David's Plea Series

Psalm 119:153 - 160 - Resh - "head" or "beginning."

1. David's Plea - A Plea For Restoration -

153 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.

A Plea -

For God’s Pity to be Received - 153 Consider mine affliction,

For God’s Power to be Revealed - and deliver me:

For God’s Promise to be Realized - for I do not forget thy law.

A Plea For Redemption -

154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.

A Plea -

For Recognition - 154 Plead my cause,

For Reclamation - and deliver me:

For Resurrection - quicken me

For Revelation - according to thy word.

A Plea For Revival - quicken me according to thy word.

It's Powerful - quicken me

It's Personal - quicken me

It's Practical - according to thy word.

2. David's Protest - 155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

Salvation's Place - 155 Salvation is far from the wicked:

Salvation's Price - for they seek not thy statutes.

Salvation's Path - thy statutes.

3. David's Praise - 156 Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord:

quicken me according to thy judgments.

For God's Mercy - 156 Great are thy tender mercies,

For God's Majesty - O Lord:

For God's Ministry - quicken me

For God's Mastery - according to thy judgments.

4. David's Problem -

It's Force - 157 Many are my persecutors and mine enemies;

It's Foundation - and mine enemies;

It's Failure - yet do I not decline

It's Focus - from thy testimonies.

5. David's Pain - 158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved;

because they kept not thy word.

His Watch - 158 I beheld the transgressors,

His Woe - and was grieved; - Grief is an outgrowth of love.

His Witness - because they kept not thy word.

Their Failure - 158 I beheld the transgressors

Their Folly - and was grieved;

Their Flaw - because they kept not thy word.

Their Fall - 1 Cors 2:7 but we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: 8 which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

6. David's Passion - For -

God's Word - 159 Consider how I love thy precepts:

God's Will - quicken me, O Lord,

God's Worship - according to thy lovingkindness.

7. David's Proclamation - Of -

The Source of God's Word - 160 Thy word is true from the beginning:

The Sincerity of God's Word - 160 Thy word is true

The Supremacy of God's Word - from the beginning:

The Surety of God's Word - and every one of thy righteous judgments

The Stability of God's Word - endureth for ever.

God’s Word is a

True Word - 160 Thy word is true

Tested Word - from the beginning:

Terrible Word - and every one of thy righteous judgments

Timeless Word - endureth for ever.