Psalm 119 & the Hebrew

Aleph Bet - Part 3

The third letter of the Hebrew alphabet is called "Gimel" (pronounced "geh-mel") and has the sound of "g" as
in "girl." In modern Hebrew, the letter Gimel can appear in three forms:

Write the manual print version (or "block" version) of Gimel as follows:

MANUAL PRINT VERSION

The numbered arrows show the order and direction for drawing the lines (the gray rectangle
shows the letter proportions in a graph paper cell).

Writing the Letter: Gimel

Practice making
the Gimel here:

The Aleph represents Yahweh. The Bet signifies Yahshua, Who Tabernacled
in the Flesh. The Gimel signifies the Spirit of Yahweh, manifested or
“wrapped up” in John the Baptist, the forerunner of Messiah.

Yahshua described John the Baptist and his “Elijah Ministry” in Matthew:
“And as they departed, Yahshua began to say unto the multitudes
concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed
shaken with the wind? But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in
soft raiment? Behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. But
what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and more
than a prophet. For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send My
messenger before Thy Face, which shall prepare Thy Way before Thee.
Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the
Baptist…” Matthew 11:7-11.
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Spiritual Meaning of the Gimel
Gimel = 3 and is the G of Hebrew (pronounced Gee-mal)
 Gimel is the Hebrew letter for CAMEL and for FORERUNNER.
 Gimel is the number of Yahweh’s COVENANT.
 It is the letter associated with preparing the Way for the Coming Messiah.

The Messiah must have a forerunner. Even as Gimel is said to represent a man
Yahweh prepared our world for 6 days for the with head bent, determined to
reception of man, so He commands us to travel from the second letter
prepare ourselves for the reception of God. Yah’s (beit) to the fourth letter (dalet).
Voice cries out to the human heart, “Prepare the
Way of the Master.” The name Elijah means
“My God is Yahweh”. It is Yahweh’s desire that
we also make this our declaration and serve Him
by preparing the Way for our coming King.
Gimel’s deep, spiritual meaning is
that of a man walking FROM the
second letter (Bet – Yahshua)
Putting it together the Gimel is
the forerunner of the bet – the
reference to the camel is the
garment… As is shown by how
the word garment is spelled in
Hebrew: bet, Gimel, dalet
(beged).

John the Baptist (who came in the Spirit and Power of Elijah) The name of the letter Gimel is spelled:
was Messiah’s forerunner at His First Coming. Elijah will be the
forerunner of Messiah at His Second Coming (Malachi 4:5).
And the Spirit of Yahweh is the spiritual Forerunner of
Messiah as He comes now, spiritually to human hearts. In all
It literally means “CAMEL”. But according to the
three cases the message is the same, “Prepare the Way of
Hebrew scholars, the spiritual form of the letter
Yahweh” is that of a man walking from the second letter,
Bet (the “House”) towards the fourth letter,
Dalet. In other words, the letter Gimel sig-nifies
a man dressed up like a camel (the Bible tells us
that John the Baptist wore a garment made of
camel’s hair – Matthew 3:4), emerging from the
letter Bet. He was God’s Voice, dressed up in
camel’s hair, signifying the covering of
righteousness and that the Messiah would
appear common (Isaiah 53). Yet under the
common appearance was the Special Presence
of the Spirit! Notably the second, third, and
fourth letters of the aleph bet, taken in order,
spell (beged), which means “garment”.

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The Gospel in Four Letters:

The first four letters of the Hebrew aleph bet are aleph, bet, Gimel (indicated with the arrow), and dalet (read
from right to left). The Aleph represents Yahweh, the Father in Heaven. The Bet is the Son, Yah Tabernacled or
Housed in the Flesh. The Gimel is a man, head bent, walking from the Bet to the Dalet (signifying the Door). In
the “person” of His forerunner, Messiah knocks at the door of the human heart. Thus, we see that part of the
Elijah Message is found in Revelation:

I counsel thee to buy of Me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou
mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve,
that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold, I
stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My Voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup
with him, and he with Me,” Revelation 3:18-20.

John the Baptist spoke of Yahshua in terms of the Gimel. He said, “He it is Who, coming after me, has come to
be in front of me…” John 15:26. Think of these three letters in light of this verse. “He is the one who comes
after me…” This indicates that the Bet, representing Yahshua, would come behind the Gimel. See the
arrangement of the letters, above. The 3, Gimel, is walking to the left, his “back” turned to the Bet, thus
placing the Bet behind Gimel. This shows that the Elijah Message-bearer is sent from Yahshua, or the Father
(Ab). However, John went on to say that Yahshua “is preferred before me”, (John 1:15). This is shown by the
fact that Gimel comes after Bet.

Gimel (the forerunner or Message Bearer) is

sent FROM Bet (Yah’s House- Yahshua) = Ab, which means “Father” –

Bet (Yah’s House- Yahshua) is preferred

BEFORE Gimel . so the Gimel is sent from the Bet (Son) and
the Father.

Remember ye the Law of Moses (Torah) My servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for
all Israel, with the Statutes and Judgments. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before
the coming of the great and dreadful day of Yahweh. And he shall turn the heart of the fathers
to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest (before) I come and smite the
earth with a curse, Malachi 4:4-6.

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Hebrew Words Beginning with GIMEL:
Hebrew Word Pronunciation Meaning
“to deal out to, to give” (in generosity and loving kindness). In
the Talmud it is said that the Gimel symbolizes a rich man
running after a poor man (the next letter Dalet) to give him
Gamal (the root of Gimel) tzedakah (charity). (dalut) in Hebrew means “impov-
erished.” Gimel thus represents God’s Work in pursuing us to
bless us with Truth (Torah) because of His chesed (loving
kindness).
Means either “recompense or benefit”. This shows the
G’mul Judgment Work of Yahweh, determined by whether a person
accepts or rejects His Elijah Message.
The Name for the kinsmen Redeemer (Lev. 25:26; Num. 5:8;
35:19, 21-7; Deut. 19:6, 12; Jos. 20:5, 9; Ruth 3:9, 12; 4:14; 2
Go’el
Sam. 14:11; Isa. 49:7). Yahweh, Himself is identified as the
ultimate Redeemer of Israel and mankind (Psalm 19:14)
God is also revealed as (gadol) and (gibbor), the great and mighty One who brings about true (ge'ulah) or
redemption.
Yahshua the Mashiach is identified as the Redeemer of mankind (John 4:42). He is the One who, being born into the
world, runs forth bearing charity for the poor ones who stand "behind the door." He is our nourishment and our great
Benefit. But for those who spurn His love, Yahshua represents judgment and recompense (i.e., the Avenger of blood,
called go'el haddam).

Note that Gimel also can mean "lift up," as a camel lifts up the one who is upon it. Likewise, Yahshua has been lifted up
and exalted before the world as the One who has conquered sin and death on our behalf. Benefit indeed!

Crowned Letters

In some Torah Scrolls, eight Hebrew letters are given special adornment by attaching three "tagin" or crownlets to
them. Collectively these letters are sometimes called "sha'atnezgets" letters (for Shin, Ayin, Tet, Nun, Zayin, Gimel, and
Tsade).

Some people have wondered if these crownlets are the "tittles" referred to by Yahshua in Matthew 5:18, although it is
unclear that the tagin were in use at that time. So the “jots” were the pronunciation accent marks and the tittles were
the crownlets?

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A Paleo-Hebrew Look at GIMEL

Yahshua is the House of the Sheep – the Sheepfold

The earliest known pictograph for this letter is and is
a picture of a foot. It indicates walking, carrying, and
gathering. The Modern Hebrew name for this letter is
“gimel”, an adopted root. The original name to this letter
is most likely “gam”, the parent root of “gimel”. This
letter is the origin of the Arabic letter “Geem” and the Greek “gamma” supporting the theory that the original
name for the letter did not include the “L”.

The word “gam” means to gather together as a group of animals gathering at the water hole to drink. The
pictographic script for the word “gam” is . The is the foot representing “walk” and the is “water”.
Combined these mean “one who walks carrying water” as in the “carrier of water”. This is definitely the work
of the Elijah-Message bearer. It will also be the ministry of Yahweh’s End-Time Elijah Team.

“In the Last Day, that Great Day of the Feast (last Sabbath of Tabernacles), Yahshua stood and cried, saying,
If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink. He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture hath said, out of
his belly shall flow rivers of living water,” John 7:37-38.

Psalm 119:17-24 Shows the GIMEL

In Psalm 119:17-24, we find the GIMEL section. In this part of Psalm 119, we see what it takes to accept
the Elijah Message, receiving the blessing of Yahweh. It also portrays what it takes to accept our Calling
as members of the End-Time Elijah-Message Team:

GIMEL. Deal bountifully with Thy servant, that I may live, and keep Thy Word. Open Thou mine
eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy Law. I am a stranger in the earth: hide not
Thy Commandments from me. My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto Thy
Judgments at all times. Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from Thy
Commandments. Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept Thy Testimonies.
Princes also did sit and speak against me: but Thy servant did meditate in Thy Statutes. Thy
Testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.”

Isaiah 44:2-3 “Thus saith Yahweh that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear
not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. For I will pour water upon him that is
thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour My Spirit upon thy seed, and My Blessing upon thine
offspring.”
Isaiah 35:3-8 “Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful
heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; He will
come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Then shall the lame [man] leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters
break out, and streams in the desert. And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs
of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. And an Highway
shall be there, and a Way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it
shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.”

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Keyword Study: Psalm 119:17-18 (words starting with gimel are highlighted)
“GIMEL. Deal bountifully with Thy servant, that I may live, and keep Thy Word. Open Thou mine eyes, that I
may behold wondrous things out of Thy Law.”

Keyword Strong’s # Hebrew Word Meaning

to treat a person (well or ill), benefit or requite; by
implication (of toil) to ripen, (specifically) to wean: -
Deal bountifully H1580 gamal
bestow on, deal bountifully, do (good), recompense, requite,
reward.
a servant: bondman, [bond-] servant, (man-) servant. (A
Bondservant was a willing, life-long servant, having
chosen to serve his Master for life. He had is his ear
pierced through on the Master’s doorpost (which held the
Thy servant H734 ‛ebed
Torah) to show that he would listen to and heed the Torah
of his Master’s House. Also, because the bondservant truly
served the Master out of love for Him, the bondservant
became an inheriting son)
to live, whether literally or figuratively; to revive: - keep
Live H2421 chayah (leave, make) alive, give (promise) life, nourish up, preserve
(alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), be whole
to hedge about (as with thorns), that is, guard; generally to
protect, attend to, etc.: - beware, be circumspect, take heed
Keep H8104 shamar (to self), keep (-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe,
preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait
(for), watch (-man).
a word; by implication a matter (as spoken of) of thing;
commandment, please, portion, power, promise, provision,
Word H1697 dabar
purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast)
said, sake, saying, sentence, word, work
to denude, figuratively to reveal: - + advertise, appear,
bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity),
Open H1540 galah
depart, disclose, discover, open plainly, publish, remove,
reveal, shew, surely tell, uncover
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy a fountain (as
the eye of the landscape): - affliction, outward appearance,
+ before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content,
countenance, + displease, eye ([-brow], [-d], -sight), face, +
Eyes H5869 ‛ayin
favour, fountain, furrow [from the margin], X him, +
humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open (-ly), + (not)
please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X
them, + think, X us, well, X you (-rselves).
to scan, that is, look intently at; to regard with pleasure,
Behold H5027 nabat favor or care: - (cause to) behold, consider, look (down),
regard, have respect, see.
Wondrous to separate, distinguish (literally or figuratively); great,
H6381 pala' difficult, wonderful: - accomplish, hard, hidden, things too
Things
high, marvelous, miracles, wonderful (things, works).
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or
Law H8451 torah
Pentateuch: - law

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Rewrite these 2 verses using the fuller meaning you found in your Keyword study above:

Bestow Your Blessings upon me, Your bondservant, that I may be nourished and live both now and for eternity;
and I will guard and observe Your Commandments by hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them.

Open my eyes and reveal to me Your Knowledge that I may behold wondrous, difficult and hidden things out of
Your Decalogue and Statutes.

Cross References: Rom_8:2-4; Eph_2:4-5, Eph_2:10; Tit_2:11-12; 1Jo_2:29, 1Jo_5:3-4

Psalm 119:17

Deal bountifully ... - This commences the next portion of the Psalm, indicated by the letter Gimel (‫ ג‬g), the third
letter of the Hebrew alphabet, answering to our letter "g." Each verse of this portion Psalm 119:17-24 begins
with this letter. There is a resemblance between the first word of this erse - ‫ ג‬gemol - and the letter - Gimel
- which commences the eight erses of this portion of the psalm. The noun (deri ed from the erb) - ‫ ג‬g m l -
means a camel. The verb used here means to do, or show, or cause good or evil to anyone; and then to reward,
or to recompense, either good or evil. Here it seems to be used in a general sense of doing good, or showing
favor, as in Psalm 13:6; Psalm 116:7; Psalm 142:7. Compare Pro 11:17. It does not necessarily imply that the
author of the psalm had any claim, or demanded this on the ground of merit. He begged the favor, the
friendship, the interposition of God in his behalf.

That I may live - The continuance of life was dependent on the favor of God.

And keep thy word - For grace to do this he was equally dependent on God; and he asked that life might be
continued, in order that he might honor the word of God by obeying it.

Psalm 119:18

Open thou mine eyes - Margin, "Reveal." The Hebrew word means to be naked; then to make naked, to
uncover, to disclose, to reveal. Here it is the same as "uncover;" that is, take away from the eyes what is before
them to prevent clear vision. Compare Num 22:31; Num 24:4, Num 24:16.

That I may behold wondrous things - Things which are suited to excite wonder and amazement: that is, things
which are secret or hidden from the common view; the deep, spiritual meaning of the word of God. By natural
vision he might see the surface - the letter; to see the deep, hidden, real, meaning, he needed the special
influence of God. Compare Co1 2:12, Co1 2:14-15. He believed that there were such things in the law of God;
he desired to see them.

Out of thy law - Out of the written word; out of the Scriptures. The word "law" here is used to denote "all" that
God had revealed to mankind; all that is contained in the volume of inspiration. The truths taught here are

(1) That there are deep, hidden, secret things in the word of God, which are not perceived by the natural man;

(2) That those things, when understood, are suited to excite wonder, or to fill the mind with admiring views of
God;

(3) That a special illumination of God is necessary that man may perceive these things; and

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(4) That the proper understanding of these things is connected with prayer, and can be hoped for only in answer
to prayer.

No one has a proper appreciation of divine truth - of the beauty, the spiritual meaning, the grandeur, the
sublimity of the Bible - until he is a renewed - a praying - man. Compare the notes at Co1 2:6-15.

Keyword Study: Psalm 119:19-20 (words starting with gimel are highlighted)
“I am a stranger in the earth: hide not Thy Commandments from me. My soul breaketh for the longing that
it hath unto Thy Judgments at all times.”

Keyword Strong’s # Hebrew Word Meaning

a guest; by implication a foreigner: - alien, sojourner,
Stranger H1616 ger
stranger
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively: - be absent,
Hide H5641 sathar
keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, X surely
a command, whether human or divine (collectively the
Thy
H4687 mitsvah Law): - (which was) commanded (-ment), law, ordinance,
Commandments precept
to crush; also (intransitively and figuratively) to dissolve: -
Breaketh H1638 garas
break
a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially,
especially a sentence or formal decree (human or
(particularly) divine law, individual or collectively),
including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the
penalty; abstractly justice, including a particular right, or
Thy Judgments H4941 mishpat privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style: - +
adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert,
determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to
be judged, judgment, just (-ice, -ly), (manner of) law (-ful),
manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence,
usest, X worthy, + wrong

Rewrite these 2 verses using the fuller meaning you found in your Keyword study above:

Father, because I do not claim citizenship on this sinful planet, but consider myself to be alien to this earth, I ask
You not to conceal Yourself and Your deep secrets from Your Law from me. Such a thing would crush me
mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. For I always wholeheartedly long for your Law, Customs, Privileges and
Ordinances.

Cross References: Psalm_39:12; Gen_47:9; 1Ch_29:15; 2Co_5:6; Heb_11:13-16; 1Pe_2:11

Psalm 119:19

I am a stranger in the earth - A wayfaring man; a pilgrim; a sojourner; a man whose permanent home is not in
this world. The word is applicable to one who belongs to another country, and who is now merely passing
through a foreign land, or sojourning there for a time. Compare the notes at Heb 11:13. The home of the child of
God is heaven. Here he is in a strange - a foreign - land. He is to abide here but for a little time, and then to pass
on to his eternal habitation.

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Hide not thy commandments from me - Make me to know them; keep them continually before me. In this
strange land, away from my home, let me have the comfort of feeling that thy commands are ever with me to
guide me; thy promises to comfort me. The feeling is that of one in a strange land who would desire, if possible,
to keep up constant communications with his home - his family, his friends, his kindred there. On earth, the
place of our sojourning - of our pilgrimage - the friend of God desires to have constant contact with heaven, his
final home; not to be left to the desolate feeling that he is cut off from all contact with that world where he is
forever to dwell.

Psalm 119:20

My soul breaketh - This word means to break; to crush; to break in pieces by scraping, rubbing, or grating. The
idea would seem to be, not that he was crushed as by a single blow, but that his soul - his strength - was worn
away by little and little. The desire to know more of the commands of God acted continually on him, exhausting
his strength, and overcoming him. He so longed for God that, in our language, "it wore upon him" - as any
ungratified desire does. It was not the possession of the knowledge of God that exhausted him; it was the
intenseness of his desire that he might know more of God.

For the longing - For the earnest desire.

That it hath unto thy judgments at all times - Thy law; thy commands. This was a constant feeling. It was not
fitful or spasmodic. It was the steady, habitual state of the soul on the subject. He had never seen enough of the
beauty and glory of the law of God to feel that all the needs of his nature were satisfied, or that he could see and
know no more; he had seen and felt enough to excite in him an ardent desire to be made fully acquainted with
all that there is in the law of God. Compare the notes at Psalm 17:15.

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Keyword Study: Psalm 119:21-22 (words starting with gimel are highlighted)
“Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from Thy Commandments. Remove from me
reproach and contempt; for I have kept Thy Testimonies.”

Keyword Strong’s # Hebrew Word Meaning

Rebuked H1605 ga‛ar to chide: - corrupt, rebuke, reprove

Proud H2086 zed arrogant: - presumptuous, proud

Cursed H779 'arar to execrate: - X bitterly curse

to stray (causatively mislead), usually (figuratively) to
mistake, especially (morally) to transgress; by extension
Err H7686 shagah (through the idea of intoxication) to reel, (figuratively) be
enraptured: - (cause to) go astray, deceive, err, be ravished,
sin through ignorance, (let, make to) wander
commit, remove, roll (away, down, together), run down,
Remove H1556 galal
seek occasion, trust, wallow
contumely, disgrace, the pudenda: - rebuke, reproach (-
Reproach H2781 cherpah
fully), shame
Contempt H937 buz disrespect: - contempt (-uously), despised, shamed

to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.)

Have kept H5341 natsar or a bad one (to conceal, etc.): - besieged, hidden thing,
keep (-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve (-r), subtil,
watcher (-man).
Thy
H5713 ‛edah testimony: - testimony, witness
Testimonies

Rewrite these 2 verses using the fuller meaning you found in your Keyword study above:
You rebuke the proud and arrogant, the accursed ones, who go astray from Truth and wander from Your
commandments. Take away from me shame and contempt, for I keep, guard and preserve Your testimony (see
Revelation 12:17.)

Cross References: Psalm_119:39, Psalm_119:42, Psalm_39:8, Psalm_42:10, Psalm_68:9-11, Psalm_68:19-20,

Psalm_123:3-4; 1Sa_25:10, 1Sa_25:39; 2Sa_16:7-8; Job_16:20, Job_19:2-3; Heb_13:13\

Psalm 119:21

Thou hast rebuked the proud - Compare Psalm 9:5. The meaning is, that God had done this not by word but by
deed. The proud were everywhere rebuked by God, alike in his law, and in his providence. The connection
seems to be this: the psalmist is meditating on the benefit or advantage of keeping the law of God; of a humble,
pious life. His mind naturally adverts to what would be the opposite of this - or to this in contrast with an
opposite course of life; and he says, therefore, that God had in every way, and at all times, manifested his
displeasure against that class of people. Such a course, therefore, must be attended with misery; but the course
which he proposed to pursue must be attended with happiness.

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That are cursed - The accursed; those who are regarded and treated by God as accursed, or as objects of his
disapprobation.

Which do err from thy commandments - Who depart from thy law. The sense is, "I propose and intend to keep
thy law. As a motive to this, I look at the consequences which must follow from disobeying it. I see it
everywhere in the divine treatment of those who do disregard that law. They are subject to the displeasure - the
solemn rebuke - of God. So all must be who disregard his law; and it is my purpose not to be found among their
number."

Psalm 119:22

Remove from me reproach and contempt - Show me thy favor, and let me not suffer in the estimation of
mankind on account of my religion. Let me not be exposed to malicious charges; to accusations of hypocrisy,
insincerity, and unfaithfulness on account of my religion. This "reproach and contempt" might arise from two
sources;

(1) on account of religion itself, or because he was a true friend of God; or

(2) he may have been charged with hypocrisy and insincerity; with doing things inconsistent with the profession
of religion. These accusations he prays may be removed from him:

(a) in order that the true religion might not be in itself a matter of reproach, but that God might honor his own
religion, and make it esteemed among people;

(b) because he was conscious that so far as he was concerned, the charges were unfounded. He did not deserve
the "reproach and contempt" that properly belong to a life of hypocrisy and insincerity.

For I have kept thy testimonies - My conscience assures me of this. I can appeal to thee, my God, in proof that I
do not deserve the charge of insincerity and hypocrisy. Every professedly pious man ought to be able thus to
appeal to conscience and to God, and to say, in the most solemn manner, that he does not deserve the reproach
of hypocrisy and insincerity.

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Keyword Study: Psalm 119:23-24 (words starting with gimel are highlighted)
“Princes also did sit and speak against me: but Thy servant did meditate in Thy Statutes. Thy Testimonies
also are my delight and my counsellors.”

Keyword Strong’s # Hebrew Word Meaning

a head person (of any rank or class): - captain (that had
Princes H8269 sar rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord, ([-
task-]) master, prince (-ipal), ruler, steward
to gather; properly assemblage; used only adverbially also,
even, yea, though; often repeated as correlation both... and:
- again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so) . . . and,
Also H1571 gam
but, either . . . or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner),
moreover, nay . . . neither, one, then (-refore), though,
what, with, yea
to sit down (specifically as judge, in ambush, in quiet); by
implication to dwell, to remain; causatively to settle, to
marry: - (make to) abide (-ing), continue, (cause to, make
to) dwell (-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail,
Sit H3427 yashab
habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit (-ant), make to keep
[house], lurking, X marry (-ing), (bring again to) place,
remain, return, seat, set (-tle), (down-) sit (-down, still, -
ting down, -ting [place] -uate), take, tarry.
to arrange; but used figuratively (of words) to speak; rarely
(in a destructive sense) to subdue: - answer, appoint, bid,
Speak H1696 dabar command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise,
pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue,
talk, teach, tell, think, use [entreaties], utter, X well, X work
to ponder, that is, (by implication) converse (with oneself,
Did Meditate H7878 sıyach and hence aloud) or (transitively) utter: - commune,
complain, declare, meditate, muse, pray, speak, talk (with)
Delight H8191 sha‛shua‛ enjoyment: - delight, pleasure
advice; by implication plan; also prudence: - advice,
Counsellors H6098 ‛etsah
advisement, counsel ([-lor]), purpose

Rewrite these 2 verses using the fuller meaning you found in your Keyword study above:

High ranking individuals and world leaders gather to ambush and judge me and enact laws to destroy me. But I,
Your bondservant, still meditated on and declared Your Statutes.

Your testimonies also are my delight and the Source of my counsel.

Cross References Psalm_119:97-100, Psalm_119:104-105, Psalm_19:11; Deu_17:18-20; Jos_1:8;

Pro_6:20-23; Isa_8:20; Col_3:16; 2Ti_3:15-17

Psalm 119:23

Princes also did sit and speak against me - This would have been applicable to David many times in his life, but
it was also applicable to many others, and there is nothing in the language which would limit it to David. It is
evident that the author of the psalm had been subject to reproach from those who were of exalted rank; it is
clear also that he felt this keenly. It is natural, whether proper or not, that we should feel the reproach and

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contempt of those in elevated life - the rich, the honored, the learned - more than of those in humbler life. Their
good opinion can be of value only as they may be better qualified than others to judge of what constitutes true
excellence, or as they may have it in their power to do us more harm, or to do more to aid us in doing good, than
others have; but truth and principle are never to be sacrificed that we may secure their favor; and if, in the
faithful discharge of our duty, and the zealous adherence to the principles of our religion, we incur their frowns,
we are to bear it - as the great Lord and Saviour of his people did. Heb 13:13.

But thy servant did meditate in thy statutes - I was engaged in this; I continued to do it; I was not deterred from
it by their opposition; I found comfort in it, when they sat and talked against me. This would seem to have
reference to some occasion when they were together - in public business, or in the social circle. They, the
princes and nobles engaged in the ordinary topics of conversation, or in conversation connected with revelry,
frivolity, or sin. Unwilling to participate in this - having different tastes - feeling that it was improper to be one
of their companions in such a mode of spending time, or in such subjects of conversation, "he" withdrew, he
turned his thoughts on the law of God, he sought comfort in meditation on that law and on God. He became,
therefore, the subject of remark - perhaps of their jests - "because" he thus refused to mingle with them, or
because he put on what seemed to be hypocritical seriousness, and was (what they deemed) stern, sour,
unsocial, as if he thus publicly, though tacitly, meant to rebuke them. Nothing will be more "likely" to subject
one to taunting remarks, to rebuke, to contempt, than to manifest a religious spirit, and to introduce religion in
any way in the circles of the worldly and the frivolous.

Psalm 119:24

Thy testimonies also are my delight - See the notes at Psalm 119:16. He found his main happiness in the Word
of God.

And my counselors - Margin, as in Hebrew, "men of my counsel." He sought direction and advice from them as
from a friend who would give him counsel. He looked to the revealed law of God to ascertain what was right; to
know how he should act in the emergencies of life.

Personal Application:
1. What was the most personally meaningful message of the Gimel that you found in this study?
That my Heavenly Father sends me – and others who love Him – to prepare the Way for His Return.
WE are the forerunners of the Messiah. It is my job to prepare the hearts of those I come in contact with
to meet the King Face-to-face.

2. What insights about Yahweh did you gain?

Yahshua the Mashiach is identified as the Redeemer of mankind (John 4:42). He is the One who, being
born into the world, runs forth bearing charity for the poor ones who stand "behind the door." He is our
nourishment and our great Benefit. But for those who spurn His love, Yahshua represents judgment and
recompense (i.e., the Avenger of blood, called go'el haddam).

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