“ I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. ”
I will delight myself in thy statutes - I will find my happiness in thy laws. See Psalms 1:2 , note; Psalms 112:1 , note. I will not forget thy word - I will not allow the world to crowd it...
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...
word. Same word as in Psalms 119:9 (not Psalms 119:11 ): but some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "words" (plural)
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. I will delight myself - The word is very emphatical: אשתעשע eshtaasha, I will skip about and jump for joy. 14. He must exult in God...
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. I will delight myself in thy statutes - ( Psalms 1:2 .)
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...
God's Word an Inner Power Psalms 119:1-16 This long and noble psalm is devoted to the praise of God's Word, which is mentioned in every verse but one, Psalms 119:122 . Probably if we were to s...
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...
After the explanation which I endeavored very humbly to offer in the first part, concerning the several words there made use of and which we meet with again here: it will only be necessary to examine...
I will delight myself in thy statutes ,.... In looking over them; in meditating on them; in obeying them, and walking according to them; as every good man does delight in the law of the Lord, after...
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. Ver. 16. I will delight myself ] Deliciabor; the Arabic hath it, lectitabo leges tuas, I will oft read over thy laws. I w...
13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. 14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. 15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have...
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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...
The first eight verses of this Psalm, in the Hebrew, begin with the letter A, and the second eight begin with the letter B. The whole Psalm is the good man's alphabet; the Holy Spirit condescended to...
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 will meditate in Thy precepts, and have respect unto Thy ways. A threefold internal action of the soul about the Word These two verses present to us a threefold internal action of David’s sou...
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...
Beth. Of the Distinguishing Signs of an Irreproachable Life.
Numbers 40:8 ; Hebrews 10:16 ; Hebrews 10:17 ; James 1:23 ; James 1:24 ; Proverbs 3:1 ; Romans 7:22
The Wonderful Word Psalms 119:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When we hold the Bible in our hands we are holding a Book that is distinct from any and every other book the world has ever known. 1. It...