“ Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. ”
Thy word have I hid in mine heart - Compare the notes at Psalms 37:31 . The word rendered “hid” means properly to conceal, so that a thing may be secret, private, inaccessible; then, to lay up i...
Thy word have I (b) hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. (b) If God's word is carved in our hearts, we will be more able to resist the assaults of Satan: and therefore the prophet d...
CXIX. Praise of the Law. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. a...
word . the mode, or purport of what is said. The fifth in order of the ten words of this Psalm. See App-73. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, r...
11. I have hid thy word in my heart. This psalm not being composed for the personal and peculiar use of the author only, we may therefore understand, that as frequently as David sets before...
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Thy word have I hid in my heart - 7. He must treasure up those portions of God's word in his mind and heart which speak against...
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee - the sure preservative against falling ( Psalms 37:...
The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the...
Thy word. — A different term to that in Psalms 119:9 . The two are interchanged throughout the psalm. Hid... — As the Oriental hid treasures. (Comp Matthew 13:44 .) In mine heart, that I mig...
Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law; and the beauty and power of the psalm lie i...
God's Word an Inner Power Psalms 119:1-16 This long and noble psalm is devoted to the praise of God's Word, which is mentioned in every verse but one, Psalms 119:122 . Probably if we were to s...
Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest sign...
After the explanation which I endeavored very humbly to offer in the first part, concerning the several words there made use of and which we meet with again here: it will only be necessary to examine...
Thy word have I hid in mine heart ,.... Not only heard and read it, but received it into his affections; mixed it with faith, laid it up in his mind and memory for future use; preserved it in his he...
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Ver. 11. Thy word have I hid in my heart ] Ut peculium in apotheca; as treasure; or as an amulet in a case or chest; as the...
With my whole heart have I sought thee Deny me not that aid of thy grace which I have so sincerely and earnestly desired and laboured to obtain. O let me not wander Hebrew, אל תשׁגני, do not mak...
11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Here is, 1. The close application which David made of the word of God to himself: He hid it in his heart, l...
I have not contented myself with bare hearing or reading thy word, but have received it in the love of it, have diligently pondered it, and laid it up in my mind and memory like a choice treasure, to...
INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ; Psalms 119:23 ; Psalms 119:46 ; Psalms 119:141...
The first eight verses of this Psalm, in the Hebrew, begin with the letter A, and the second eight begin with the letter B. The whole Psalm is the good man's alphabet; the Holy Spirit condescended to...
That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are mos...
Thy Word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against Thee. God’s Word in the heart Such was David’s wise precaution against temptation, but we have a far higher example of the use of s...
EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every verse in each stanza beginning with its own...
Beth. Of the Distinguishing Signs of an Irreproachable Life.
Colossians 3:16 ; Isaiah 51:7 ; Jeremiah 15:16 ; Job 22:22 ; Luke 2:19 ; Luke 2:51 ; Proverbs 2:1 ; Proverbs 2:10 ; Proverbs 2:11 ; Psalms 19:13 ; Psalms 1:1 ; Psalms 119:97
The Wonderful Word Psalms 119:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When we hold the Bible in our hands we are holding a Book that is distinct from any and every other book the world has ever known. 1. It...
Hid — I have laid it up in my mind like a choice treasure, to be ready upon all occasions to counsel, quicken or caution me.