Hey Bible Readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

We are 150 days in and today we read the longest chapter in the Bible. You probably

either knew it was the longest chapter or at least hoped it was. It's even longer than some entire books of the Bible.

And it's the center chapter of the Bible.

This song is written as a Hebrew acrostic poem,

where each of the 22 sections starts with the subsequent letter of the Hebrew alphabet and each of the eight verses within each section starts with that letter as well.

For us, that would be like eight verses that start with the letter A, then eight verses that start with the letter B, and so forth.

And as a former songwriter, this intimidates me. This song was a labor of love.

No one knows who wrote it, but a lot of people think it was Ezra the

priest and scribe. All we know is that this particular psalmist loved the word of God. This kind of detailed

demanding songwriting isn't done in a half-hearted manner.

Not only does he love the word of God, but he wants to love it even more.

He's not a perfect man. He even ends the song by saying he's a lost sheep who has gone astray and asks God to come find

him.

But in all this, he shows a deep understanding of God and his character.

In fact, the Psalm points out at least seven primary praiseworthy attributes of God

and his character.

They are righteousness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, faithfulness, unchangeableness, eternally, and light.

In verses he shows us how possessing a heart-level knowledge of God and his word

keeps him walking in nearness and obedience to God.

Unfortunately, we're helpless to change our own hearts.

Fortunately, this chapter also displays God as the active agent of wisdom giving and heart change.

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