“ So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. ”
So shall I keep thy law continually forever and ever - At all times and in all places; in this world and the world to come. This indicates a purpose to do it, and an assurance that he would do it...
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...
For ever and ever. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Whole), App-6, for. part: i.e. the rest of his life.
44. I will keep thy law continually He resolves to devote himself to the study of the law, not for a short time only, but even to the termination of his life. The employing of three synonymo...
So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. So shall I keep thy law. "So" - in gratitude for thy goodness. Continually forever and ever. The accumulation of words expresses the...
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...
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...
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...
So shall I keep thy law continually ,.... Which denotes not the perfection of keeping the law, but the constancy of it: the psalmist was persuaded, that so long as he had the word of truth in his mo...
So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. Ver. 44. So shall I keep thy law continually ] If thou please to give me to believe with the heart, and to confess with the mouth, I shall su...
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...
43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments. 44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. Here is, 1. David's humble p...
So shall I be obliged and encouraged to the constant and perpetual study and observation of thy laws.
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...
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...
So shall I keep Thy law continually for ever and ever. A noble resolution I. To be constantly obedient (verse 44). What is obedience? Not conformity to the letter of the law, but the incarnatio...
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...
Vau. The Need of a Fearless Confession of the Divine Truth.
Psalms 119:33 ; Psalms 119:34 ; Revelation 22:11 ; Revelation 7:15