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<h2><SPAN name="A_UNIQUE_PSALM" id="A_UNIQUE_PSALM" /><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_60" id="Page_60"></SPAN>[60]</span>A UNIQUE PSALM</h2> <p>I want to tell you about a unique Psalm. Which Psalm is it? It is the 119th.</p> <p>The 119th Psalm is unique because of its length. It is the longest of the Psalms. It has one hundred and seventy-six verses.</p> <p>It is unique because of its arrangement. It is divided into twenty-two equal parts. Each part contains eight verses.</p> <p>Again, the 119th Psalm is an acrostic, or an alphabetical Psalm. It is built around the Hebrew alphabet. Each of the twenty-two portions begins with one of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</p> <p>The Psalm is unique because of its content. It is given over entirely to a consideration of the law and commandments of God. Indeed, if you will read the Psalm, you will find that every verse says something about the precepts, or the statutes, or the commandments, or the word of God.</p> <p>The 119th Psalm contains some of the verses with which we are most familiar. "Wherewithal <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_61" id="Page_61"></SPAN>[61]</span>shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word." "Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law." "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."</p> <p>The Psalm reaches its highest point, and finds its fullest expression in the 94th verse, three words, "I am thine."</p> <p>Young people, I want you to read this 119th Psalm, and when you come to the 94th verse I want you to stop and say over very earnestly, very prayerfully, "I am thine." And may you be His for all time is my prayer.</p> <p>MEMORY VERSE, <i>Psalm</i> 119: 94</p> <div class="blockquot"><p>"I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts."</p> </div> <p>MEMORY HYMN [342]</p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span><i>"Lord, I am thine, entirely thine."</i><br/></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />

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