Hidden Treasures of the 119th Psalm. Oh, what a delightful, delightful verse we get to do today as we're digging around in the 119th Psalm. We are now in the seventh verse of the Het section, which, you know, as we have been talking all along, that that's kind of significant that Het is this idea of marriage and unity and, you know, that's going to make fruit, which we're going to talk about in the next letter when we get there. But as also we talk about that when you look in the Isaiah 11 passage of the anointings of Christ, then we're going to see all these letters are anointed and it would appear that the psalmist is going in this order of the seven anointings that we see there. So the Holy Spirit guided him at least because you can clearly see it once again in this. So today we're in the 63rd verse and just absolutely amazing verse. It says, I'm a companion of them that fear thee and of them that keep thy precepts. So it says the seventh anointing is a delight in the fear of the Lord.
It's interesting that he says I'm a companion. But another amazingly beautiful thing about the verse is that he's quoting a word, you know, when he says companion, you know, he was a Torah scholar and so he uses a word. When you go back and look at the first time they used this word is actually in the Book of Judges when the Benjamites had done all this stuff in Gibeah and all the men of Israel came around that city. Well, if you look in Judges 2011, it says so all the men of Israel were gathered of the city and knit together as one man. So that idea of knit together, that is how that's translated in English.
But he's using the exact same word that King David used here in Psalm 119 verse 63. So that word companion means just a whole lot more than just my buddies here. This is the idea behind the band of brothers that we do in The Masculine Journey, that when you come together against a common enemy and you're knit together in a community, this is the church, right? And it's how the church is supposed to be and it's so much more than just a companion, okay? And in my own life, you know, what I've found here, I'm sure you probably have too, but in Mark chapter 10, Jesus tells us that, you know, those who give up lands and family and all these things will not fail to receive a hundred times as many mothers, sisters, brothers, and end up with persecutions. But if you look at that passage in Mark, it's a literal deal. Like, as you follow Christ, you end up with all these companions. And this is what King David is getting in and it is the idea of hesed. As we join together in the body of Christ, we are becoming his bride. So is it no shock to you that the seventh verse talks about this idea of being knit together in the body of Christ, you know, with those that keep the precepts, you know?
We've talked about these precepts many times, certainly the two being, you know, love the Lord with all your heart and all your soul and all your strength and your neighbor as yourself. Well, it's just, you know, it's so beautiful that this is the way this plays out. So, you know, I don't know if you've ever thought down and started to write out your hundred, but, you know, I do a devotion at a retirement home I've talked about before. And, you know, I had this 104-year-old lady that she was in her 80s when I first started going, but she passed away at 104. But I often thought, man, Miss Beck is definitely one of my mothers. To have this woman of God that, believe me, this woman read through the Bible probably 80 or 90 times, who knows how many times in her life. She knew the Bible like nobody I've ever known. She had such a sweet faith, and at 104, she was still leading worship. She was still playing the piano. She was still getting people to Bible study.
She told me that, you know, as long as the war was over, you don't get out, according to Ecclesiastes. So, you know, this woman was a treasure, treasure, treasure, and she was one of my mothers. And if you think about it, you've got a hundred.
Oh, my goodness, do I have a hundred brothers, right? So what King David is sharing here is part of what happens with the fear of the Lord, right? With the delight and the fear of the Lord is that you will end up being a companion with those that fear the Lord and keep his precepts knit together in this battle, right? That this, in the Lord's army, I just think of Miss Beck. I can't help but think about that when I do that and how precious she is. But also all my brothers and sisters in Christ, Anna Ault, who's to this day in Christian Kargai Theater, is not a week go by that she doesn't encourage me, is a mother to me in so many different ways.
It's just, I could go on and on, but I'd rather you thought about it. I'd rather you thought about, wow, since you've been in Christ, how many companions you got, how many of these that you are knit together with in a new family, how many mothers, how many brothers, how many sisters, right? And God continues to bring people in to father me. It's an absolutely beautiful thing. And again, verse 63, I am a companion of all that fear thee and them that keep thy precepts. So guess what? We get to do verse 8, the whole idea of chesed and union and marriage, and there's much fruit in all this as we come together. Thank you so much for listening with me today and studying.
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