. So some situations, he's being persecuted. Some situations, it's a different form of suffering. Some situations, like next week in verse nine, he asks the question, how can a young man keep his way pure? And he talks about how do we guard our path in life by the word of God. All of these different areas which hit our life and equip us to know, here's how we come to the word. Here's how we come to the word and receive instruction to glorify all of these different seasons and situations. Anybody have any thoughts or questions before we go into our prayer time this evening?