Yod
“Your hands have made me.
You have fashioned me.
Give me understanding!
Thus I may learn your commandments.
Those who fear you
Shall see me.
They shall rejoice,
Because I have hoped in your word.
Yahweh!
I know that your judgments are right.
In faithfulness,
You have humbled me.
Let your steadfast love become my comfort,
According to your promise
To your servant.
Let your mercy come to me.
Thus I may live.
Your law is my delight.
Let the arrogant be put to shame.
They have subverted me with guile.
As for me,
I will meditate on your precepts.
Let those who fear you
Turn to me.
Thus they may know your decrees.
May my heart be blameless in your statutes.
Thus I may not be put to shame.”
Once again, the steadfast love of Yahweh sustains the psalmist’s love for the law. He recognized that Yahweh had made him. He wanted to gain an understanding of the commandments. Those who fear Yahweh would rejoice. He had hoped in the word of God. Yahweh was faithful. His judgments were right. His steadfast love had become a comfort to this psalmist as he had promised. The psalmist delighted in the law as he expected the mercy of God. The arrogant were to be put to shame because the psalmist was going to meditate on the precepts of Yahweh. In fact, he was going to teach others because his heart was blameless. He was not going to be put to shame. So ends this section on the tenth consonant letter of the Hebrew alphabet, Yod.
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