“ My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. ”
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee - I stand in awe of thee. I shudder at the consciousness of thy presence. See Habakkuk 3:16 ; Hebrews 12:21 ; Joel 2:10 ; Nahum 1:5 . There is nothing unac...
My flesh (f) trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. (f) Your judgments not only teach me obedience, but cause me to fear, considering my own weakness which fear causes repenta...
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...
My flesh trembleth: or, My flesh creeps (as we say). Compare Job 4:15 , i.e. at the judgment executed on the wicked.
120. My flesh hath trembled for fear of thee. (441) At first sight the prophet seems to contradict himself. He had just now said, that, by God’s severity, he was gently drawn to love his te...
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. My flesh trembleth for fear of thee - I know thou art a just and holy God: I know thou requirest truth in the inner parts. I kno...
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. My flesh trembleth for fear of thee - ( 1 Chronicles 13:12 ; Ezekiel 27:35 : especially Habakkuk 3:2 ; Habakkuk 3:16...
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...
Trembleth. — The original is far stronger. Better, as in Job 4:15 , the hair of my flesh stands up. So Symmachus.
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...
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee ,.... Not for fear of the wrath of God coming down upon himself, nor for fear of eternal damnation; but for fear of what was coming upon the wicked, for their sin...
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. Ver. 120. My flesh trembleth ] Horripilatur, Job 4:15 . In the saints is a mixture of contrary passions, fear and great jo...
Thou hast trodden down all them that err , &c. Thou hast brought them to ruin, utter and shameful ruin; thou hast made them thy footstool. He seems to speak of those proud persecutors who trampl...
118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. 119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimo...
The observation of thy terrible judgments against ungodly men, and the conscience of my own infirmity and manifold sins, makes me fear lest thou shouldst punish me also, as thou mightest justly do, i...
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...
We will read tonight two of the stanzas which make up the 119 th Psalm, beginning at the 105 th verse. Psalms 119:105 . Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. God's Word is f...
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...
My flesh trembleth for fear of Thee; and I am afraid of Thy judgments. The trembling flesh I. The psalmist, in this section, contemplates God’s wrath against sinners (verses 118, 119). Then app...
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 Chronicles 24:16 ; 1 Chronicles 24:17 ; 1 Chronicles 24:30 ; 1 Samuel 6:20 ; 2 Chronicles 34:21 ; 2 Chronicles 34:27 ; 2 Samuel 6:8 ; 2 Samuel 6:9 ; Daniel 10:8-11 ; Habakkuk 3:16 ; Hebr...