Sandyknowes Blog

Living beside the busiest roundabout in Northern Ireland gives plenty of opportunity for watching the world go by. Sandyknowes Blog is the personal blog of Niall Lockhart (minister of Ballyhenry). Pull in and have a read…

Read: Psalm 121 vs 1-8

As we saw yesterday Psalms 120-134 were sung by pilgrims making their way each year up to the city of Jerusalem, a place where they would gather for worship. It’s not hard to imagine Psalm 121 being sung in this context. As travellers approached Jerusalem, they would see the mountains that surround the city, mountains which can be seen to this day.

Read: Psalm 119 vs 129-160

Verse 129 of Psalm 119 expresses the Psalmist’s deep affection for God’s word and all that it commands: ‘Your statutes are wonderful; therefore I obey them.’

This is how the writer of this Psalm genuinely feels, and it is what they believe. However not everyone shares their outlook, in fact the sense of this Psalm is that the majority of people do not, in any way, feel this way. 

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