“ Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. ”
Then shall I not be ashamed - On the word ashamed, see Job 6:20 , note; Psalms 25:2-3 , note. The meaning here is, that he would not have occasion to be ashamed; he would not be disappointed; a...
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...
ashamed . put to shame; not shame of conscience. commandments. The tenth in order of the ten words. See App-73.
DISCOURSE: 695 PRACTICAL RELIGION ENFORCED Psalms 119:4-6 . Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently: O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! Then shall I not he ashamed...
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. Then shall I not be ashamed - Every act of transgression in the wicked man tends to harden his heart; and render it callous...
O that my ways— The word here principally signifies, the motions and inclinations of the mind and heart, upon which all our actions depend. When I have respect unto, in the next verse, is rendere...
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. I shall not be with shame disappointed...
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...
Have respect unto. — Literally, look upon, or into, as in a mirror. (Comp. James 1:23 .) The Divine Law is as a mirror, which shows man his defects; the faithful, in looking in it, have no cau...
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...
God's Word an Inner Power Psalms 119:1-16 This long and noble psalm is devoted to the praise of God's Word, which is mentioned in every verse but one, Psalms 119:122 . Probably if we were to s...
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...
Here we find what confidence the truly regenerated soul is put in possession of, when living upon Jesus as Jehovah hath appointed. All the commandments will be alike the delight of such a soul. And t...
Then shall I not be ashamed ,.... Of hope in God, of a profession of faith in him, and of a conversation agreeable to it before men; nor of appearing before God in his house, worshipping him there;...
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. Ver. 6. Then shall I not be ashamed ] i.e. I shall be highly honoured both by thee and all thy people; able to look th...
Thou hast commanded us , &c. Nor is it strange that thy people do so exactly and diligently observe thy precepts, because they are commanded so to do by thee, their sovereign Lord. O that my wa...
4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. 5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandmen...
Then shall I not be ashamed; either of my actions, or of my profession of religion, or of my hope and confidence in thy favour. When sinners shall be ashamed both here, Romans 6:21 , and hereaft...
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...
The first eight verses of this Psalm, in the Hebrew, begin with the letter A, and the second eight begin with the letter B. The whole Psalm is the good man's alphabet; the Holy Spirit condescended to...
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...
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. Moral law I. There is a Divine moral law for the regulation of moral life. The Creator has given a law to every creature H...
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...
The Christian's Golden ABC of the Praise, Power, and Value of God's Word. This beautiful psalm, whose writer is not known, is divided into twenty-two sections of eight verses each. All the verses...
1 John 2:28 ; 1 John 3:20 ; 1 John 3:21 ; Daniel 12:2 ; Daniel 12:3 ; James 2:10 ; Job 22:26 ; John 15:14 ; Psalms 119:128 ; Psalms 119:31 ; Psalms 119:80
The Wonderful Word Psalms 119:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When we hold the Bible in our hands we are holding a Book that is distinct from any and every other book the world has ever known. 1. It...
Respect — A due respect, which implies hearty affection, diligent study, and constant practice. To all — So as not to allow myself in any known sin, or in the neglect of any known duty.