Psalms 119:161 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. ”

Psalms 119:161 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Princes have persecuted me without a cause - This commences a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Schin ( שׂ ś , and שׁ sh ) - corresponding to our “s,” or “sh.” On...
Psalms 119:161 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

SCHIN. Princes have (a) persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. (a) The threatenings and persecutions of princes could not cause me to cease to confess you whom I fe...
Psalms 119:161 - 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...
Psalms 119:161 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Princes . Rulers. word. Same word as in Psalms 119:9 . Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "words" (plural)
Psalms 119:161 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause. (34) Here the Psalmist, informs us that sore and grievous as his temptation had been, he was restrained by the fear of God from desiring to a...
Psalms 119:161 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. Princes have persecuted me - This may refer to what was done by prime ministers, and the rulers of provinc...
Psalms 119:161 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Princes— The rulers and prime ministers of thy kingdom. But my heart standeth in awe; namely, so as to do nothing contrary to thy word in my own vindication. See 1 Samuel 24:6 ; 1 Samuel 26:9 ....
Psalms 119:161 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. Princes have persecuted me without a cause - as Saul did David ( 1 Samuel 24:11 ; 1 Samuel 24:14 ; 1 Sa...
Psalms 119:161 - 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...
Psalms 119:161 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

SCHIN. (161) Princes. — Here again we have an indication of the national character of the psalm. It was the whole community which suffered from the intrigues and violence of princes.
Psalms 119:161 - 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...
Psalms 119:161 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jehovah Inspires Continual Praise Psalms 119:161-170 What a noble conclusion we reach in these closing stanzas! I rejoice at thy word; thy law do I love; seven times a day do I praise thee; le...
Psalms 119:161 - 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...
Psalms 119:161 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

SCHIN. Still prosecuting the same subject of suffering, here are the same petitions lodged before the throne. The apostle to the Hebrews was commissioned by the Holy Ghost to teach the church some v...
Psalms 119:161 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

v, SCHIN.--The Twenty-first Part . Ver. 161. SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause ,.... These were either the princes of the Philistines at the court of Achish; or the princes of Isra...
Psalms 119:161 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. Ver. 161. Princes have persecuted me without a cause ] And Quae venit indigne poena, dolenda venit....
Psalms 119:161 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

SCHIN. Psalms 119:161 . Princes The rulers and prime ministers of thy kingdom; have persecuted me Whom they ought to have used their authority to protect, knowing me to be innocent and inju...
Psalms 119:161 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

21. SCHIN. 161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. David here lets us know, 1. How h...
Psalms 119:161 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

SCHIN Ver. 161. Princes; who had power to do it, and who ought to have used their authority to protect me, whom they knew to be innocent and injured. But my heart standeth in awe of thy word; b...
Psalms 119:161 - 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...
Psalms 119:161 - 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...
Psalms 119:161 - 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...
Psalms 119:161 - The Biblical Illustrator

Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of Thy Word. A common fact and a rare experience I. A common fact. The history of persecution and martyrdom has been, if...
Psalms 119:161 - 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...
Psalms 119:161 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Princes, the mighty and influential ones of the earth, have persecuted me without a cause, although he had done nothing which might justly have provoked their hatred; but my heart standeth in awe...
Psalms 119:161 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 21:15 ; 1 Samuel 24:9-15 ; 1 Samuel 26:18 ; 2 Kings 22:19 ; Genesis 39:9 ; Genesis 42:18 ; Isaiah 66:2 ; Jeremiah 36:23-25 ; Job 31:23 ; John 15:25 ; Nehemiah 5:15 ; Psalms 4:4 ;...
Psalms 119:161 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But — But I feared thine offence and displeasure more than their wrath.

Psalms 119:161 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 119:161 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 119:161 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 119:161 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 119:161 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 119:161 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 119:161 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 119:161 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 119:161 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 119:161 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 119:161 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 119:161 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 119:161 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 119:161 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 119:161 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 119:161 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 119:161 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 119:161 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 119:161 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 119:161 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 119:161 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:161 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 119:161 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 119:161 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 119:161 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 119:161 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 119:161 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes