Psalm 119 stands as one of the giants in Scripture about the priority and power of God’s Word. This song is written as an acrostic or alphabetic psalm based upon each of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet. There are eight couplets (or verses) for each Hebrew letter and each couplet begins with the corresponding Hebrew letter. Only three of the verses (couplets) do not mention a direct reference to God’s Word (v. 84, 121, 122). It is the A to Z of God’s Word.

Dr. Nathan Busenitz is Executive Vice President, Dean of Faculty, and Associate Professor of Theology at The Master’s Seminary. He has authored several books and serves as an elder and pastor at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California.

He wrote a very helpful article on “Why These 66 Books?” which looks at the veracity of the collection of 66 scriptural books that God inspired to give to His people.

Have you ever looked at your Bible and wondered, "How do we know that these 66 books, and no others, comprise the inspired Word of God?"

That is a critically important question since there are many today who would deny that these 66 books truly make up the complete canon of Scripture.

Dr. Daniel B. Wallace, professor of New Testament studies at Dallas Theological Seminary, founder and executive director of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts, author and contributor to over three dozen books among which is the Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament, a standard intermediate Greek grammar that is widely used in colleges and seminaries, shares the following about the reliability of the biblical manuscripts from which we derive the New Testament.