“ PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. ”
Thy testimonies are wonderful - This commences a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Pe ( פ p ), corresponding to our “p.” The meaning of the expression here is, that th...
PE. Thy testimonies [are] (a) wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. (a) Containing high and secret mysteries, so that I am moved with admiration and reverence.
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...
wonderful. Same root as in verses: Psalms 119:18 ; Psalms 119:27 . keep . keep safely.
129. Thy testimonies are marvelous. I have given this translation to avoid an ambiguous form of expression. The Prophet does not simply mean, that the doctrine of the law is wonderful, but t...
PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. Thy testimonies are wonderful - There is a height, length, depth, and breadth in thy word and testimonies that are truly astonis...
Thy testimonies are wonderful— Namely, on account of the excellent wisdom contained in them. Mudge renders the first clause of the next verse thus: The opening of thy words causeth a light: "Thy...
Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them - "wonderful" in respect to their Author, God, their subject m...
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...
Why Love God's Word? Psalms 119:129-144 What a beautiful soul this is that utters itself in these stanzas! The psalmist acknowledges his simplicity; is quite content to be among the unknown and...
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...
PE. The verses in this portion form a beautiful reduplication of the same delightful truths. It is Jesus speaking through the whole of them, in his human nature, as the Head and Representative of hi...
p, PE.--The Seventeenth Part . Ver. 129. PE. Thy testimonies [are] wonderful ,.... The Scriptures, which testify of God, his mind and will, are wonderful both with respect to the author of them, t...
PE. Thy testimonies [are] wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. Ver. 129. Thy testimonies are wonderful ] As comprehending high and hidden mysteries, such as are far above the reach of huma...
PE. Psalms 119:129 . Thy testimonies are wonderful In regard of the deep mysteries, the most excellent counsels and directions, and the exceeding great and precious promises contained in them...
17. PE. 129 Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. See here how David was affected towards the word of God...
PE Ver. 129. Wonderful; in regard of the deep and wonderful mysteries, and most excellent counsels and directions, far exceeding all the rules of the greatest philosophers, and the exceeding grea...
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 119:129 I. Consider, first, how the wonderfulness of God's word is calculated to produce the observance of it. The human mind is possessed of certain faculties, and subject to certain sensa...
Psalms 119:129 . Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. Every true believer admires God's Word; and, more than that, it amazes him: «Thy testimonies are wonderful.» View...
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...
Therefore I love Thy commandments above gold. God’s Word God’s Word is here revealed in several aspects-- I. As a prize. It is “above gold.” 1. It is intrinsically more valuable than gold...
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...
Thy testimonies are wonderful, elevated above everyday life and the common understanding, becoming more marvelous the longer one contemplates them; therefore doth my soul keep them, anxious to have...
Isaiah 25:1 ; Isaiah 9:6 ; Psalms 119:146 ; Psalms 119:18 ; Psalms 119:2 ; Psalms 119:31 ; Psalms 139:6 ; Psalms 25:10 ; Revelation 19:10
Wonderful — In regard of the deep mysteries, the most excellent directions, and the exceeding great and precious promises of God contained in them.