“ Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. ”
Thy statutes - Thy law; thy commandments. Have been my songs - Have been to me a source of joy; have been my happiness, my consolation, my delight. I have found pleasure in meditating on them...
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my (e) pilgrimage. (e) In the course of this life and sorrowful exit.
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...
songs. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6, for the theme of my songs.
54. Thy statutes have been my songs. (419) He repeats in different words what he had formerly mentioned, that the law of God was his sole or special delight during all his life. Singing is...
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. Thy statutes have been my songs - During our captivity all our consolation was derived from singing thy praises, and chanting among our...
In the house of my pilgrimage— According to the original, The house of my pilgrimages: that is, "Whatever places I have wandered to, during Saul's persecution of me."
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. As the sojourner in a strange land sings the loved songs of his h...
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...
Songs. — Or, Thy statutes were my music in the house of my sojournings. Possibly with reference to the exile (comp. Psalms 137:4 ), but with comparison with Psalms 119:9 (see Note), more proba...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. Meaning either his unsettled state, fleeing from place to place before Saul; or, literally, his house of cedar, his court and palace,...
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. Ver. 54. Thy statutes have been my songs ] Thy promises, which bind thee by grace, as statutes do us by duty, and are every whit as s...
Thy statutes have been my songs The matter of my songs, my delight and recreation; in the house of my pilgrimage In this present world, wherein I am a pilgrim, as all my fathers were. I have rem...
54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. Here is, 1. David's state and condition; he was in the house of his pilgrimage, which may be understood either a...
My songs; the matter of my songs, my delight and recreation. In the house of my pilgrimage; either, 1. In this present world, which I do not own for my home, wherein I am a stranger and pilgrim...
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 119:19 , Psalms 119:54 Taken together, these words set forth our condition as strangers and pilgrims on the earth, and God's bountiful provision for meeting that condition in Christ. I...
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...
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. Obligation a privilege When the Eastern traveller takes shelter from the scorching heat of noon, or halts for the night in some in...
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...
Zain. Patience in Persecution and Crosses.
Genesis 47:9 ; Hebrews 11:13-16 ; Psalms 1:1 ; Psalms 89:1
The house — In this world, wherein I am a stranger and pilgrim, as all my fathers were.