“ Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts. ”
Deliver me from the oppression of man - From constraint on the part of man, so that I may be free to act as I please. Give me true religious liberty, and let me not be under any compulsion or con...
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...
Deliver: i.e. by power. Hebrew. padah. See notes on Exodus 6:6 with Exodus 13:13 . Not the same word as verses: Psalms 119:153 ; Psalms 119:154 ; Psalms 119:170 . man. Hebrew. 'adam. App-...
134. Deliver me from the oppression of men. When recounting what had befallen himself, the Prophet shows, by his own example, that all the godly are exposed to rapine and oppression, and tha...
Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts. Deliver me from the oppression of man. From prayer against the oppression of "iniquity" ( Psalms 119:133 ) he naturally pas...
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...
Deliver me from the oppression of man ,.... Of any man, of proud and haughty men, as in Psalms 119:122 ; the psalmist always desired rather to fall into the hands of God than into the hands of wick...
Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts. Ver. 134. Deliver me from the oppressions of man ] Homo homini lupus. David, besides his corruptions within, met with oppressi...
134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts. Here, 1. David prays that he might live a quiet and peaceable life, and might not be harassed and discomposed...
As he prayed against the inward impediment of his obedience, Psalms 119:133 , so here he prayeth against an external impediment of it, and a common temptation to sin.
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 . 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...
Look Thou upon me, and be merciful unto me. Prayer for mercies vouchsafed to the good I. Direction in the right way. We are all travellers on an unknown road, and we want direction. Order my fo...
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.
Acts 9:31 ; Ezekiel 11:17-20 ; Ezekiel 36:24-27 ; Luke 1:74 ; Luke 1:75 ; Psalms 105:43-45 ; Psalms 119:122 ; Psalms 56:1 ; Psalms 56:13 ; Psalms 56:2