Psalms 119:51 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law. ”

• Psalms 119:51 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The proud have had me greatly in derision - Those of rank; those in high life: perhaps, as we should say, the frivolous and fashionable world. They have ridiculed me; they have held me up to cont...

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• Psalms 119:51 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  The (b) proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not declined from thy law. (b) Meaning the wicked who contemn God's word, and tread his religion under foot.

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• Psalms 119:51 - 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 119:51 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  51. The proud have greatly scorned me This example is eminently useful, as it serves to inform us, that though our honesty may render us obnoxious to the insults of the ungodly, we ought, by...

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• Psalms 119:51 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 703 COMFORT UNDER PERSECUTION Psalms 119:51-52 . The proud have had me greatly in derision; yet have I not declined from thy Law. I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; and have c...

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• Psalms 119:51 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law. The proud have had me - We have been treated, not only with oppressive cruelty, but also with contempt, because we s...

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• Psalms 119:51 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law. The proud have had me greatly in derision ( Jeremiah 20:7 ); yet have I not declined from thy law - ( Psalms...

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• Psalms 119:51 - 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 119:51 - 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 119:51 - 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 119:51 - 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 119:51 - 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 119:51 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The proud have had me greatly in derision ,.... Profane sinners, proud and haughty scorners, that make a jest of religion, and scoff at everything serious and good: these derided the psalmist for hi...

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• Psalms 119:51 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not declined from thy law. Ver. 51. The proud have had me greatly in derision ] Scoffing proceedeth from pride, Proverbs 3:34 , with 1 Pet...

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• Psalms 119:51 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The proud have had me in derision For my fear of thee and trust in thy word; yet have I not declined from thy law From faith in, or obedience to, thy revealed will, in order to avoid that derisio...

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• Psalms 119:51 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.       David here tells us, and it will be of use to us to know it, 1. That he had been jeered for his...

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• Psalms 119:51 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Greatly in derision, for my godliness and trust in thy word, as the following words imply.

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• Psalms 119:51 - 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 119:51 - 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 119:51 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The proud have had me greatly in derision; yet have I not declined from Thy law. The contemptible and admirable in character I. The contemptible. “The proud.” 1. Who are the despicably proud...

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• Psalms 119:51 - 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 119:51 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Zain. Patience in Persecution and Crosses.

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• Psalms 119:51 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 20:23 ; Acts 20:24 ; Hebrews 12:1-3 ; Isaiah 38:3 ; Isaiah 42:4 ; Jeremiah 20:7 ; Job 23:11 ; Luke 16:14 ; Luke 16:15 ; Luke 23:35 ; Psalms 119:157 ; Psalms 119:21 ; Psalms 119:31 ;...

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