You probably have heard that Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible (176 verses). The anonymous author clearly loved God’s Word—everything about it from aleph to taw (that’s Hebrew for “from A to Z”).
The psalm’s 176 verses are divided into 22 sections, with eight verses in each section (the Hebrew alphabet has 22 letters). All of the verses except three mention God’s Word in some way (law, statutes, commands, etc.). In other words, this author loved God’s Word from start to finish, and everything in-between!
How about if we continue the A-to-Z love?
I love that God’s Word is…
A—An attitude adjustor
B—Bright hope
C—Comforting
D—Direction for life
E—Educational
F—Fulfilling my deepest longings
G—Good and good for me
H—Historically accurate
I—Illuminating
J—Just what I need, when I need it
K—Keeping me from sin’s grip
L—Liberating me from anxiety
M—Making me the God-fearing man I should be
N—Never condemning, always encouraging
O—Opening my understanding
P—Purifying my motives
Q—Quality time
R—Revealing God’s love for me
S—Strength for today
T—Temptation defeater
U—Unfailing truth
V—Visionary
W—Worth more than all my other books
X—Xenografted into my heart (James 1:21)
Y—Yahweh’s love letter to me
Z—Zoe (1 John 1:1)
Go ahead and add your A-to-Z love of God’s Word in the comments…
I also shared a series of 22 messages looking at each of the sections of Psalm 119. You can find the complete list of those messages by clicking here.
Craig T. Owens 
July 23, 2010 at 2:54 pm
A – Always what I need
B – Beneficial
C – Character building
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July 23, 2010 at 5:33 pm
awesome power
blessing in my life
continuously beautiful
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July 24, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Dedicated to me
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July 24, 2010 at 6:42 pm
E-everlasting
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July 24, 2010 at 9:01 pm
F – fruitful
G – Good
H – Humbling
I – Intuitive
J – Just
K – Knowledge
L – Life
M – Motivating
N – New each time
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July 24, 2010 at 11:08 pm
O Organized
P Purposeful
Q Quiets my Soul
R Righteousness
S Study Guide
T THE Truth
U Unifying
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July 27, 2010 at 8:26 am
victory over death
words of truth
x-ample of how to live
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May 15, 2011 at 8:23 pm
THIS IS AMAZING AND MADE MY DAY!
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October 6, 2022 at 6:01 am
[…] The psalmist in this great chapter is thrilled with what God’s Word has already accomplished in his life, and yet he is still longing for the Holy Spirit to do an even greater work in his heart. This is the tension in which every maturing Christian should live. The devil would love to whisper to your heart, “Your longing for more proves that you are still immature.” This is an utter lie! As Spurgeon reminds us, the more of God we have, the more of God we will crave. […]
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