Psalms 119:160 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thy wordq is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. ”

• Psalms 119:160 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Thy word is true from the beginning - literally, “The head of thy word is truth.” Probably the meaning is, that the “principles” of God’s word were truth, or were based on truth. The main thing -...

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• Psalms 119:160 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Thy word [is] true [from] the (e) beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments [endureth] for ever. (e) Since you first promised it, even to the end all your sayings are true.

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• Psalms 119:160 - 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...

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• Psalms 119:160 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  beginning. Hebrew. r'osh . head. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, for the whole (including the beginning, and "every one", as in next line). sum and substance, word and words...

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• Psalms 119:160 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  160. The beginning of thy word is truth. The design of the Prophet it is not difficult to perceive; but the words admit of being understood in two ways. Some interpret the noun beginning...

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• Psalms 119:160 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. Thy word is true from the beginning - ראש rosh, the head or beginning of thy word, is true. Does...

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• Psalms 119:160 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Thy word is true— The beginning of thy word was truth; and to everlasting shall every judgment of thy righteousness be so. "God's word, and every article, of his law, was, and ever will be truth,...

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• Psalms 119:160 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. Thy word is true (from) the beginning - literally, 'the beginning of thy Word is truth,' in an...

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• Psalms 119:160 - 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...

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• Psalms 119:160 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Beginning. — Heb., head; but here, as in Psalms 139:17 , it might be rendered sum. (Comp. Proverbs 1:7 .) The translation “from the beginning,” of the Authorised Version must at all events...

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• Psalms 119:160 - 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...

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• Psalms 119:160 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 119:160 - 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...

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• Psalms 119:160 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  RESH. The same cries of soul are continued through this portion as in the former; and we may, without any forced construction of the words, consider what is here said as peculiarly applicable to the...

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• Psalms 119:160 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Thy word [is] true [from] the beginning ,.... Every word of promise God made from the beginning of the world, and in any period of time; as to Adam, to Abraham, to the Israelites, or to any other pe...

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• Psalms 119:160 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Thy word [is] true [from] the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments [endureth] for ever. Ver. 160. Thy word is true from the beginning ] Heb. The beginning of thy word is true; Prim...

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• Psalms 119:160 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Many are my persecutors David, being a public person, had many enemies. In this he was a type both of Christ and of his church. The enemies, the persecutors of both, are many, implacable and unwear...

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• Psalms 119:160 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.       David here comforts himself with the faithfulness of God's word, for the en...

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• Psalms 119:160 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  From the beginning; either from the beginning of the world, or ever since thou hast revealed thy mind by thy word to the sons of men; all thy words have been found to be true and certain, and so th...

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• Psalms 119:160 - 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...

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• Psalms 119:160 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Psalms 119:160 I. We cannot read the Old Testament without seeing that the whole of it rests on the basis of a history the history contained in what we call the books of Moses. Now, if you turn to...

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• Psalms 119:160 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Psalms 119:145 . I cried with my whole heart; hear me. O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. It is sweet to look back upon our prayers, if those prayers were uttered with our whole heart, for it is n...

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• Psalms 119:160 - 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...

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• Psalms 119:160 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Many are my persecutors and mine enemies. The trials and traits of piety I. The trials of piety. They are twofold--objective and subjective. 1. Objective. “Many are my persecutors and enemie...

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• Psalms 119:160 - 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...

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• Psalms 119:160 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Resh. The Increasing Confidence of the Believer.

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• Psalms 119:160 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Timothy 3:16 ; Ecclesiastes 3:14 ; Matthew 5:18 ; Proverbs 30:5 ; Psalms 119:138 ; Psalms 119:86

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• Psalms 119:160 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The beginning — From the beginning of the world.

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