Psalms 119:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. ”

Psalms 119:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou hast rebuked the proud - Compare Psalms 9:5 . The meaning is, that God had done this not by word but by deed. The proud were everywhere rebuked by God, alike in his law, and in his providen...
Psalms 119:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou (c) hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, which do err from thy commandments. (c) In all ages you have plagued all such who maliciously and contemptuously depart from your truth.
Psalms 119:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 119:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

err . go far astray (through wine or passion). Same word as "wander" ( Psalms 119:10 ), and "err" ( Psalms 119:118 ). Hebrew. shagah App-44.
Psalms 119:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

21. Thou hast destroyed the proud. Others render it:, Thou hast rebuked the proud; a translation of which the Hebrew term גער , gaar, admits when the letter ב , beth, is joined with...
Psalms 119:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. Thou hast rebuked the proud - This was done often in the case of David; and was true also in reference to the Babylo...
Psalms 119:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thou hast rebuked the proud, &c.— Thou rebukest the proud; cursed are they that stray from thy commandments. Houb. and Mudge. The proud in this psalm mean the atheistical contemptuous disre...
Psalms 119:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. Thou hast rebuked the proud (that are) cursed, which do err from thy commandments - a sample of the "judgments...
Psalms 119:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 119:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

LXX. and Vulg. divide the verse: “Thou hast rebuked the proud; cursed are they,” &c. This is preferable.
Psalms 119:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Psalms 119:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Psalms 119:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 119:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Psalms 119:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou hast rebuked the proud ,.... Which some understand of the fallen angels, who, in proud wrath, left their habitations, because they would not be subject to the Son of God in human nature; wheref...
Psalms 119:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, which do err from thy commandments. Ver. 21. Thou hast rebuked the proud, &c. ] Thou chidest them, threatenest them, plaguest them, and so settes...
Psalms 119:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou hast rebuked Or, dost rebuke , that is, reprove and punish, the proud Obstinate and presumptuous sinners, who sin with a high hand; that are cursed That are under the wrath and curse of G...
Psalms 119:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. Here is, 1. The wretched character of wicked people. The temper of their minds is bad. They are...
Psalms 119:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hast rebuked, or dost rebuke , i.e. severely punish and destroy. And therefore I justly long for thy judgments, as for the love which I have to them, so for fear of those terrible judgments which...
Psalms 119:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 119:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:9 . Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. «Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?» A vital and solemn question. His way...
Psalms 119:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 119:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Psalms 119:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Psalms 119:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Gimel. Prayer For Enlightenment Unto A Godly Life.
Psalms 119:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 5:5 ; Daniel 4:37 ; Daniel 5:22-24 ; Deuteronomy 27:15-26 ; Deuteronomy 28:15 ; Deuteronomy 30:19 ; Exodus 10:3 ; Exodus 18:11 ; Ezekiel 28:2-10 ; Galatians 3:13 ; Isaiah 10:12 ;...
Psalms 119:21 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...
Psalms 119:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The proud — Obstinate and presumptuous sinners, who sin with an high hand. Err — Or, wander, knowingly or wilfully.

Psalms 119:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 119:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 119:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 119:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 119:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 119:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 119:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 119:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 119:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 119:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 119:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 119:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 119:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 119:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 119:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 119:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 119:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 119:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 119:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 119:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 119:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 119:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 119:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 119:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 119:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 119:21 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Psalms 119:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes