Divine Design

[Ps. 117:1] O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. Ps. 117 is both the shortest chapter and the middle chapter with 594 chapters before it and 594 chapters after it. There are 39 Books of the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament. [118:8] It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. This Psalm contains the middle verse of the entire Christian Bible. There are 1189 Chapters in the Christian Bible, making a total of 1188 chapters apart from the middle chapter – making the number 1188 compare with uncanny accuracy, it is located between the shortest chapter and the longest chapter in the Bible This must be a product of Divine inspiration. These three psalms were planned to come together for a definite reason – that reason evidently being that the relation of such coincidences would sooner or later strike some searcher of truth, as an illustration of Divine Design and Consequently proof of the Divine inspiration that guided not only the writer of the Psalms, but thousands of years later, the translators of this book into other language. The design could not have been made by the psalmist who compiled this portion of the Psalms centuries before the New Testament was written or by the others who organized the order of the books. The Old Testament was compiled in its accepted form hundreds of years before the New Testament was compiled in its accepted order. Psalms 117-119 fit into the center of the Scriptures. By that time they were already there. Only Divine design could have ordered this phenomenon. This middle verse actually sets the theme of the entire Bible. It’s teaching is the epitome of all Scripture! [119:11] Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Ps. 119 has 176 verses and it is located in the fifth book of the Psalms corresponding to the fifth book of Moses – Deuteronomy. The Hebrew title of Deuteronomy is ‘Dabarim’ meaning words taken from Deut. 1:1, These be the words. The emphasis is upon the Word – the Dabar. Prophetically, it points to Y’Shua HaMashiach who was introduced in the Gospel of John as the Word of G-d! the term is used forty two times (6x7) to highlight the significance of this great psalm. IIt must represent the L-rd Y’Shua. It was He, who, on the evening of resurrection day said all things must be fulfilled concerning Me in (Lk. 24:44; John 1:1, 14: Rev. 19:13). Ps. 119 follows the theme of the great Dabar as He would be called in Hebrew, or Logos as He is called in Greek. Both are terms translated into English as Word. The term is found 42 times in this psalm. What a perfect number! It is a multiple of 6 and 7 – six representing the number of man and seven representing the number of G-d. Y’Shua HaMashiach is both man and G-d. These 176 verses are divided into 22 portions, each containing 8 verses, and named according to the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Each section is subdivided into 8 verses, each verse being an iambic tetrameter, namely 16 syllables alternately short and long in the Hebrew language. Still more extraordinary is the fact that every one of the 8 verses of the first section begins with the letter of the Hebrew alphabet: Aleph. Each of the verses of the second section begin with the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet: Beth. Each of the 8 verses of the third section begin with the third letter of the alphabet: Gimel. This extraordinary precision continuing until all the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet are employed. Not only do they declare the Word 42 times, they are subtitled according to the letters which make up those words. May we reminded that our Savior referred to Himself as the great author of all things when He used the first and last letters of the alphabet to represent all that He is and all that He does. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the L-rd, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty…I m Alpha and Omega, the first and the last (Rev. 1:8,11). The very name Jesus (in the Greek language) has a numerical value of 888, as opposed the number of the antichrist which is given in Rev. 13:18 as 666. Ps. 119 is the eighth and final acrostic psalm in the great songbook of the Bible. There are two basic numbers found in Ps. 119. There is a nineteen and there is a hundred. How perfect is our G-d! He never misses an opportunity to emphasize the mathematical precision of His great design!