May God’s unfailing love be our comfort

Psalm 119:76(May God’s unfailing love be our comfort)

                ⁷⁶ May your unfailing love be my comfort, according to your promise to your servant.

Psalm 6:4(Turn, LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love)

                ⁴ Turn, LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.

Psalm 13:5(we trust in your unfailing love God; our heart rejoices in your salvation)

                ⁵ But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.

Psalm 31:16(God saves us in His unfailing love)

                ¹⁶ Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love.

Psalm 77:8 – 15(God’s unfailing love will not vanish)

                ⁸ Has his unfailing love vanished forever? Has his promise failed for all time?

¹⁴ You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples.
¹⁵ With your mighty arm you redeemed your people, the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.

Psalm 85:7(God grants us salvation by showing us His unfailing love)

                ⁷ Show us your unfailing love, LORD, and grant us your salvation.

Psalm 119:41(God’s unfailing love is our salvation)

                ⁴¹ May your unfailing love come to me, LORD, your salvation, according to your promise;

Isa 54:10(God’s unfailing love for us will not be shaken nor His covenant of peace be removed)

                ¹⁰ Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)      God’s unfailing love is our comfort

2)      God’s unfailing love is our salvation

3)      God delivers and saves us because of His unfailing love

4)      Our heart will rejoice in His salvation, when we trust in God’s unfailing love

5)      God’s unfailing love will not vanish

6)      God grants us salvation by showing us His unfailing love

7)      God’s unfailing love for us will not be shaken nor His covenant of peace be removed

May those fear God rejoice

Psalm 119:74(May those fear God rejoice)

                ⁷⁴ May those who fear you rejoice when they see me, for I have put my hope in your word.

Psalm 34:2(we will extol God at all times to rejoice)

                ¹ I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips. ² I will glory in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and rejoice.

Psalm 34:9, 10(Those who fear God lack nothing)

                ⁹ Fear the LORD, you his holy people, for those who fear him lack nothing.
¹⁰ The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

Psalm 130:4, 5(we serve God with reverence, as there is forgiveness with Him)

                ⁴ But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve you.

Deut 6:13(Fear the LORD your God, serve him only)

                ¹³ Fear the LORD your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name.

Rev 14:7(Fear God and give him glory, who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.)

            ⁷ He said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”

Psalm 23:1(when LORD is our shepherd, we lack nothing)

1         The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

We learn the following from the above verses

Why do we fear God?

a)      We fear God so that we can rejoice in our affliction.

b)      We fear God so that we will lack nothing

c)       We serve Him with reverence, as there is forgiveness with Him

d)      We fear God, as He is our God

e)      We fear God as He is all powerful who made heavens, the earth, the sea and springs of water

f)       We fear God as He is our shepherd

God's hand made us and formed us

Psalm 119:73(God’s hand made us and formed us)

                ⁷³ Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands.

Gen 1:27(God created us in His own image)

                ²⁷ So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them;
   male and female he created them.

Job 4:17(God is our maker)

                ¹⁷ ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God?  Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?

Job 10:8(God’s hand made us and shaped us)

                ⁸ “Your hands shaped me and made me. Will you now turn and destroy me?

Psalm 138:8(your love, LORD, endures forever— do not abandon the works of your hands.)

                ⁸ The LORD will vindicate me; your love, LORD, endures forever—
   do not abandon the works of your hands.

Psalm 139:13 -16 (we should praise God as He made us wonderfully through His works)

                ¹³ For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
¹⁴ I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful,
   I know that full well. ¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place,
   when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. ¹⁶ Your eyes saw my unformed body;
   all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

Few things that are more precious

Psalm 119:72(The law from God’s mouth is more precious to us)

                ⁷² The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.

Job 28:17, 23(The wisdom is from God and cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir)

                ¹⁶ It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or lapis lazuli.

                ¹⁷ Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it, nor can it be had for jewels of gold.

                ²³ God understands the way to it and he alone knows where it dwells,

Psalm 19: 9, 10(The fear of the Lord is more precious than gold)

                ⁹ The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever. The decrees of the LORD are firm,
   and all of them are righteous.

                ¹⁰ They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey,
   than honey from the honeycomb.

Job 22:24(Almighty will be our gold, the choicest silver for us)

                ²³ If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent  ²⁴ and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines, ²⁵ then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you. ²⁶ Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God. ²⁷ You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows. ²⁸ What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.

Pro 8:10(Choose God’s instruction and His knowledge)

                ¹⁰ Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold,

God is good

Psalm 119:68(God is good and what He does is good)

                ⁶⁸ You are good, and what you do is good; teach me your decrees.

Psalm 100:5(For the LORD is good and his love endures forever)

                ⁵ For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.

Psalm 106:1(Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good)

                ¹ Praise the LORD. Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good;
   his love endures forever.

Psalm 107:1(Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever)

                ¹ Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.

Psalm 135:3(Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant)

                ³ Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; sing praise to his name, for that is pleasant.

God’s servants are blessed according to His promise

Psalm 119:65,17(God’s servants are blessed according to His promise)

                ⁶⁵ Do good to your servant according to your word, LORD.

                ¹⁷ Be good to your servant while I live, that I may obey your word.

Psalm 125:4(LORD, do good to those who are good, to those who are upright in heart)

                ⁴ LORD, do good to those who are good, to those who are upright in heart.

Isa 50:2(God’s arm is not too short to deliver us)

                ² When I came, why was there no one? When I called, why was there no one to answer?
Was my arm too short to deliver you? Do I lack the strength to rescue you? By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea, I turn rivers into a desert; their fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

Isa 59:1(Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear)

                ¹ Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.

Mic 2:7(God’s word do good to the one whose ways are upright)

            ⁷ You descendants of Jacob, should it be said, “Does the LORD become impatient?
   Does he do such things?” “Do not my words do good to the one whose ways are upright?

God be gracious to us

Psalm 119:58(God is gracious to us according to His promise)

                ⁵⁸ I have sought your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise.

Gen 43:29(Joseph told Benjamin “God be gracious to you, my son.”)

                ²⁹ As he looked about and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” And he said, “God be gracious to you, my son.”

Ezr 9:8(The LORD our God has been gracious in leaving us a remnant)

             ⁸ “But now, for a brief moment, the LORD our God has been gracious in leaving us a remnant and giving us a firm place in his sanctuary, and so our God gives light to our eyes and a little relief in our bondage.

Num 6:25(The LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you)

                ²⁵ the LORD make his face shine on you and be gracious to you;

Psalm 25:16(Turn to me and be gracious to me)

                ¹⁶ Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.

Psalm 86:16(Turn to me and have mercy on me; show your strength in behalf of your servant)

                ¹⁶ Turn to me and have mercy on me; show your strength in behalf of your servant;
save me, because I serve you just as my mother did.

Psalm 119:29(Keep me from deceitful ways; be gracious to me and teach me your law)

                ²⁹ Keep me from deceitful ways; be gracious to me and teach me your law.