“ My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. ”
My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes - The sentiment here is the same as in Psalms 119:7 . The language is varied, but the meaning here, as in that verse, is, I will...
My lips shall (b) utter praise, when thou hast (c) taught me thy statutes. (b) The word means to pour forth continually. (c) All his prayer and desire is to profit in the word of God.
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...
utter . pour forth or bubble over with. Compare Proverbs 15:2 ; Proverbs 18:4 .
171. My lips shall speak praise. David now shows in another way than in the preceding verse, how high a privilege he accounted it to be admitted by God among the number of His disciples, and...
My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. My lips shall utter praise - תהלה tehillah, a song of praise.
My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. My lips shall utter praise - literally, 'shall pour forth praises as from a bubbling, overflowing fountain' ( Psalms 19:2 ,...
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...
TAU. (171) Shall utter. — Better, preserving the metaphor of the Hebrew, pour forth a stream of praise.
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...
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...
TAU. There is but little variation in this portion from the former. Jesus taught his disciples, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint, Luke 18:1 ; and here he sets the example. I do not t...
My lips shall utter praise ,.... Like water flowing from a fountain, as the word m signifies. The heart of a good man is like a fountain of water, abounding: with good things, and his mouth is a wel...
My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. Ver. 171. My lips shall utter praise ] Eructabunt labia mea hymnum. A metaphor either from a fountain casting out waters; vel...
171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. Here is, 1. A great favour which David expects from God, that he will teach him his statutes. This he had oft...
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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 119:153 . Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. As much as if he said, «Lord, I do not forget thee; do not forget me.» Thy grace has kept my memory; let th...
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...
Let my cry come near before Thee, O Lord: give me understanding according to Thy Word. A model prayer I. The earnestness it breathes. “Let my cry come near before Thee, O Lord.” This prayer is...
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...
Tau. Concluding Appeal.
Psalms 119:7 ; Psalms 50:23 ; Psalms 71:17 ; Psalms 71:23 ; Psalms 71:24