PSALM 119:9-16
Refined by the Word 
 THESIS: The word saves us from sinning against God  
I. ITS VIRTUE IS OUR DESIRE, 9-10 
Two inherent virtues of the word of God 
  A. Cleansed to Be Sanctified, 9  Cleansing 
  B. Control to Be Supervised, 10  Continuing  
II. ITS VALUE IN OUR DEPORTMENT, 11-14 
The four-fold secret of abundant living 
  A. Personal: Depositing the Word Life, 11  Keeping 
  B. Practiced: Dissecting the Word, 12  Learning 
  C. Proclaimed: Declaring the Word, 13  Witnessing 
  D. Prized: Delighting in the Word, 14  Rejoicing  
III. ITS VALIDATION IN OUR DETERMINATION, 15-16 
A three-fold vow to God 
  A. Practical Reflection, 15  Heeding 
  B. Proved Rejoicing, 16  Remembering  
Not e s :                   
Key Thot:  The best book in the world is the Bible, and the best place 
to store it is the heart 
A WORD ON THE WORDS 
1. Keep (22x), kept (7x)natsar (10x) = to guard, protect; shamar (19x) = 
to hedge about 
2. Heart (14x)(6x = whole heart) 
3. Meditate(ion) (7x)to commune, muse, contemplate, ponder, pray 
4. Teach (9x), taught (2x), teachers (1x)yara = to point out, inform, 
instruct; lamad = to goad as an incentive 
5. Love (9x), loveth (1)what the Psalmist loves is the Lord and his law 
6. Hate (4x)the Psalmist hates every false way, vain thoughts, and 
lying 
7. Live (5x), quicken(ed) (11x)these are all references to what we 
refer to as the Christian life 
8. Understanding (10x)biyn (9x)= to distinguish mentally, 
discernment; sakal (1x) = to be circumspect, prudent & exercise 
wisdom (v 99) 
9. Delight(s) (9x)chaphets = to incline toward, bend to, and be pleased 
with; shaa, shashua = to look on with enjoyment 
10. Yet (7x)moreover, nevertheless 
always italicized as a word supplies by the translators to bring out the 
original meaning 
11. But (13x)however 
12. Because (8x)tells us the reason or cause 
13. For (28x)tells us the reason based on a plea (usually follows a 
prayer) 
14. Let (15x)always used in prayer 
15. I have (~50x)/I will (~40x)one looks back, the other forward 
Ac t s   20: 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of 
God.  
Re f e re nc e s :  
John  1: 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with 
God, and the Word was God. 
Col   3: 1- 2 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are 
above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your 
affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 
John  17: 8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; 
and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out 
from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. 
John  17: 14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, 
because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.