“ Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. ”
Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy - Not according to justice - for, sinners as we are, we can never urge that as a plea before God. No man who knows himself could ask of God to deal...
Deal with thy (b) servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. (b) He does not boast that he is God's servant, but by this reminds God that as he made him his by his grace, so he wou...
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...
mercy . lovingkindness, or grace.
124. Deal with thy servant according to thy goodness. The two clauses of this verse must be read correctly; for he does not first separately desire God to deal well with him, and next desire...
Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy - ( Psalms 109:21 .) And teach me thy statutes - his chief prayer...
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...
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...
Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy ,.... Which is either general and providential, and reaches to all his creatures; and according to which David had been dealt with all his days, and wh...
Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. Ver. 124. Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy ] i.e. Show me so much mercy as to teach me thy statutes. Cathe...
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...
124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. 125 I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. Here is, 1. David's p...
Not according to strict justice, nor according to my sins.
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...
Deal with Thy servant according unto Thy mercy. In these words we have a prayer I. For merciful treatment. 1. Not according to Thy justice. This would involve our ruin. 2. Not according...
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.
2 Timothy 1:16-18 ; Psalms 103:10 ; Psalms 130:3 ; Psalms 130:4 ; Psalms 130:7 ; Psalms 51:1 ; Psalms 69:13 ; Psalms 69:16 ; Psalms 79:8 ; Daniel 9:18 ; Luke 18:13 ; Nehemiah 9:20 ; Psal...