“ And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. ”
And I will delight myself ... - See the notes at Psalms 119:16 .
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...
have loved . love. Septuagint adds "much".
47. And I will delight myself The sentiment contained in this verse is similar to that which he had previously mentioned. The amount is, he held the commandments of God in such high esteem,...
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. Thy commandments, which I have loved - O shame to Christians who feel so little affection to the Gospel of Christ, when we see such...
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. Here he expresses his personal delight in ( Psalms 119:16...
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...
And I will delight myself in thy commandments ,.... In perusing and practising them; which I have loved ; a good man loves the law of God, and the commandments of Christ, and delights in them afte...
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. Ver. 47. And I will delight myself ] sc. In contemplation of thy word. Aristotle telleth us that the principal pleasure is to b...
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...
Whereas other princes place their delight in the glories and vanities of this world, and the study and practice of religion is generally irksome and loathsome to them, thy law shall be my chief delig...
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 119:47 The love of God's laws is to be distinguished from the mere outward observance of them. As in the law of Moses, so far more in the Gospel of Christ, religion is that of the heart, in...
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.
1 Peter 19:7-10 ; 1 Peter 2:21 ; Job 23:11 ; Job 23:12 ; John 4:34 ; Philippians 2:5 ; Psalms 112:1 ; Psalms 119:16 ; Psalms 119:24 ; Romans 7:12 ; Romans 7:16 ; Romans 7:22