Psalms 119:58 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I intreated thy favourf with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. ”

• Psalms 119:58 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  I entreated thy favor - Margin, as in Hebrew, “face.” That is, he prayed that God would lift upon him the light of his countenance; that he would not avert his face from him in anger. With my...

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• Psalms 119:58 - 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 119:58 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  favour. Hebrew face; put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for what is indicated by it. merciful . gracious.

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• Psalms 119:58 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  58. I have earnestly besought thy face. In this verse David asserts, that he still persevered in the exercise of prayer; for without prayer faith would become languid and lifeless. The manne...

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• Psalms 119:58 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. Fourthly. Being determined in his heart, he tells us, I entreated thy favor with my whole heart. He found he h...

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• Psalms 119:58 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. I entreated thy favour (literally, thy face, Psalms 45:12 , margin; Daniel 9:13 , margin) with my...

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• Psalms 119:58 - 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 119:58 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  I intreated. — See Psalms 45:12 .

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• Psalms 119:58 - 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 119:58 - 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 119:58 - 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 119:58 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 119:58 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  I entreated thy favour with [my] whole heart ,.... Or, "thy face" m; to see it; or thy presence, to enjoy it; to have communion with God, and the light of his countenance; than which nothing is more...

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• Psalms 119:58 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  I intreated thy favour with [my] whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. Ver. 58. I intreated thy favour ] Heb. thy face, that is, thy Christ, saith Ambrose and Hilary: this David...

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• Psalms 119:58 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Psalms 119:58 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        58 I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.       David, having in the foregoing verse reflected upon his covenants with God, here reflects...

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• Psalms 119:58 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Thy favour; thy gracious presence and merciful assistance, as it follows.

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• Psalms 119:58 - 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 119:58 - 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 119:58 - The Biblical Illustrator

  I entreated Thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to Thy Word. The duties which mark the commencement of the Christian course I. The consideration of our ways. 1. He...

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• Psalms 119:58 - 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 119:58 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Hebrews 10:22 ; Hosea 7:14 ; Job 11:19 ; Job 138:2 ; Job 56:10 ; Job 56:4 ; Matthew 24:35 ; Psalms 27:8 ; Psalms 119:10 ; Psalms 4:6 ; Psalms 51:1-3 ; Psalms 86:1-3

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