Message Notes

SSS 4 8 March 2026
Text: Psalm 119

HETH

57 You are my portion, O Lord;
I have said that I would keep Your words.

58 I entreated Your favour with my whole heart;
Be merciful to me according to Your word.

59 I thought about my ways,
And turned my feet to Your testimonies.

60 I made haste, and did not delay
To keep Your commandments.

61 The cords of the wicked have bound me,
But I have not forgotten Your law.

62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You,
Because of Your righteous judgments.

63 I am a companion of all who fear You,
And of those who keep Your precepts.

64 The earth, O Lord, is full of Your mercy;
Teach me Your statutes.

Psalm 119:57-64

1. What is God to us?

a) “My portion” Ps. 119:57

i) “You are the portion of my inheritance” Ps 16:5

ii) “My portion forever” Ps 73:26

iii) “My portion in the land of the living” Ps 142:5

b) Entreating the Lord’s favour Ps 119:58
A plea for God’s mercy

2. Making changes in life

a) Thinking about our ways

“Turned my feet to Your testimonies”

Ps 119:59

b) Making haste

“I did not delay”

Ps 119:60

3. The cords of the wicked Ps 119:61

a) Persecution

b) Entrapment

4. Giving thanks Ps 119:62

a) Even at midnight

b) The example of Paul and Silas in a Philippians jail Acts 16:25

5. Companions (friends)

a) All who fear the Lord

b) All who keep His Word Ps 119:63

6. Prayer to be taught by God

a) Prayer for mercy

b) Prayer to be taught by God Ps 119:64