“ I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee. ”
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies - This is an appeal which is several times made in the psalm; not with boasting, but as indicating the tenor and purpose of his life. Every man ought...
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: (e) for all my ways [are] before thee. (e) I had no respect for men, but set you always before my eyes as the judge of my doings.
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...
168. I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies. What the Psalmist had expressed more strongly, he now repeats more simply, adding there to reason. He abbreviates the statement as made...
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee. For all my ways are before thee - Thou knowest that I do not lie; thy eye has been upon my heart and my conduct, and t...
For all my ways are before thee— What is the meaning of a man's ways being before God, will best be known by parallel phrases; such as walking before God, or in his sight; which signify to li...
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...
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies ,.... Both the preceptive and doctrinal part of the word, he preserved and observed both; this is repeated for the certainty of it, and to show his great...
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways [are] before thee. Ver. 168. I have kept thy precepts ] All thy laws are in my sight; like as all my ways are in thy sight. I desire t...
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...
For, or because, all my ways are before thee . This is added either, 1. As the reason or motive of his obedience, which was the consideration of God's omniscience, and his desire to approve hims...
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. In the time of trouble there is no resort like that of prayer, but it must be intense and earnest. «I crie...
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 4:13 ; Jeremiah 23:24 ; Job 34:21 ; Proverbs 5:21 ; Psalms 139:3 ; Psalms 44:20 ; Psalms 44:21 ; Psalms 98:8 ; Revelation 2:23