Psalm 119:111 - Easy To Read Version Lord, I will follow your Agreement {\cf2\super [598]} forever.\par It makes me very happy.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: For they are the rejoicing of my heart. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Your testimonies have I taken as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart. [Deut. 33:4.] American Standard Version (1901) Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart. Common English Bible Your laws are my possession forever because they are my heart’s joy. |
I enjoy studying your Agreement {\cf2\super [587]} \par more than anything.\par
Lord, your word makes me happy,\par as happy as a person who just found\par a great treasure.\par
Lord, I want you to save me.\par But your teachings make me happy.\par
Lord, your followers see me\par and respect me.\par They are happy because I trust\par what you say.\par
If your teachings were not like friends to me,\par then my suffering would have\par destroyed me.\par
No, my share and my cup\par come only from the Lord.\par Lord, you support me.\par You give me my share.\par
The Lord’s laws are right.\par They make people happy.\par The Lord’s commands are good.\par They show people the right way to live.\par
Worshiping the Lord is like a light\par that will shine bright forever.\par The Lord’s judgments are good and fair.\par They are completely right.\par
“People will make weapons to fight against you, but those weapons will not defeat you. Some people will say things against you. But every person that speaks against you will be shown to be wrong.”
Your message came to me\par and I ate your words.\par Your message made me very happy.\par I was happy to be called by your name.\par Your name is Lord All-Powerful.\par
You will show the people the Truth. The people will turn away from darkness (sin) to the light (good). They will turn away from the power of Satan, and they will turn to God. Then their sins can be forgiven. They can have a share with those people who have been made holy {\cf2\super [494]} by believing in me.’”
and give thanks to the Father. He has made you able to have the things he prepared for you. He has prepared these things for all his people who live in the light (good).
So Christ brings a new agreement {\cf2\super [108]} from God to his people. Christ brings this new agreement so that those people that are called by God can have the things that God promised. God’s people can have those things forever. They can have those things because Christ died to pay for the sins that people did under the first agreement. {\cf2\super [109]} Christ died to make people free from those sins.
Now we wait to get the blessings God has for his children. Those blessings are kept for you in heaven. Those blessings cannot ruin or be destroyed or lose their beauty.
You have not seen Christ, but still you love him. You can’t see him now, but you believe in him. You are filled with a joy that cannot be explained. And that joy is full of glory.