Translations
Psalm 119:12 (ESV) – Blessed are you, O Lord; teach me your statutes!
Psalm 119:12 LXX
ευλογητός ει κύριε δίδαξόν με τα δικαιώματά σου
Blessed are you. O Lord. Teach me your ordinances
Psalm 119:12 Interlinear from the Hebrew – Blessed [are] You Yahweh teach me Your statutes.
Connections
Psalm 119:26 [ESV] When I told of my ways, you answered me; teach me your statutes.
Psalm 119:64 [ESV] The earth, O Lord, is full of your steadfast love’ teach me your statutes.
Psalm 119:68 [ESV] You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.
Psalm 119:108 [ESV] Accept my freewill offerings of praise, O Lord, and teach me your statutes.
Psalm 119:124 [ESV] Deal with your servant according to your steadfast love and teach me your statutes.
Psalm 119:135 [ESV] Make your face shine upon your servant and teach me your statutes.
Psalm 119:171 [ESV] My lips will pour forth praise, for you teach me your statutes.
Psalm 25:4 [ESV] Make me to know your ways , O Lord; teach me your paths.
δίδαξόν (didaxon) – teach
διδάσκω (didasko) teach, direct, admonish – appears 97 times in the New Testament. Matt 5:2 [ESV] is a great example of this – “And he opened his mouth and taught (διδάσκων) them saying:”
There is a consistent request from the psalmist to God, for himself and on our behalf, for God to teach us his ways. This is a prayer for today I think. In a society that wants so much to be in charge and define its own standards, its right and wrong, to be its own God. “Did God really say” echoes throughout the developed world today. This prayer from Psalm 119, which appears directly seven times, is a prayer for me to adopt today and every day.
Reflections
Imagine being in a place where each day, God teaches you his ways, his principles for success, and his statutes that will keep you worry-free and full of peace every moment of every day. Imagine that you know what to say or not say in every situation, that you know how to prepare for the day ahead every day, and that you are always ready to speak life, hope, and health into everyone you meet each day, achieving all the purposes before you, and staying completely interruptable. Imaging your hearts cry is “God, teach me your statues”.
Strength Coaches comment – Learner as a talent is always hungry to know more, and to know more that is useful. Imagine every day your Learner talent is connected to the source of all knowledge and wisdom.
Blessings
Allan