“ They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. ”
They draw nigh - They follow me; they press hard upon me. That follow after mischief - That seek to do me wrong. They are far from thy law - They yield no obedience to it; they are not in...
They draw nigh that follow after (c) mischief: they are far from thy law. (c) He shows the nature of the wicked to be to persecute against their conscience.
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...
after mischief. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "after me maliciously".
150. The pursuers of malice have drawn near. As the Hebrew word רודפי rodphee, translated the pursuers of, is put in the construct state, that is to say, as it is so related to the wo...
They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. They draw nigh - They are just at hand who seek to destroy me. They are far from thy law - They are near to all evil, but far fr...
They draw nigh, &c.— They draw near that pursue me with malicious subtlety: Men far removed from thy law. —Ver. 151. Do thou draw near, O Lord, since all, &c. RESH.
They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. The more they draw nigh me for mischief-literally,...
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...
Near. — Notice the antithesis. They, the wicked, are near with their temptation to sin and their hindrances to virtue. Thou art near with the aid and support of Thy law.
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...
They draw nigh that follow after mischief ,.... Or "evil" c; that which is sinful in itself, and injurious to others. Some cannot sleep unless they do mischief; they are bent upon it, and proceed fr...
They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. Ver. 150. They draw nigh that follow after mischief ] Those scelerum assidui sectatores prompti sunt ac parati. They are f...
O Lord, quicken me Stir me up to love and serve thee, and make me vigorous, lively, and cheerful in thy work; according to thy judgment According to thy word, which is often called God's judgment...
150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. 151 Thou art near, O L ORD ; and all thy commandments are truth. Here is, I. The apprehension David wa...
They draw nigh, to wit, to me, or against me, as Psalms 27:2 ; they are at hand, and ready to seize upon me. They are far from thy law; they cast away far from them all thoughts of and respect...
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.
1 Samuel 23:16 ; 2 Samuel 17:16 ; Ephesians 2:13 ; Ephesians 2:14 ; Job 21:14 ; Matthew 26:46 ; Matthew 26:47 ; Proverbs 1:22 ; Proverbs 1:7 ; Proverbs 28:9 ; Psalms 22:11-13 ; Psalms 22:...
Nigh — To me, they are at hand and ready to seize upon me. Are far — They cast away from them all thoughts of thy law.