“ Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. ”
Depart from me, ye evil-doers - Workers of iniquity; bad men. See the notes at Psalms 6:8 . This indicates a determined purpose that nothing should deter or allure him from the service of God. A...
(b) Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. (b) And hinder me not to keep the law of the Lord.
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...
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. But "my God" implies Jehovah.
115. Depart from me, ye wicked! Some explain this verse as if David declared that he would devote himself with more alacrity and greater earnestness to the keeping of the law, when the wicke...
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. Depart from me, ye evil-doers: for I will keep the commandments of my God - ( Psalms 6:8 .) Depart from me, because y...
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...
For. — Better, and. The presence of the wicked was a hindrance to religion. It is Israel trying to purify itself from the leaven of evil influence that speaks. The first clause is from Psalms 6:...
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...
“Time for the Lord to Work” Psalms 119:113-128 There is an ineradicable difference between the child of God and evil-doers, and the believer does not want to be involved in their fate. Therefor...
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...
SAMECH. After the observations which have been proposed upon the foregoing portions of this most blessed Psalm, the Reader will not be surprised, neither, I hope, offended, if I go on to accept this...
Depart from me, ye evildoers ,.... The same with the evil thinkers, Psalms 119:113 ; According to Aben Ezra, they that think evil commonly do it; as they devise it, they commit it. This describes s...
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. Ver. 115. Depart from me, ye evildoers ] For what reason? there is no doing my duty in your company; besides, a double dan...
SAMECH. Psalms 119:113 . I hate vain thoughts Or, wild imaginations , as some render סעפים, a word which signifies the shootings, or branchings of the mind; namely, all wild, roving fancies,...
115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. Here is, 1. David's firm and fixed resolution to live a holy life: I will keep the commandments of my G...
And therefore will avoid your society and conversation, lest I should be hindered from that which is good, and drawn to sin by your evil counsel or example.
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...
Psalms 119:105 . Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. We are walkers through the city of this world, and we are often called to go out into its darkness; let us never ventur...
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...
Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in Thy Word. The Guardian and Support of souls I. The guardianship of god enjoyed. “Hiding-place” is a place of protection, a place where the enem...
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...
Samech. The Need of a Firm Stand for the Truth of God's Word.
1 Corinthians 15:33 ; Joshua 24:15 ; Matthew 25:41 ; Matthew 7:23 ; Psalms 139:19 ; Psalms 26:5 ; Psalms 26:9 ; Psalms 6:8 ; Psalms 119:106