“ I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. ”
I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried - I anticipated it; I rose up to pray before the morning dawned. On the word “prevent,” see the notes at 1 Thessalonians 4:15 ; notes at Psalms...
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...
prevented . anticipated, or forestalled. dawning. . Homonym. Hebrew. nephesh. See note on 1 Samuel 30:17 . Authorized Version and Revised Version correctly render it here, and in Job 7:4 . t...
147. I have prevented the twilight. The Hebrew noun נשף , nesheph, is in this place improperly translated by crepusculum, twilight; for it rather signifies the dawn of morning. But as...
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 prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. I prevented the dawning - קדמתי kiddamti, "I went before the dawn or twilight."
I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word - (note, Psalms 88:13 ; Psalms 119:74 .) "I pr...
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...
KOPH. (147) Prevented. — See Psalms 18:5 ; Psalms 79:8 . The Authorised Version gives the sense, I was up before the morning. Dawning of the morning. — The Hebrew word means literally “br...
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 prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried ,.... That is, he awoke and got up, and prayed, before the day broke, the morning looked forth, or the sun arose: he was early as well as earnest in...
I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. Ver. 147. I prevented the dawning of the morning ] I was up and at it before daybreak. This is check to our sluggishness....
KOPH. Psalms 119:147 . I prevented the dawning of the morning Hebrew, בנשׁ Š, the twilight , namely, of the morning. In this sense this word is used 1 Samuel 30:17 . Mine eyes prevent the...
147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. 148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word. David goes on here to rela...
The dawning of the morning, Heb. the twilight , to wit, of the morning, by comparing Psalms 88:13 . And so this word is used 1 Samuel 30:17 .
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...
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.
Hebrews 6:17-19 ; Isaiah 26:9 ; Mark 1:35 ; Psalms 130:6 ; Psalms 21:3 ; Psalms 42:8 ; Psalms 5:3 ; Psalms 88:13 ; Psalms 119:74 ; Psalms 119:81 ; Psalms 130:5 ; Psalms 56:4