“ My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. ”
My soul hath kept thy testimonies, and I love them exeeedingly - I am conscious of loving them; I feel an inward assurance that I do love them.
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...
My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. My soul hath kept - I have not attended to the latter merely, but my spirit has entered into the spirit and design of thy testimonies.
My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. My soul hath kept thy testimonies ... for all my ways are before thee - they are all known to thee, and thou wilt recompense me...
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...
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...
My soul hath kept thy testimonies ,.... The word of God, which he kept cordially and heartily; and in his heart, laid it up there; and with his whole soul observed the doctrines and kept the precept...
My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. Ver. 167. My soul hath kept thy testimonies ] sc. As well as mortality will afford. And I love them exceedingly ] "I delight in...
My soul hath kept thy testimonies I have not only obeyed thy commands outwardly, which a hypocrite may do for worldly ends, but I have done it from my very soul, and from a hearty love to them. Fo...
167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. 168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee. David's conscience here wit...
I have not only obeyed thy commands, which a hypocrite may sometimes and in part do for worldly ends, but I have done it with my very soul, and from a hearty love to them.
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...
Lord, I have hoped for Thy salvation, and done Thy commandments. A justifiable hope There is a true hope and a false hope, a justifiable and an unjustifiable hope--the words direct us to the fo...
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.
Hebrews 10:16 ; John 14:21-24 ; John 15:10 ; John 15:9 ; Psalms 40:8 ; Romans 7:22