我的第一位灵命导师督促我背诵圣经，这句金句便是我背诵的第一节经文。海军学校训练我背诵的功夫，凡事从琐碎到重要都要背诵，所以，背诵圣经对我来说是易如反掌。从海军牧师职位退役后，诗篇 119:9至今仍然是我至爱的金句。
诗篇 119的写法适合用希伯来文来背诵，就是我们的圣经版本也按照原文的编排来分段，每一个段落都是以希伯来文的字母命名的：aleph, beth, gimel… 相当于希伯来文中的 ABC，这使得背诵这篇诗篇的176节便比较简单；每一节经文都是以该段落的主题字母开始：例如1-8节以aleph开始，9-16节以beth开始，如此类推。
简单来说，诗篇119的主题就是"耶和华的律法。"它也是今天提出的问题的答案。年青人与引诱他们离开主的试探战斗，年长的也是如此，缺少经验的年轻人更是难上加难。学习主的律法帮助我们立下根基，可是，遵行主道看来似乎很费力。
耶稣说："我就是道路、真理、生命；若不藉着我，没有人能到父那里去"（约翰福音 14:6），在基督里的信心使我们与衪合而为一和永不分开（腓立比书 2:1；约翰福音 10:28）。诗篇 119:9问每一个信徒一个基本的问题，而耶稣就是唯一的答案。"这是正路，要行在其间 。"（以赛亚书 30:21）
父啊，我们愿意继续行在清洁之路上，可是我们很容易便走迷了。感谢祢赐我们恩典、赦免、和在基督里的新生命。阿们。
诗篇 119:1-11
1行为完全，遵行耶和华律法的，这人便为有福！
2遵守他的法度，一心寻求他的，这人便为有福！
3这人不做非义的事，但遵行他的道。
4耶和华啊，你曾将你的训词吩咐我们，为要我们殷勤遵守。
5但愿我行事坚定，得以遵守你的律例！
6我看重你的一切命令，就不至于羞愧。
7我学了你公义的判语，就要以正直的心称谢你。
8我必守你的律例，求你总不要丢弃我。
9少年人用什么洁净他的行为呢？是要遵行你的话。
10我一心寻求了你，求你不要叫我偏离你的命令。
11我将你的话藏在心里，免得我得罪你。
"How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word." - Psalm 119:9
My first spiritual mentor insisted on Scripture memorization. The verse here was the first one I learned. The Naval Academy had trained me to memorize, from the trivial to the important. So Scripture memorization came easily. Now, after my career as a Navy chaplain, Psalm 119:9 remains for me a beloved verse.
Psalm 119 was written to be memorized in Hebrew. Even our Bibles divide the psalm as originally designed, with each stanza named for a letter of their alphabet: aleph, beth, gimel...—the ABC’s of Hebrew. This made learning the psalm’s 176 verses simpler. And each verse begins with that stanza’s theme letter: verses 1-8 begin with aleph, 9-16 begin with beth, and so on.
Psalm 119’s theme is simply "the law of the Lord." And that’s the answer to today’s question. Young people struggle with temptations that would lead away from the Lord’s way. So do their elders, but it can be harder when you lack experience. Learning the law of the Lord lays the foundation for our lives, but obedience can seem tiring.
Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). Faith in Christ unites us inseparably to him (Philippians 2:1; John 10:28). Psalm 119:9 asks each believer the fundamental question to which Jesus is the only answer. "This is the way; walk in it" (Isaiah 30:21).
Father, we want to keep our way pure, but we stray so easily. Thank you for grace, forgiveness, and new life in Christ. Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
