“ I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. ”
I cried unto thee - I called upon thee in trouble. Save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies - Margin, “That I may keep.” The correct rendering is, “I will keep.” The idea is, that if God wou...
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...
cried . called. Figure of speech Anaphora. App-6.
DISCOURSE: 712 DAVID’S DESIRE TO SERVE GOD Psalms 119:145-148 . I cried with my whole heart; Hear me, O Lord: I will keep thy statutes. I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimoni...
I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. The realization of our salvation as an experienced fact is the stro...
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...
the Joy of Communion with God Psalms 119:145-160 There is great eagerness in the psalmist's prayerfulness. He calls with his whole heart; he awakes before the dawn and continues long after the...
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...
KOPH. These verses give us an interesting view of Jesus, and are descriptive of some of those conflicts, under which he was constrained to lift up his voice to God his Father, with strong cryings an...
I cried unto thee; save me ,.... In his distress he cried and prayed to the Lord; and this was a principal and leading petition, that he would "save" him out of all his troubles and afflictions, and...
I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. Ver. 146. I cried unto thee; save me ] Salvation properly denoteth the privative part of a man's felicity, but iucludeth the positive...
19. KOPH. 145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O L ORD : I will keep thy statutes. 146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep th...
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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 119:137 . Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. It is well to be able to say this when you are being tried, when the hand of God lies heavy upon you; it is hard to kic...
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...
I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will keep Thy statutes. Cries of distress Do we, or do we not, desire to get rid of every evil way? Are we anxious to be sincere and without offe...
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...
Koph. Constant Prayer for Faithfulness over against Opposition.
Judges 10:15 ; Judges 10:16 ; Matthew 1:21 ; Psalms 119:134 ; Titus 2:14 ; Titus 3:4-8