“ Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. ”
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee - I desire life that I may praise thee; if I do live, I will praise thee. My life is consecrated to thy service; if lengthened out, and as far as it sha...
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy (d) judgments help me. (d) That is, your provident care over me, and with which you will judge my enemies.
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...
it shall praise Thee. Refers to Isaiah 38:20 . help me. Refers to Isaiah 37:33-36 .
175. Let my soul live and let it praise thee. As the verbs are in the future tense, shall live, shall praise, this sentence may be expounded thus: Lord, when thou shalt have bestowed life...
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. Let my soul live - Let my life be preserved, and my soul quickened!
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me ( Psalms 119:149 ; Psalms 119:156 ) - Sav...
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...
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...
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee ,.... The psalmist desires the continuance of his natural life, not for his own personal advantage, nor for the sake of his family, nor with any worldly, s...
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. Ver. 175. Let thy judgments help me ] sc. To heaven: together with God's word, there goeth forth a power.
TAU. Psalms 119:172 . My tongue shall speak of Shall freely and abundantly, like a fountain, pour forth , as תען signifies; thy word The truths, precepts, and other contents of it. For al...
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. David's heart is still upon praising God; and therefore, 1. He prays that God would give him time to pr...
Either, 1. Thy providential dispensation, whereby thou judgest and rulest the world, punishing the wicked, and protecting and delivering the godly. Or, 2. Thy word or testimonies, as this word mo...
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...
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 Thine hand help me; for I have chosen Thy precepts. The character and requests of a truly godly man I. His character. 1. His choice is the precepts of God. 2. His object of desire 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...
Let my soul live, in full fellowship with the heavenly Father, to whom he has appealed in his wonderful prayer, and it shall praise Thee, and let Thy judgments help me, sustaining him in all trials...
1 Corinthians 11:31 ; 1 Corinthians 11:32 ; 2 Corinthians 4:17 ; Isaiah 26:8 ; Isaiah 26:9 ; Isaiah 38:19 ; Psalms 118:18 ; Psalms 118:19 ; Psalms 30:9 ; Psalms 51:14 ; Psalms 51:15 ; Psa...
Judgments — Thy word or testimonies, which are the only ground of my hope in thy help.