“ I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments. ”
I opened my mouth and panted - All this is the language of deep emotion. We breathe hard under the influence of such emotion; we open the mouth wide, and pant, as the ordinary passage for the air...
I opened my mouth, and (c) panted: for I longed for thy commandments. (c) My zeal toward your word was so great.
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...
I longed. An Aramaic word ( ya'ab) . Occurs only here. Weaker than in verses: Psalms 119:20 ; Psalms 119:40 ; Psalms 119:174 .
131. I opened my mouth and panted. (11) By these words the Psalmist would have us to understand that he was inflamed with such love to and longing for the divine law, that he was unceasingl...
I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments. I opened my mouth, and panted - A metaphor taken from an animal exhausted in the chase. He runs, open-mouthed, to take in the cooling...
I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments. I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments - ( Psalms 119:20 .) Compare Job 29:23 ; Psalms 42:1 . As...
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...
Comp. Job 29:23 .
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...
I opened my mouth, and panted ,.... As a person out of breath does, through walking or running; he stops and pants, and opens his mouth, to draw in air to his relief: or as hungry and thirsty person...
I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments. Ver. 131. I opened my mouth and panted ] Heb. and sooped in the air, as one that laboureth for life. Oh the sighs and the groans t...
I opened my mouth, and panted , &c. I thirst after the truths and precepts of thy word, and pursue them eagerly, and, as it were, with open mouth, ready and greedy to receive them. “An eastern t...
131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments. Here is, 1. The desire David had towards the word of God: I longed for thy commandments. When he was under a f...
I thirst after thy precepts, and pursue them eagerly, as it were with open mouth, ready and greedy to receive them. It is a metaphor from one that makes great haste after another, whereby he is force...
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 119:131 We shall consider the Psalmist as here drawing a contrast between the unsatisfying character of what is finite and the power which there is in Divine things of filling all the desir...
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...
Pe. The Need Of Spiritual Light in the Midst of Godlessness.
1 Peter 2:2 ; Hebrews 12:14 ; Isaiah 26:8 ; Isaiah 26:9 ; Psalms 119:162 ; Psalms 119:174 ; Psalms 119:20 ; Psalms 119:40 ; Psalms 42:1
Panted — I thirst after thy precepts, and pursue them eagerly.