诗篇119这段经文的每一节，都是以yodh这个字母开始的，yodh是希伯来字母中最小的一个，大小和一个撇号差不多。耶稣谈论神的律法时（马太福音 5:17-18），他提到的“一点一画”，就是指yodh这个字母；然而，这个细小的字母却引入了重要的观念。
和圣经中其他的经文一样，这段经文的作者也称颂创造他的神，然而他不单是想到神怎样创造他的肉身，他更特别感谢神藉着衪话语的教导来塑造和影响他的心灵。
因着衪不变的慈爱和怜悯，神建立衪儿女的灵命；神因为爱我们，所以衪希望见到我们的信心和爱心有增长。诗人受到神的慈爱的激励，他便更加深切地倚赖神的话语了。
诗人多次提到他自己灵命长进的过程，但在这里，他更加上另一个重要的层面。单单让神的话语影响他是不足够的，诗人承认他也有责任把神的话语向其他人显明出来；藉着活出神话语的好处和美善、并与人分享珍惜和跟从这些话语的重要性，诗人下定决心要这样行。
藉着见证神话语的能力，我们全心全意竭力跟从神，这样做不是一件小事，决不是像yodh这个字母那样细小。
主啊，惟愿我们能全心全意跟从祢，并且教导别人也这样行。阿们。
诗篇 119:73-80
73你的手制造我，建立我，求你赐我悟性，可以学习你的命令。
74敬畏你的人见我就要欢喜，因我仰望你的话。
75耶和华啊，我知道你的判语是公义的，你使我受苦是以诚实待我。
76求你照着应许仆人的话，以慈爱安慰我。
77愿你的慈悲临到我，使我存活，因你的律法是我所喜爱的。
78愿骄傲人蒙羞，因为他们无理地倾覆我，但我要思想你的训词。
79愿敬畏你的人归向我，他们就知道你的法度。
80愿我的心在你的律例上完全，使我不致蒙羞。
"May those who fear you rejoice when they see me, for I have put my hope in your word." - Psalm 119:74
All the verses in this section of Psalm 119 begin with yodh, the smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet; it’s about the size of an apostrophe. When Jesus mentions “the smallest letter” in his discussion of God’s law (Matthew 5:17-18), he is referring to yodh. But this small letter introduces big ideas.
As in many other Bible passages, the writer of these verses in Scripture praises God for creating him. But he is not thinking only of how he has been made physically; he is specifically praising God for molding and shaping his soul through the teaching of God’s Word.
God wants to form his children spiritually, and that flows from his unfailing love and compassion. Because he loves us, God wants to see us grow in faith and love. Inspired by God’s love, the psalmist leans deeper and deeper into God’s Word.
The psalmist has mentioned his own spiritual growth repeatedly, but here he adds an important dimension. It’s not enough to simply let God’s Word shape him; the psalmist confesses that it is also his responsibility to reveal God’s Word to others. He commits to doing this by being a living testimony to the beauty and goodness of God’s Word and by sharing the importance of cherishing and following God’s Word.
Unlike the letter yodh, striving with all our heart to follow God by testifying to the power of his Word is no small thing.
May we wholeheartedly follow your Word, Lord, and teach others to do the same. Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
