I.
As we spend time with this week’s focus passage, take note that in the first line the Psalmist mentions “You … and … me…”

As you read this portion of the Psalm notice how many times he calls attention to that relationship.

II.
Psalm 119:73-80 (NRSVue)

Your hands have made and fashioned me;
       give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.
Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice,
       because I have hoped in your word.
I know, O Lord, that your judgments are right
       and that in faithfulness you have humbled me.
Let your steadfast love become my comfort
       according to your promise to your servant.
Let your mercy come to me, that I may live,
       for your law is my delight.
Let the arrogant be put to shame,
       for they have subverted me with guile;
       as for me, I will meditate on your precepts.
Let those who fear you turn to me,
       so that they may know your decrees.
May my heart be blameless in your statutes,
       so that I may not be put to shame.

III.
The Psalmist does put that relationship in front of us in almost every sentence. Or maybe it is in every sentence and couplet.

Let’s read the Psalm again and this time see what two or three statements about The Lord stand out to you most.

Maybe we should read it at least one more time and take note of what two of three claims about the Psalmist stand out to you.

charles
{ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est}