Psalm 147:12-20
Psalm 147, Day 2. He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and rules to Israel. He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know His rules. (vv. 19-20) “He has not dealt thus with any other nation…”. When the psalmist wrote these words, he was looking only at his nearby nations. He did not foresee Jesus’ ministry, or the apostles and Paul reaching out to the rest of the Mediterranean world, or the growth of Christianity over the next hundreds of years. We, too, now have His word … His statutes and rules …, and the entire world is better as a result of that growth in the distribution of God’s Law!
An aside on that verse: word, statutes and rules in verse 19 above, plus ordinances in the NASB. My main takeaway from the Psalms this year has been the synonyms in Psalm 119. And those various synonyms appear throughout the Psalms and even in the historical and prophetic writings. While there are certainly nuances in the original languages, if I translate them all as “His ways”, I know that I’m not too far off! 😊!