“ I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. ”
I thought on my ways - This language most naturally refers to the time of conversion, and may be employed without impropriety to describe the process of a sinner’s turning to God. It would seem t...
I thought on my (b) ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. (b) He shows that no one can embrace the word of God, unless he considers his own imperfections and ways.
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...
59. I thought upon my ways (421) The amount is, that after the prophet had paid due regard to his manner of life, his only aim then was to follow the teaching of the law. In these words he...
DISCOURSE: 704 SERIOUS AND SPEEDY CONVERSION TO GOD RECOMMENDED Psalms 119:59-60 . I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy comman...
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. First. I thought on my ways - חשבתי chashabti, I deeply pondered them; I turned them upside down; I viewed my conduct on all sides. The...
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. I thought on my ways - the first step toward repentance, as in the case of the prodigal ( Luke 15:17-18 ); also that to which th...
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...
I thought on. — The Hebrew implies repeated and frequent meditation.
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...
I thought on my ways ,.... What they were, whether right or wrong; whither they led, what would be the consequences of walking in them: the Septuagint and Arabic versions read, "thy ways"; no doubt...
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. Ver. 59. I thought on my ways ] At self-examination beginneth sound conversion, Lam 3:39-40 Haggai 1:5 ; Haggai 1:7 2 Corinthians...
I thought on my ways I seriously considered both my former conduct, and my duty in all my future actions; and turned my feet unto thy testimonies And finding my feet had too often swerved from th...
59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. David had said he would keep God's word ( Psalms 119:...
I seriously considered both my former counsels and courses, that I might be humbled for my past errors, and might now amend them, and my duty in all my future actions. And finding that my feet had to...
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 119:59 I. Hebrew scholars tell us that when they get to the root of these words, "I thought on my ways," they find a weaver there working at his loom. That is the figure that lies deep bene...
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...
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...
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...
2 Corinthians 12:21 ; 2 Corinthians 13:5 ; Deuteronomy 4:30 ; Deuteronomy 4:31 ; Ezekiel 18:28 ; Ezekiel 18:30 ; Ezekiel 33:14-16 ; Ezekiel 33:19 ; Haggai 1:5 ; Haggai 1:7 ; Jeremiah 31:18...
Thought — I seriously considered both my former courses, and my duty in all my future actions.