“ Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. ”
Before I was afflicted - The Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate, “Before I was humbled.” The Hebrew word has the general sense of being afflicted, and may refer to any kind of trial. I went astr...
Before I was (b) afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. (b) So Jeremiah says, that before the Lord touched him, he was like a calf untamed so that the use of God's rod is to call us...
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...
Before. If we begin this verse with the word "Till", and Psalms 119:71 with '"Tis", then each verse in this section will commence with "T", as it does in the Hebrew. afflicted . oppressed. Bu...
67. Before I was brought low I went astray As the verb ענה anah, sometimes signifies to speak, or to testify, some adopt this rendering, Before I meditated upon thy statutes I we...
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. Before I was afflicted I went astray - Many have been humbled under affliction, and taught to know themselves and humble themselves...
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now have I kept thy word. The affliction of Israel in her captivity ( Psalms 116:...
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...
That there is allusion here to the Babylonian exile, and its moral and religious effect on the nation, there can be little doubt.
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...
Profiting from Affliction Psalms 119:65-80 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; it is good for me that I have been afflicted; thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me . Here is the far-off in...
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...
TETH. As the first verse of the foregoing portion proved that Jesus was the speaker; so the last verse of this portion as plainly points to the same. None but the ever-blessed Jesus had such testimo...
Before I was afflicted, I went astray ,.... From God; from his word, his ways and worship; like a lost sheep from the shepherd, the fold, the flock, and the footsteps of it; see Psalms 119:176 ; No...
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. Ver. 67. Before I was afflicted I went astray ] Especially through high mindedness and earthly mindedness, which are purged out...
Before I was afflicted I went astray As men too generally do in their prosperity. Thou art good Gracious and bountiful in thy nature; and dost good To all men, both good and bad, ( Matthew 5:45...
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. David here tells us what he had experienced, 1. Of the temptations of a prosperous condition: " Before I was af...
I went astray, as men generally do in their prosperity. See Deuteronomy 32:15 Psalms 73:4-6 , &c.; Proverbs 1:32 Jeremiah 22:21 .
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 119:67 I. The Psalmist was certainly of a different opinion from nine persons out of ten of every country, every age, and every religion. For he says, "Before I was troubled I went wrong: b...
Psalms 119:64-67 . The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word. Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for...
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 hast dealt with Thy servant, O Lord. A good man I. The testimony of a good man. 1. Concerning God. His kind treatment and faithful promise. 2. Concerning affliction. II. The praye...
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...
Teth. The Realization that God's Humiliation of Man is Salutary.
2 Chronicles 33:9-13 ; 2 Samuel 10:19 ; 2 Samuel 11:2-27 ; Deuteronomy 32:15 ; Hebrews 12:10 ; Hebrews 12:11 ; Hosea 2:6 ; Hosea 2:7 ; Hosea 5:15 ; Hosea 6:1 ; Jeremiah 22:21 ; Jeremiah 3...