“ Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. ”
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes - My heart is sad, and my eyes pour forth floods of tears. It is not a gentle weeping, but my eyes are like a fountain which pours out full-flowing streams. Se...
Rivers of waters (d) run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. (d) He shows what should be the zeal of God's children when they see his word contemned.
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...
Rivers of waters. Hebrew. palgey-mayim. See note on Proverbs 21:1 . Eng. idiom. Floods of tears.
136. Rivers of waters run from my eyes. (15) Here David affirms that he was inflamed with no ordinary zeal for the glory of God, inasmuch as he dissolved wholly into tears on account of the...
DISCOURSE: 711 REASONS FOR WEEPING OVER SINNERS Psalms 119:136 . Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. THE generality, if exhorted to labour for the salvation of...
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. Rivers of waters run down mine eyes - How much had this blessed man the honor of God and the salvation of souls at heart! O for mor...
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes— Mine eyes run down streams of water. The genius of the language requires that it be so translated; not streams of water come down mine eyes. See Houb. and M...
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law - ( Lamentations 3:48 ; Jeremiah 9:1 ; Jeremiah 13:17...
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...
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes ,.... That is, "out of" them; as the Syriac version: or, "mine eyes let down rivers of waters" t; see Lamentations 3:48 ; that is, an abundance of tears, which f...
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. Ver. 136. Rivers of waters run down mine eyes ] My countenance is clouded, and even furrowed, with continual tears shed for thy...
Rivers of water run down mine eyes , &c. Plentiful and perpetual tears, witnesses of the deep sorrow I feel on account of the dishonour which sinners do to thee, thy displeasure against them, an...
136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. Here we have David in sorrow. 1. It is a great sorrow, to such a degree that he weeps rivers of tears. Commo...
Rivers of waters; plentiful and perpetual tears, witnesses of my deep sorrow for God's dishonour and displeasure, and for the miseries which sinners bring upon themselves and others. They, to wit,...
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...
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not Thy law. The wail of the good over the sins of the world I. They are the tears of order. Discord in sound is a cause of distress to a...
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 Samuel 15:11 ; Ezekiel 9:4 ; Jeremiah 13:17 ; Jeremiah 14:17 ; Jeremiah 9:1 ; Jeremiah 9:18 ; Luke 19:41 ; Psalms 119:158 ; Psalms 119:53 ; Romans 9:2 ; Romans 9:3
Rivers — Plentiful tears, witness of my deep sorrow for God's dishonour, and for the miseries which sinners bring upon themselves.