"Psalm 119:160, “The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.”
The Hebrew word translated “sum”—“the sum of your word is truth”—is rosh. It can mean a literal head on a body, or figuratively the head of a river or the head of a family...
So here’s the implication. The psalmist is saying something like: When you take a census, or a headcount, so to speak, of the word of God, what you find is that the totality of the population is truth. The sum total is truth. And not just the totality, but the individual citizens in this land of God’s word—every one of them—is truth. That’s why the second half of the verse draws out this individual nature of each rule or each judgment—“and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.” So you have a summation in the first half of the verse (“The sum of your word is truth”), and an individualization in the second half of the verse (“and every one of your righteous rules endures forever”)."
The Psalm 119 project was a great blessing to me bro. It's a pleasure to just be soaking in 176 verses on the beauty of the Word constantly. I pray that the Lord will continue to work in you that which is pleasing in His sight, for His glory and your joy.
For example, it doesn’t say “think positive.” For some people positive thinking means never thinking about death. Yet Moses prayed in Psalm 90:12: “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.”"
My friend says "Yeah I like the distinction between think positive and thinking true. Feel like today people always say think positive to keep bad energy away etc. But really we should acknowledge things for what they are but at the same time see God's hand in it"
This is the thing that keeps getting me with looking hard at what scripture says versus what sounds good, right. All of a sudden you start rethinking even things that sound great, but which you realize are lower than what God calls us to.
"Psalm 119:160, “The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.”
The Hebrew word translated “sum”—“the sum of your word is truth”—is rosh. It can mean a literal head on a body, or figuratively the head of a river or the head of a family...
So here’s the implication. The psalmist is saying something like: When you take a census, or a headcount, so to speak, of the word of God, what you find is that the totality of the population is truth. The sum total is truth. And not just the totality, but the individual citizens in this land of God’s word—every one of them—is truth. That’s why the second half of the verse draws out this individual nature of each rule or each judgment—“and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.” So you have a summation in the first half of the verse (“The sum of your word is truth”), and an individualization in the second half of the verse (“and every one of your righteous rules endures forever”)."
https://www.desiringgod.org/messages/the-sum-of-your-word-is-truth#:~:text=Psalm%20119%3A160,rules%20endures%20forever%E2%80%9D).
Magnificent
The Psalm 119 project was a great blessing to me bro. It's a pleasure to just be soaking in 176 verses on the beauty of the Word constantly. I pray that the Lord will continue to work in you that which is pleasing in His sight, for His glory and your joy.
Oh and love the plan bro. Excited 😁
"Think about what the verse doesn’t say.
For example, it doesn’t say “think positive.” For some people positive thinking means never thinking about death. Yet Moses prayed in Psalm 90:12: “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.”"
Powerful
My friend says "Yeah I like the distinction between think positive and thinking true. Feel like today people always say think positive to keep bad energy away etc. But really we should acknowledge things for what they are but at the same time see God's hand in it"
This is the thing that keeps getting me with looking hard at what scripture says versus what sounds good, right. All of a sudden you start rethinking even things that sound great, but which you realize are lower than what God calls us to.
Thanks man