1.0Jesus Creedhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreedxscot mcknighthttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreed/author/xscot-mcknightGoing Public - Jesus Creedrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Y0emAz9hwB"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreed/2006/12/going-public.html">Going Public</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/jesuscreed/2006/12/going-public.html/embed#?secret=Y0emAz9hwB" width="600" height="338" title="“Going Public” — Jesus Creed" data-secret="Y0emAz9hwB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Psalm 119:44-48 is an interplay between “going public” about commitment to Torah and the joy that comes from that Torah. The going public can be found in vv. 44, 46, 48, and the joy in vv. 45 and 47. Today “going public”; tomorrow the “joy.”