“ Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. ”
Great peace have they - See the notes at Isaiah 26:3 ; compare the notes at Philippians 4:6-7 . They have great calmness of mind. They are not troubled and anxious. They believe and feel that a...
Great peace have they which (c) love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. (c) For their conscience assures them that they please you, whereas they who do not love you have the contrary.
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...
peace. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, for every blessing connected with peace. offend them . make them stumble.
165. Great peace have they who love thy law. If we take the word peace for a prosperous or happy condition of life — a sense in which the Hebrews often employ it — the word rendered stu...
DISCOURSE: 713 BLESSEDNESS OF THOSE WHO LOVE GOD’S LAW Psalms 119:165 . Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. THE force of principle is exceeding great, even...
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. Great peace have they - They have peace in their conscience, and joy in the Holy Spirit; and Nothing shall offend - Stumble,...
Nothing shall offend them— Or, according to the original, There is no scandal to them: i.e. "They shall fall upon no stumbling-block, into no snare which their enemies lay for them;" or, "They sh...
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. Great peace have they which love thy law - ( Proverbs 3:2 ; Proverbs 3:17 ; Isaiah 32:17 ). However the waves of tro...
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...
Nothing shall offend them. — See margin. Perhaps the verse should take the form of a wish: great peace to the lovers of Thy law; no stumbling-block to them. Or, it may be, great peace have they...
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...
Great peace have they which love thy law ,.... The Targum adds, "in this world.'' Great prosperity, especially prosperity of soul, inward peace, peace of conscience, peace in Christ, and from him,...
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. Ver. 165. Great peace have they which love thy law ] The fruit of righteousness shall be peace, Isaiah 32:17 , even the pe...
Great peace have they which love thy law Hebrew, great peace is , or shall be, to the lovers of thy law , that is, great inward peace, satisfaction, and tranquillity of mind, arising from the sen...
165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. Here is an account of the happiness of good men, who are governed by a principle of love to the word of G...
Great peace; either outward prosperity and happiness, which God in his law hath expressly promised to good men; or at least inward peace, satisfaction and tranquility of mind, arising from the sens...
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 119:165 In the margin of the Bible the latter words of this verse are rendered, "They shall have no stumbling-block." I. Consider the character of the parties whom the Psalmist describes:...
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...
Great peace have they which love Thy law: and nothing shall offend them. The glowing testimony of the good This is the testimony of-- I. Philosophy. Moral remorse, malign passions, dark fore...
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.
1 Peter 2:6-8 ; Galatians 5:22 ; Galatians 5:23 ; Galatians 6:15 ; Galatians 6:16 ; Isaiah 28:13 ; Isaiah 32:17 ; Isaiah 57:14 ; Isaiah 57:21 ; Isaiah 8:13-15 ; John 14:27 ; Matthew 13:21...
Offend — Heb. they shall have no stumbling — block, at which they shall stumble and fall into mischief.