Psalms 119:144 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. ”

Psalms 119:144 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The righteousness of thy testimonies - The principles of righteousness on which they are founded. Those testimonies - those laws - are not arbitrary, or the mere expressions of will. They are fou...
Psalms 119:144 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The righteousness of thy testimonies [is] everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall (d) live. (d) So that the life of man without the knowledge of God is death.
Psalms 119:144 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 119:144 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

144. The righteousness of thy testimonies endureth forever. The Psalmist repeats what he had already before stated, that there is a great dissimilarity between the righteousness of God’s tes...
Psalms 119:144 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting - Thy moral law was not made for one people, or for...
Psalms 119:144 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting - ( Psalms 119:142 .) Give me understandin...
Psalms 119:144 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 119:144 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Psalms 119:144 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Psalms 119:144 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 119:144 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

TZADDI. In this portion is that memorable verse which throws a light upon the whole Psalm, and fully authorizes us to apply many parts of it directly to the person of Jesus. The passage is, My zeal...
Psalms 119:144 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The righteousness of thy testimonies [is] everlasting ,.... Or, "for ever" b. The righteousness which they require, or which they publish; the righteousness revealed in the Gospel, which is the righ...
Psalms 119:144 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The righteousness of thy testimonies [is] everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. Ver. 144. The righteousness of thy testimonies, &c. ] This is the same with Psalms 119:142 ....
Psalms 119:144 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness Constant and unchangeable, the same in all ages and places, and to all persons; of eternal truth and justice never to be dispensed with, nor to be...
Psalms 119:144 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. 144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live....
Psalms 119:144 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I shall be kept from those sins which deserve and bring death.
Psalms 119:144 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 119:144 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:129 . Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. It is very wonderful that God should speak to us at all, and still more marvellous that he should write to us suc...
Psalms 119:144 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 119:144 - The Biblical Illustrator

Righteous art Thou, O Lord, and upright are Thy judgments. The testimony of a tried saint I. His testimony concerning God. 1. Concerning the Divine character (verses 137,142). (1) God’s r...
Psalms 119:144 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Psalms 119:144 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Tzaddi. The Proper Appreciation of the Word of God.
Psalms 119:144 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 5:20 ; 1 John 5:21 ; 1 Peter 1:23-25 ; 2 Corinthians 4:6 ; Daniel 12:10 ; Hosea 4:6 ; Isaiah 27:11 ; Isaiah 6:10 ; Isaiah 6:9 ; Jeremiah 4:22 ; John 17:3 ; Matthew 13:19 ; Matthew...

Psalms 119:144 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 119:144 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 119:144 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 119:144 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 119:144 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 119:144 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 119:144 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 119:144 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 119:144 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 119:144 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 119:144 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 119:144 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 119:144 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 119:144 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 119:144 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 119:144 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 119:144 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 119:144 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:144 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 119:144 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 119:144 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 119:144 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 119:144 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge