“ I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame. ”
I have stuck unto thy testimonies - The word here rendered “stuck” is the same which in Psalms 119:25 is rendered “cleave:” - “My soul cleaveth unto the dust.” It means here that he had adhered...
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...
stuck . cleaved, or adhered.
DISCOURSE: 699 CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE Psalms 119:30-32 . I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me. I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame! I will...
I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame. I have stuck - דבקתי dabakti, I have cleaved to, been glued to, them: the same word as in Psalms 119:25 . My soul cleaves as much to t...
I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame. I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame - disappoint not my hope. Though "my soul cleaveth unto the dust"...
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...
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...
DALETH. These verses compose the fourth part of this divine Psalm. Whether David, the supposed writer of it, thus complains in himself; or whether it means the Son of David, who in another part decl...
I have stuck unto thy testimonies ,.... The word of God, the Scriptures of truth, and the doctrines contained in them. These he closely adhered to, was glued unto them as it were; having firmly beli...
I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame. Ver. 31. I have stuck unto thy testimonies ] Hitherto I have done so; let me now shrink from them, or hang loose to them, lest I los...
I have stuck , &c. I have resolutely persisted in the practice of thy precepts, in spite of all temptations to the contrary, whether from prosperity or adversity, from honour or dishonour, from...
30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me. 31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O L ORD , put me not to shame. 32 I will run the way of thy commandments, w...
I have stuck unto thy testimonies; I have resolutely persisted in the practice of thy precepts, in spite of all temptations, reproaches, persecutions, and discouragements, to which I was exposed in...
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 119:31 It is difficult to tell men what being confounded means, difficult and almost needless, for there are those who know what it means without being told, and those who do not know what...
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...
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...
I have chosen the way of truth: Thy judgments have I laid before me. The commendable past and the desirable future in life I. The commendable in the past. 1. The best choice has been made. T...
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...
Daleth. The Grace of Being Confirmed in the Truth.
1 John 2:28 ; Acts 11:23 ; Deuteronomy 10:20 ; Deuteronomy 4:4 ; Isaiah 45:17 ; Isaiah 49:23 ; Jeremiah 17:18 ; John 8:31 ; Proverbs 23:23 ; Psalms 119:115 ; Psalms 119:48 ; Psalms 119:6...