Psalms 119:42 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. ”

Psalms 119:42 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me - I shall have something by which I may reply to those who calumniate me. So the Saviour replied to the suggestions of the tempter almo...
Psalms 119:42 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

So shall I (b) have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. (b) By trusting in God's word he assures himself to be able to confute the slanders of his adversaries.
Psalms 119:42 - 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 119:42 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wherewith . a word. Hebrew. dabar as in Psalms 119:9 . See App-73. reproacheth. See note on "contempt", Psalms 123:3 . trust in . confide in. Hebrew. batah. App-69. word. Some codices,...
Psalms 119:42 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. So shall I have wherewith to answer - Many say, "My hope in thy mercy is vain;" but when thou fulfillest thy prom...
Psalms 119:42 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, (even) thy salvation, according to thy word. So shall I have w...
Psalms 119:42 - 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 119:42 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

VAU. (42) So shall I have. — Better literally, as the LXX. and Vulg., and I shall answer my reviler a word, for I trust in Thy word, i.e., when reproached it will be enough to pronounce God’s...
Psalms 119:42 - 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 119:42 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Psalms 119:42 - 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 119:42 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

V A U. The Reader will not need information that Jesus is Jehovah's salvation unto the ends of the earth; Isaiah 49:6 . And the answers of Jesus to those that reproached him, are fully set forth in...
Psalms 119:42 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me ,.... Saying there is no help and salvation for him in God; asking where is his God, in whom he trusted? and where is the promise of salva...
Psalms 119:42 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. Ver. 42. So shall I have wherewith to answer ] i.e. To stop an open mouth. Verbal apologies are sometimes ne...
Psalms 119:42 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

VAU. Psalms 119:41 . Let thy mercies , &c. Let thy promised mercies be performed to me. So shall I answer him that reproacheth me That chargeth me with folly for my piety and trust in th...
Psalms 119:42 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

6. VAU. 41 Let thy mercies come also unto me, O L ORD , even thy salvation, according to thy word. 42 So shall I have wherewith to answer h...
Psalms 119:42 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That reproacheth me; that chargeth me with folly for my piety and trust in thy promises. For I trust in thy word; or, because I trust , &c. This was the matter of their reproach.
Psalms 119:42 - 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 119:42 - Scofield Reference Notes

trust ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 2:12 ).
Psalms 119:42 - 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 119:42 - The Biblical Illustrator

So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: far I trust in Thy Word. The reproach answered His state was this--depending upon, and trusting to that word of promise which the Ho...
Psalms 119:42 - 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 119:42 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Vau. The Need of a Fearless Confession of the Divine Truth.
Psalms 119:42 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 28:3-6 ; 2 Samuel 16:7 ; 2 Samuel 16:8 ; 2 Samuel 19:18-20 ; 2 Samuel 7:12-16 ; Acts 27:25 ; Matthew 27:40-43 ; Matthew 27:63 ; Psalms 109:25 ; Psalms 3:2 ; Psalms 42:10 ; Ps...

Psalms 119:42 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 119:42 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 119:42 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 119:42 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 119:42 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 119:42 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 119:42 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 119:42 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 119:42 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 119:42 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 119:42 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 119:42 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 119:42 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 119:42 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 119:42 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 119:42 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 119:42 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 119:42 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 119:42 - Scofield Reference Notes

Psalms 119:42 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 119:42 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 119:42 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 119:42 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 119:42 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge