“ Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. ”
Be surety for thy servant for good - On the meaning of the word here rendered “be surety,” see the notes at Job 17:3 , and the notes at Isaiah 38:14 , in both which places the same Hebrew word...
(a) Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. (a) Put yourself between me and my enemies, as if you were my pledge.
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...
proud . arrogant. This is the only verse in this Psalm which has not one of the "ten words", unless we may include the Living Word Himself, Who is the "surety" for His people. See note on Proverbs...
122. Become surety for thy servant for good. This prayer is almost similar to that of the preceding verse; for I prefer translating the Hebrew verb ערוב, arob, by Become surety for, t...
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. Be surety for thy servant - ערב arob, give a pledge or token that thou wilt help me in times of necessity. Or, Be bail for thy servan...
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me - Be my guarantee. Literally, the Hebrew means to interchang...
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...
AIN. (122) Be surety. — Just as Judah became surety for the safety of Benjamin ( Genesis 43:9 ), so the psalmist asks God to be answerable for the servant who had been faithful to the covenant,...
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...
AIN. How sweetly do these words become Christ! but who, except Christ, could ever use them? One might be led to conclude, from the very many similar examples we meet with in the book of Psalms, that...
Be surety for thy servant for good ,.... The psalmist was, in a like case with Hezekiah, oppressed; and therefore desires the Lord would undertake for him, appear on his side, and defend him, Psalm...
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. Ver. 122. Be surety for thy servant for good ] Obi vadimonium; appear for me, and nonsuit all accusations against me; or, under...
AIN. Psalms 119:121 . I have done judgment and justice That is, just judgment, Ecclesiastes 5:7 , namely, toward mine oppressors, whom I have no way injured. Be surety for thy servant for g...
16. AIN. 121 I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors. 122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud opp...
Do thou undertake and plead my cause against all mine enemies, as a surety rescues the poor persecuted debtor from the hands of a severe creditor. For good; for my safety and comfort.
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 119:1-19 . I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. Presumptuous thoughts, erroneous thoughts, wicked thoughts, foolish thoughts,-all three David hated. A good man ought to be a good h...
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...
I have done judgment and justice. What every man should do, and what every man requires I. What every man should do. “I have done judgment and justice.” The whole moral code of the universe may...
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...
Ain. The Proper Estimation of God's Word in the Midst of Oppression.
Genesis 43:9 ; Hebrews 7:22 ; Isaiah 38:14 ; Philemon 1:18 ; Philemon 1:19 ; Proverbs 22:26 ; Proverbs 22:27 ; Psalms 119:21 ; Psalms 36:11
Surety — Do thou undertake and plead my cause.