“ And I will walk at liberty:e for I seek thy precepts. ”
And I will walk at liberty - Margin, “at large.” Luther renders it, “freely.” The Septuagint, “in a broad place.” The Hebrew word means “wide, broad, large, spacious.” The reference is to that wh...
And I will (c) walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. (c) They who simply walk after God's word have no nets to entangle them, while they who do contrary are ever in nets and snares.
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...
at liberty . at large. Compare Psalms 118:5 .
The next verse may be read as expressing a desire that he might walk. Be this as it may, we retain the commonly received reading, That David exults at the thought of his path becoming plain and...
DISCOURSE: 702 TRUE LIBERTY Psalms 119:45 . I will walk at liberty; for I seek thy precepts . JUSTLY as civil liberty is appreciated amongst us, there are but few who have just conceptions of t...
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. I will walk at liberty - When freed from the present bondage, we shall rejoice in obedience to thy testimonies; we shall delight to keep all thy o...
And I will walk at liberty— That is, "Having then no such incumbrances upon me as I now have in these straits and difficulties, I will do my duty with the greater cheerfulness and joy." See Psalms...
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts - Hebrew, 'I will walk at large:' the same Hebrew root х raahab ( H7294 )] as in...
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...
At liberty. — See margin. Literally, in a large place. (See Psalms 119:32 ; comp. Proverbs 4:12 .)
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...
And I will walk at liberty ,.... Not in licentious way, but in Gospel liberty, under the influence of the free spirit; where is liberty, in the exercise of grace and discharge of duty. Or, "I will w...
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. Ver. 45. And I will walk at liberty ] In the full latitude of thy commandments, and not by wilful wickedness ensnare and ensnarl myself, as tho...
And I will walk at liberty Having then no such encumbrances upon me as I now have in these straits and difficulties which beset and burden me, I shall enjoy great freedom and comfort in thy ways, a...
45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. 46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. 47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, wh...
I will walk at liberty; or, I shall walk at large , as it is in the margin; I shall be delivered from all my present straits, both of the outward and inward man, and enjoy great freedom and comfor...
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 119:45 I. At liberty! The very word has music in it. How full of suggestion of all that is bright and cheerful. To the captive Apostle it speaks of the bursting of chains, the angel deliver...
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.
2 Peter 2:19 ; Ecclesiastes 1:13 ; Ephesians 5:17 ; James 1:25 ; James 2:12 ; John 5:39 ; John 8:30-36 ; Luke 4:18 ; Proverbs 18:1 ; Proverbs 2:4 ; Proverbs 2:5 ; Psalms 119:133 ; Psalms...
At liberty — Enjoy great freedom and comfort in thy ways.