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walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, and standeth not in
the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners “.
That is what a divided hoof would present, a separation of
walk from all that is against God, separation from iniquity,
separation from all wrong principles, separation from all the
evil ways of men. We see this wonderfully presented in the
blessed Person of our Lord. Then we have the chewing the
cud in verse 2, “his delight is in Jehovah’s law, and in his law
doth he meditate day and night”. Well, that is the ideal
presented before us, man in whom God has His delight. Then
if we follow the whole course of the book of the Psalms we find
the development of the display of the ways of God in the Lord
Jesus. We find here His sufferings; we find here His death; we
find here His resurrection, and finally His glorification.
Then as we come to Psalm 119 we find in the first verses not
“Blessed is the man”, but “Blessed are they”. I think it is a
display of what the Lord said, that, “Except the grain of wheat
falling into the ground die, it abides alone; but if it die, it bears
much fruit” (John 12: 24)—of the same kind. Psalm 1 says,
“Blessed is the man”—one person; Psalm 119 is the blessed
result of His work, of His life—of His death, His suffering, His
resurrection, His glorification, and of the gift of the Holy
Spirit—“Blessed are they”. They are people who are
characterized by the same features, walking in perfection, as
we find here. They are “the perfect in the way, who walk in the
law of Jehovah. Blessed are they that observe his testimonies,
that seek him with the whole heart; Who also do no
unrighteousness—they walk in his ways”. That is in principle
the same features as in Psalm 1, walking in separation from all
evil or unrighteous ways, and finding their delight, their
pleasure, in the law of God.
Psalm 119 is a wonderful one. You see here a wonderful
display of the quality of life which corresponds with what we
have presented in an absolute way in the Lord Jesus.