“ Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. ”
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation - See the notes at Psalms 119:81-82 . And for the word of thy righteousness - Thy righteous word - that it may be made known to me, and that I may see its be...
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...
123. My eyes have failed for thy salvation. (6) In the first; place he testifies, that he had been afflicted with severe troubles, and that not for a short time only, but for a period so pr...
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. Mine eyes fail - See on Psalms 119:82 (note).
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. Mine eyes fall for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness - i:e., for the fulfillment of 'thy Word,' whi...
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...
See Psalms 119:82 .
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...
Mine eyes fail for that salvation ,.... For temporal salvation or deliverance from oppressors; and for spiritual salvation, for views of an interest in it, the joys and comforts of it; and for the M...
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. Ver. 123. Mine eyes fail for thy salvation ] Not my bodily eyes only, but the eyes of my faith. See Psalms 119:81,82 ....
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...
123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. David, being oppressed, is here waiting and wishing for the salvation of the Lord, which would make him e...
For the performance of thy righteous, or faithful, or merciful word or promise.
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.
Lamentations 4:17 ; Psalms 119:81 ; Psalms 119:82 ; Psalms 130:6 ; Psalms 143:7 ; Psalms 69:3
The word — For the performance of thy faithful or merciful promise.