“ CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. ”
Thou art my portion, O Lord - This begins a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Cheth ( ח ch ), which may be represented in English by “ch.” On the meaning of the language...
CHETH. [Thou art] my (a) portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. (a) I am persuaded that to keep your law is a heritage and great gain for me.
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...
The division is better made thus, dispensing with the supposed Ellipsis:. have said "Jehovah is my portion, That. might keep Thy word. "
57. Thou art my portion, O Jehovah! The meaning of this clause is doubtful, because the term Jehovah may be rendered either in the nominative or vocative case, and the phrase, I have sa...
CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. Thou art my portion, O Lord - From the fifty-seventh to the sixtieth verse may be seen the progress of the work of grace...
Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. (Thou art) my portion, O Lord: I have said (mentally, as my fixed resolve) that I would keep thy words - ( Psalms 16:5 ;...
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...
CHETH. (57) Thou art my portion, O Lord. — This rendering is in accordance with Psalms 16:5 ; Psalms 73:26 . But, even with these passages in view, a better rendering would be — “This is my...
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...
CHETH. This eighth part of this lovely Psalm opens most beautifully, in which we clearly behold Jesus as the speaker. The royal Prophet, under the Spirit's influence (as Peter was commissioned to ex...
x, CHETH.--The Eighth Part . Ver. 57. CHETH. [Thou art] my portion, O Lord ,.... Which he chose and preferred to all others; to the riches, honours, and profits of this world; the grant of which w...
CHETH. [Thou art] my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. Ver. 57. Thou art my portion, O Lord ] While other men's portion sunt divitiae vel deliciae, nothing short of God c...
CHETH. Psalms 119:57 . Thou art my portion, O Lord Whereas other men place their portion and happiness in worldly things, I have chosen thee for my portion and chief treasure: and thou art an...
8. CHETH. 57 Thou art my portion, O L ORD : I have said that I would keep thy words. We may hence gather the character of a godly ma...
CHETH Whereas other men place their portion and happiness in worldly things, I have chosen thee for my portion and chief treasure, as he said, Psalms 16:5 , Psalms 73:26 , and thou hast an all-...
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...
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...
Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep Thy words. The wealth of life A man’s portion is that which he deliberately chooses as the chief object of his life, that on which he...
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...
Deuteronomy 26:17 ; Deuteronomy 26:18 ; Jeremiah 10:16 ; Lamentations 3:24 ; Nehemiah 10:29-39 ; Psalms 142:5 ; Psalms 16:5 ; Psalms 73:26 ; Psalms 119:106 ; Psalms 119:115 ; Psalms 66:14...
Said — I have professed and owned it.