Thursday, May 13, 2010

10 Commandments in Psalm 19

One of my favorite verses is Psalm 19:14 which reads in the New Living Translation: "May the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, My rock and my redeemer."

In meditating on Psalm 19 this morning, I noted verses 7-10 is very descriptive of the 10 Commandments and other commands of God. The verses use six nouns, six adjectives and six verbs to describe the laws and commands of the Lord. Take a look at these and focus especially on the six verbs as they describe the benefits of the Law:


  • reviving the soul
  • making wise the simple
  • bringing joy to the heart
  • giving insight to life
  • lasting forever
  • honey dripping from the comb
Can you locate the nouns and verbs?