“ Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. ”
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies - Cause my heart to be inclined to them, or to be disposed to keep them. This, too, is a recognition of dependence, and a prayer for guidance. And not to...
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to (c) covetousness. (c) By this, meaning all other vices, because covetousness is the root of all evil.
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...
36. Incline my heart In this verse he confesses the human heart to be so far from yielding to the justice of God, that it is more inclined to follow an opposite course. Were we naturally and...
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. Not to covetousness - Let me have no inordinate love for gain of any kind, nor for any thing that may grieve thy Spirit, or induce me t...
Not to covetousness— That is, an immoderate desire of worldly goods.
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. Love to God and love to gain cannot dwell together in the same...
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...
Covetousness. — Literally, rapine, prey. In Psalms 30:9 simply, “gain.”
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...
Love for God's Commands Psalms 119:33-48 Twice over the psalmist says, “thy commandments which I have loved,” and then proceeds to give the key to perfect love of them in the words, “I will me...
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...
HE. How very beautiful is this portion of the psalm, considered as descriptive of the work of the Holy Ghost. It is his blessed province, and from his great love to the persons of Christ's people, h...
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies ,.... To read the word of God, to hear it opened and explained, to observe and keep the things contained in it; to which there is a disinclination in men natura...
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. Ver. 36. Incline my heart ] Through the exercises of thy word, and the working of thy Spirit. And not to covetousness ] Which dra...
Incline my heart , &c. As the wisdom of man may conceive, and his tongue utter, great things of God and holiness, while his heart is averse from both; therefore David saith, not only, Give me u...
35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. He had before prayed to God to enligh...
Unto thy testimonies; to the love and practice of them. Not to covetousness; not to the inordinate love and desire of riches: which particular lust he mentions, partly, be cause this lust is most...
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...
By the help of God's Holy Spirit, this psalm may serve for the purposes of self-examination, for we may ask ourselves as we read, «Do I feel in that way? Are my prayers like those of this good man? I...
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...
Teach me, O Lord, the way of Thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end. Ethical instruction I. Ethical instruction is instruction in duty. There is no knowledge so important as the knowled...
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...
He. The Constancy of the Believer Upheld and Nourished by God's Word.
1 Kings 8:58 ; 1 Timothy 6:10 ; 1 Timothy 6:17 ; 1 Timothy 6:9 ; 2 Peter 2:14 ; 2 Peter 2:3 ; Colossians 3:5 ; Ephesians 5:3 ; Exodus 18:21 ; Ezekiel 11:19 ; Ezekiel 11:20 ; Ezekiel 33:31...
Covetousness — He mentions this in particular, because it is most opposite to God's testimonies, and does most commonly hinder men from receiving his word, and from profiting by it: and because it...