“ My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. ”
My soul breaketh - This word means to break; to crush; to break in pieces by scraping, rubbing, or grating. The idea would seem to be, not that he was crushed as by a single blow, but that his so...
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...
soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. breaketh for . hath broken owing to. Occurring again only in Lamentations 3:16 . longing . fervent desire; same word as verses: Psalms 119:40 ; Psalms 119:17...
DISCOURSE: 698 DAVID’S DESIRE AFTER GOD’S WORD Psalms 119:20 . My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. IN general, there is no other connexion between th...
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. My soul breaketh - We have a similar expression: It broke my heart, That is heart-breaking, She died of a broken heart...
My soul breaketh, &c.— This may be rendered, is taken up, or wholly employed, in longing for, or love to thy judgments.
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. "Breaketh" implies a heart full o...
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...
Breaketh. — The Hebrew is peculiar to this place and Lamentations 3:16 . The LXX., Vulg., and Aquila have “greatly desired;” Symmachus, “was perfect;” Theodotion, “had confidence;” Jerome, “longed...
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...
a Prayer for Understanding Psalms 119:17-32 These verses are full of yearning and unsatisfied desire. The soul breaks for longing, cleaves to the dust, and melts for heaviness. We are reminded...
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...
GIMEL. Here are again many very gracious and fervent breathings after divine favor, which need nothing explanatory by way of comment. Some of them very highly correspond with what might be supposed...
My soul breaketh for the longing ,.... His heart was just ready to break, and his soul fainted; he was ready to die, through a vehement desire of enjoying the object longed for, after mentioned; "ho...
My soul breaketh for the longing [that it hath] unto thy judgments at all times. Ver. 20. My soul breaketh ] The Seventy render it, My soul hath desired to desire thy judgments. How many broken sp...
I am a stranger in the earth Or, a sojourner. I am not here as in my home, but as a pilgrim travelling homeward in a strange land: a condition which calls for thy pity and help: see note on Psal...
20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. David had prayed that God would open his eyes ( Psalms 119:18 Psalms 119:18 ) and open the law (...
Breaketh; fainteth, as it frequently doth, when a thing vehemently desired is denied or delayed. Compare Proverbs 13:12 . Unto thy judgments; to a more sound knowledge and serious practice of...
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...
It is not easy to see the special subjects that are spoken of by David in each of the short portions of eight verses, yet I do not doubt that if each portion were very carefully examined, we should s...
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...
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto Thy judgments at all times. The right and the wrong I. A hungering for the right. This hunger indicates: 1. The existence of rectitude. For...
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...
Gimel. Prayer For Enlightenment Unto A Godly Life.
Job 23:11 ; Job 23:12 ; Job 27:10 ; Proverbs 13:12 ; Proverbs 17:17 ; Psalms 106:3 ; Psalms 119:131 ; Psalms 119:174 ; Psalms 119:40 ; Psalms 42:1 ; Psalms 63:1 ; Psalms 84:2 ; Revelatio...
The Wonderful Word Psalms 119:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When we hold the Bible in our hands we are holding a Book that is distinct from any and every other book the world has ever known. 1. It...
Breaketh — Faints, as it frequently does, when a thing vehemently desired is delayed. Judgments — To a more sound knowledge and serious practice of them.