Today's passage begins the longest chapter in the whole Bible. The longest chapter comes to chapters after the shortest. The longest chapter in the whole Bible is a long meditation upon God's law or word, it is a in depth look at how good God's plan for us is. This chapter is also an "acrostic" in Hebrew, each set of verses or "stanza" begins with the same letter of the Hebrew alphabet (which doesn't come through in the English). This means that the author is showing how complete and finished is God's word, God's plan for us. His word is perfect...
Isn't it fitting that this acrostic poem (based on the Hebrew alphabet) is about the blessings of those who head God's word.
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