September 3, 2025 4:00 am
The Hebrew word barak, meaning to endue or bless with power, appears over 300 times in the Bible, often associated with the Aaronic blessing and the opening stanza of Psalm 119, which describes a lifestyle subject to the Word of God and empowered by inspired scriptures.
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Yeah. Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. Blessed by the Word. Blessed are the undefiled in the way. who walk in the law of the Lord.
Psalm 119.1. The Hebrew word barak appears over 300 times in the Bible. It basically means to endue or bless with power for success, prosperity. fruitfulness, longevity, and so on. The oft-used Aaronic blessing closes with the Lord lift up.
turn his countenance upon toward thee. and give thee peace. and is initiated by the greater upon the lesser. The opening stanza of Psalm 119 identifies the traits of a lifestyle subject to the Word of God, and then blesses those who live thus and seek Him with the whole heart. The unknown psalmist saturates all 22 stanzas with eight key words describing the inspired scriptures that empower such godly behavior.
Six are used in this opening testimony in prayer. Those who walk in the law, Torah, of the Lord, and keep His testimonies, Eddah, receive God's blessing. These instructions, enscripturated in God's Word, enable us to be undefiled in the way, and to do no iniquity. The Apostle Paul noted that apart from the law, he would not know he was sinning. God hast commanded us to keep His precepts, listings, statutes, laws, diligently.
then shall we not be ashamed. when we have respect unto all his commandments. Psalm 119 Four through six. The promise to praise him with uprightness of heart is based on a prayer. O that my ways were directed to keep Thy statutes engraved laws.
and we can be certain that a righteous life will come when we have learned His righteousness judgments. May our lives be as dedicated to God's Word as is described in this magnificent Psalm. If you've enjoyed today's devotional, be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. And please rate and review so more listeners can find us. To support ICR's ministry, visit icr.org/slash donate.
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