Salmos 19

Salmos 19:7-14

Wiersbe writes the believer… who fills his heart and mind with God's Word will have a "built-in radar" for detecting wrong thoughts. "Great peace have they which love Thy Law" (Ps 119:165). Right thinking is the result of daily meditation on the Word of God. (Wiersbe, W: Bible Exposition Commentary - New Testament. 1989. Victor or Logos or Wordsearch) Spurgeon… Moreover by them is thy servant warned. We are warned by the Word both of our duty, our danger, and our remedy. On the sea of life there would be many more wrecks, if it were not for the divine storm signals, which give to the watchful a timely warning. The Bible should be our Mentor, our Monitor, our Memento Mori, our Reminder, and the Keeper of our Conscience. Alas, that so few men will take the warning so graciously given; none but servants of God will do so, for they alone regard their Master's will. Servants of God not only find his service delightful in itself, but they receive good recompense (Ps 19:11 Treasury of David) Keeping them - This can picture to hedge about as with thorns! The reward comes in the doing: “This man shall be blessed in his doing” (Jas 1:25) and in fact to NOT "DO" THEM is to delude one's self (Jas 1:22, 23, 24). John 14:21 although using a different word for "keep" nevertheless illustrates one of the greatest rewards believers in this present life. What is the reward? Is it not enhanced intimacy and fellowship with the Holy One? Keeping (08104) (samar; Lxx = phulasso [word study]) means to watch, keep, preserve, guard, watch carefully over, be on one's guard. The first Biblical use in Genesis 2:15 is quite instructive, for Adam failed to "keep" the garden entrusted to him by God and the consequences were eternally devastating! The Lxx of "keeping" is the Greek verb phulasso [word study] - to guard, act as watchman) gives the added importance of God's judgments -- they are like sentries that protect us from persons (self/Satan) things (world system with its futile desires & pursuits) keeping us in safe custody (cp similar idea in Ps 119:133). The use of phulasso often implies assault from w/o. Let us therefore be diligent to give our best moments to studying & meditating on His precious Word instead of just the dregs & left-overs, as is so often the case in our fast-paced "me first" society where God is just one of many possible choices. Oh come let us adore Him for in eternity's view Jesus is the Only Choice that matters. The wonderful "divine paradox" is that the Word of God "keeps" us as we in fact keep (guard) it! It protects us, serving as our watchman, our protector, our guard, our attendant. There is great reward - Cross references - Ge 15:1 Ps 58:11 Isa 40:1 62:11 Jer 31:16 Mt 6:4 1Co 9:17 2Jn 1:8 Rev 22:12 Great (07227)(rab) is an adjective meaning many, much, abundance. Reward (06118)(eqeb); Lxx = antapodosis - see study of verb antapodidomi) basically refers an end, the last reason for something, a consequence, a good result (reward) (Ps 19:11, Pr 22:4), a goal or purpose (Ps 119:33), a chronological end (Ps 119:112). Eqeb - 14x in 14v in the NAS - Ge 22:18; 26:5; Nu 14:24; Dt 7:12; 8:20; 2Sa 12:6, 10; Ps 19:11; 40:15; 70:3; 119:33, 112; Pr 22:4; Amos 4:12. NAS = because(3), because*(7), end(2), reward(2). What kind of "reward"? See Rev 20:12,13, Heb 11:26 cp now and later 1Ti4:7, 1Ti 4:8.