Psalms 119:49 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. ”

• Psalms 119:49 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Remember the word unto thy servant - This commences a new division of the psalm, in which each verse begins with the Hebrew letter Zayin ( ז z ) - answering to our “z.” There is nothing speci...

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• Psalms 119:49 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  ZAIN. Remember (a) the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. (a) Though he feels God's hand still lies on him, yet he rests on his promise, and comforts himself in it.

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• Psalms 119:49 - 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...

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• Psalms 119:49 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Upon which. This is supported by the Septuagint and Vulgate. In Deuteronomy 29:25 it is rendered "Because". caused me to hope. Our hope is based on believing what we have "heard" from God. Com...

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• Psalms 119:49 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  49. Remember thy word. He prays that God would really perform what he promised; for the event proves that he does not forget his word. That he is speaking of the promises we infer from the e...

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• Psalms 119:49 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. Remember the word - Thou hast promised to redeem us from our captivity; on that word we have built our hope. Remember...

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• Psalms 119:49 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Remember the word unto thy servant— i.e. "Be pleased, therefore, in due time to perform the promise which thou hast long ago made me, and concerning the performance whereof thou hast given me an as...

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• Psalms 119:49 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope - ( Psalms 119:38 ; Psalms 119:74 ; Ps...

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• Psalms 119:49 - 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...

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• Psalms 119:49 - 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...

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• Psalms 119:49 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Comforted by God's Judgments Psalms 119:49-64 Rays of comfort begin to steal into the psalmist's heart. Thou hast caused me to hope; this is my comfort in my affliction; thy statutes have been...

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• Psalms 119:49 - 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...

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• Psalms 119:49 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  ZAIN. While we contemplate the ever-blessed Jesus thus hanging upon the promises of the Father, we may in him, and through him, humbly adopt the same language, and remind God our Father of all his c...

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• Psalms 119:49 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  z, ZAIN.--The Seventh Part . Ver. 49. ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant ,.... The word of promise made unto him, concerning establishing his house and kingdom for ever; which he desires God...

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• Psalms 119:49 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. Ver. 49. Remember thy word ] God is not unrighteous to forget, Hebrews 6:10 , yet we must, as his remembrancers,...

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• Psalms 119:49 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  ZAIN. Psalms 119:49 . Remember the word That is, thy promises; upon which thou hast caused me to hope By thy command requiring it of me, and by thy grace working it in me. This Namely, th...

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• Psalms 119:49 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  7. ZAIN.       49 Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.       Two things David here pleads with God in praye...

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• Psalms 119:49 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  ZAIN The word; thy promises. Caused me to hope, by thy command requiring it of me, and by thy grace working it in me.

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• Psalms 119:49 - 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...

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• Psalms 119:49 - 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...

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• Psalms 119:49 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Remember the Word unto Thy servant, upon which Thou hast caused me to hope. Pleading prayer I admire in this psalm very greatly the singular amalgam that we have of testimony, of prayer, and of...

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• Psalms 119:49 - 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...

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• Psalms 119:49 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Remember the word unto Thy servant, the reference being to any of the wonderful promises of God in which He assures His servants of His assistance, upon which Thou hast caused me to hope. This is t...

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• Psalms 119:49 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Peter 1:13 ; 1 Peter 1:21 ; 2 Samuel 5:2 ; 2 Samuel 7:25 ; Genesis 32:9 ; Genesis 8:1 ; Isaiah 62:6 ; Isaiah 71:14 ; Job 7:7 ; Psalms 105:2 ; Psalms 105:42 ; Psalms 106:4 ; Psalms 106:...

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• Psalms 119:49 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Thy word — Thy promises.

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