“ Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. ”
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant - Hebrew, “Let thy face give light to thy servant.” See the notes at Psalms 4:6 . And teach me thy statutes - See the notes at Psalms 119:12 .
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...
135. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant. There is here the repetition of a prayer which we have several times met with before in this Psalm. The Prophet intimates, that he regarded noth...
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. Make thy face to shine - Give me a sense of thy approbation. Let me know, by the testimony of thy Spirit in my conscience, that tho...
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant. Prayer for the return of God's full favour to His people Israel ( Psalms 80:3 ; P...
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...
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant ,.... That is, lift up the light of thy countenance on me; favour me with thy gracious presence, and communion with thyself; manifest thyself unto me, and she...
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. Ver. 135. Make thy face to shine upon thy servant ] David could not live out of God's favour nor without his direction; he there...
135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. David here, as often as elsewhere, writes himself God's servant, a title he gloried in, though he was a king;...
Look upon me with a pleased and favourable countenance. Compare Numbers 6:25 Proverbs 16:15 .
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.
Job 33:26 ; Job 34:32 ; Job 35:11 ; Job 36:22 ; Luke 24:45 ; Numbers 6:25 ; Numbers 6:26 ; Psalms 4:6 ; Psalms 80:1 ; Psalms 80:19 ; Psalms 80:3 ; Psalms 80:7 ; Psalms 119:12 ; Psalms 1...