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The Word of God in the Child of God: Exegetical, Theological, and Homiletical Reflections from the 119th Psalm is unavailable, but you can change that!

Psalm 119 is the prayer of one who delights and lives by the Torah. The longest of all the psalms, it is a Hebrew-alphabetical acrostic poem. George J. Zemek provides a thorough study on Psalm 119, studying its various elements and contemporary applicability. Zemek presents a comprehensive introduction to the psalm which analyzes its critical and conservative evaluations, date and authorship,...

In the light of these differing positions relating to the psalmist’s age, yet another interpretation has been put forth seemingly as a compromise. It has been suggested that the psalm may have developed as a diary; different stanzas or groups of stanzas are conjectured to have been written during different periods in the psalmist’s life.10 Such a view may be questioned for legitimate reasons; however, irrespective of its pragmatic strength but obvious weaknesses, it does help to characterize the
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