psalm 119 chiastic structure, part seven

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psalm 119 chiastic structure, part one 2014 nov 05
psalm 119 chiastic structure, part two 2014 nov 06
psalm 119 chiastic structure, part three 2014 nov 07
psalm 119 chiastic structure, part four 2014 nov 08
psalm 119 chiastic structure, part five 2014 nov 11
psalm 119 chiastic structure, part six 2014 nov 12

We have come to the remaining four stanzas in the center of the psalm. I am working on them, and meditating on them, and knocking on Heaven’s door, and stepping away, and coming back with fresh eyes, and knocking some more. I am anticipating the final outcome on pins and needles like everyone else, LOL.

I did see that the kaph and lamed stanzas, which in the initial study each formed their own separate structures, do combine, and I believe this combination will prove to be necessary for the revealing of the central axis:

1a) Psa 119:81-88, kaph Save me + revive me + Your word my hope / I do not forsake Your statutes / My affliction + persecutors:

1a) Psa 119:81082, My soul faints / My eyes fail, but I hope in Your word:

Psa 119:81, kaph My soul faints for Your salvation, But I hope in Your word;
Psa 119:82 My eyes fail from searching Your word, Saying, “When will You comfort me?”

1b) Psa 119:83-84, The limit of my days, yet I do not forsake Your statutes:

Psa 119:83, For I have become like a wineskin in smoke, Yet I do not forget Your statutes;
Psa 119:84a, How many are the days of Your servant?

1c) Psa 119:84b-85, Execute judgment on those who persecute me:

Psa 119:84b, When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?
Psa 119:85, The proud have dug pits for me, which is not according to Your law;

central axis) Psa 119:86a, All Your commandments are faithful;

2c) Psa 119:86b, They persecute me wrongfully; Help me!

2b) Psa 119:87 They almost made an end of me on earth, But I did not forsake Your precepts;

2a) Psa 119:88, Revive me according to Your lovingkindness, So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth. {p}

central axis) Psa 119:89-91, lamed The eternal endurance of the word of the Lord:

Psa 119:89, Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven;
Psa 119:90 Your faithfulness endures to all generations; You established the earth, and it abides;
Psa 119:91 They continue this day according to Your ordinances, for all are Your servants;

2a) Psa 119:92-96, Your word my delight / My affliction + persecutors / I do not forget your precepts / Save me:

1a) Psa 119:92a, Unless Your law had been my delight;

1b) Psa 119:92b, I would then have perished in my affliction;

1c) Psa 119:93a, I will never forget Your precepts;

1d) Psa 119:93b, For by them You have given me life;

2d) Psa 119:94a, I am Yours, save me;

2c) Psa 119:94b, For I have sought Your precepts;

2b) Psa 119:95, The wicked wait for me to destroy me, but I will consider Your testimonies;

2a) Psa 119:96, I have seen the consummation of all perfection, but Your commandment is exceedingly broad. {p}