The longest Psalm in the Bible is Psalm 119. It has been called the Psalm of the Scriptures because it concentrates on one thing, the amazing sufficiency of God's word for our lives.

Open to Psalm 119 today and open your heart to the Lord as we join Scott Pauli in this study.

It is our prayer that through God's truth, you will find all you need. Before we advance in our study through Psalm 119,

I want to return one more time to this section that we've been in

to draw your attention to an expression.

It really has just captivated my thinking in recent weeks.

It's found in Psalm 119, verse 62.

And this is what it says, at midnight,

I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.

Do you hear the first two words, at midnight?

I have an old book here in my library on the famous night scenes of the Bible.

Did you ever notice in Scripture how many things God did in the middle of the night?

How many miracles were performed and powerful things were accomplished when the lights were out, when nobody was around,

when it was unexpected. Yes, friend, the Lord works even at midnight. Aren't you glad that you

can sleep and you can rest because God works the midnight shift? God works the night shift. What do we learn from this

particular verse? You know, midnight is found at least 14 times in our Bible. Almost with

that exception, it's connected to some time of trouble. For example, one of the first mentions is in

1st Kings chapter 3 verse number 20. You remember when that woman's baby was taken from her at midnight, and then the two mothers

were arguing over whose child it was in Solomon's reign.

It's one of the first mentions, and it is an introduction to really what midnight represents

throughout scripture.

A midnight represents the dark hours when the sun is set, when the shadows have come.

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