“ Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. ”
Seven times a day - The word seven may be used here, as it is often in the Scriptures, indefinitely to denote many, or often. There is, however, nothing which makes it necessary to understand it...
(b) Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. (b) That is, often and various times.
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...
Seven times. Not. "round" number, but the number of spiritual perfection. See App-10.
164. Seven times a day have I praised thee. By the adverb seven times, the Prophet means that he was continually or very often engaged in celebrating the praises of God; just as it is sai...
Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. Seven times a day do I praise thee - We have often seen that seven was a number expressing perfection, completion, etc., among t...
Seven times a day do I praise thee— That is, probably, several times: a determinate number for an indeterminate, as is common in scripture.
Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. "Seven times," the number for perfection. Here he...
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...
Seven times. — Some commentators think the number is used here only in a general way for “often,” “repeatedly;” but the number seven evidently had some sacred association for the Hebrews. (Comp. L...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Seven times a day do I praise thee ,.... That is, very often in a day; not a day passed over his head but he praised the Lord, and often in the day; so the phrase "seven times" is used, Psalms 12:6...
Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. Ver. 164. Seven times a day do I praise thee ] Septies, id est, saepissime, very oft in the day; whensoever God setteth me...
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...
164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. David, in this psalm, is full of complaints, yet those did neither jostle out his praises nor put him out o...
Seven times; many times; that definite number being oft taken indefinitely, as Leviticus 26:28 , and elsewhere.
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 119:145 . 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...
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...
Seven times a day do I praise Thee. David, the model of praise David was a model of praise-- I. For temporal blessings. We do not praise God, as much as we ought, for our temporal blessings....
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...
Schin (and Sin ) The Believer's Fellowship with God in Prayer.
Psalms 48:11 ; Psalms 97:8 ; Psalms 119:62 ; Psalms 55:17 ; Revelation 19:2
Seven times — Many times; a certain number being put for an uncertain.