“ Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. ”
Thou art good - See the Psalms 100:5 , note; Psalms 107:1 , note. And doest good - As the expression or manifestation of goodness. The goodness of God is not a mere sentiment; not mere feel...
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...
good . kind. doest good. actest kindly.
DISCOURSE: 705 THE GOODNESS OF GOD Psalms 119:68 . Thou art good, and doest good: teach me thy statutes . THE perfections of God, if considered only in a speculative view, must excite our admir...
Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. Thou art good - And because thou art good, thou doest good; and because thou delightest to do good, teach me thy statutes.
Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. Thou art good, and doest good. To be good and to do good are God's grand characteristics ( Acts 14:17 ). So Jesus, Acts 10:38 .
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...
It is characteristic of this psalm that the higher the conception of the Divine nature, the more earnest becomes the prayer for knowledge of His will in relation to conduct.
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...
Thou [art] good, and doest good ,.... Essentially, originally, and only good, and the fountain of all goodness to his creatures; who does good to all men in a providential way, and especially to his...
Thou [art] good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. Ver. 68. Thou art good, and doest good ] Good in thyself (indeed there is none good but thyself) and good to thy creatures, inexpressibly bo...
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...
68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. Here, 1. David praises God's goodness and gives him the glory of it: Thou art good and doest good. All who have any knowl...
Thou art good; gracious and bountiful in thy nature. And doest good to all men, both good and bad, Matthew 5:45 , and in all things, yea, even when thou afflictest. Teach me thy statutes; wh...
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 119:64-67 . 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 art good and doest good. God good in being and good in action I. God good in being. “Thou art good.” Good in the sense of kindness and in the sense of moral perfection,--the primal Font of...
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.
Exodus 33:18 ; Exodus 33:19 ; Exodus 34:6 ; Exodus 34:7 ; Isaiah 63:7 ; Luke 18:19 ; Mark 10:18 ; Matthew 19:17 ; Matthew 5:45 ; Psalms 1:1 ; Psalms 119:12 ; Psalms 119:26 ; Psalms 25:8...