“ I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. ”
I made haste - This language further describes the process of conversion. There was no delay; there was no excuse offered. He acted at once under his conviction of what was right. He did not ask...
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...
60. I made haste Though the words are in the past tense, they denote a continued act. The prophet declares with what promptitude he dedicated himself to the service of God. Diligence and dis...
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 made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. Thirdly. I made haste, and delayed not - He did this with the utmost speed; and did not trifle with his convictions, nor seek to drown the voic...
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. I made haste - like Zaccheus ( Luke 19:5-6 ), at the Lord's call. And delayed not - like Felix, Acts 24:25 ; and the Athenians, A...
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...
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 made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. As soon as he was sensible of his duty, he immediately complied with it; he consulted not with flesh and blood, but at once yielded a cheerfu...
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. Ver. 60. I made haste, and delayed not ] Heb. I distracted not myself about had-I-wist, but minded the one thing necessary. Nolite tempus i...
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:...
Being fully convinced of the necessity and excellency of obedience, I presently resolved upon it, and immediately put it in execution.
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 119:59-60 Such is the history of almost all solid conversion. The great destroyer of the souls of men, which throughout the whole world is so widely wasting, is not so much wilful, delibera...
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...
Ecclesiastes 9:10 ; Ezekiel 10:6-8 ; Galatians 1:16 ; Proverbs 27:1 ; Psalms 95:7 ; Psalms 95:8