Psalms 119:78 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. ”

Psalms 119:78 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let the proud be ashamed - Referring here to his enemies, who appear to have been in the higher ranks of life, or to have been those who prided themselves on their wealth, their station, or their...
Psalms 119:78 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 119:78 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

proud . insolent, or arrogant. perversely . with falsehood. without. cause. Compare John 15:25 with Romans 3:24 ("freely").
Psalms 119:78 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

78. Let the proud be put to shame. We have already often had occasion to remark, that, in the Hebrew language, the future tense is frequently used in the sense of the optative mood, as here,...
Psalms 119:78 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. Let the proud be ashamed - To reduce a proud man to shame, is to humble him indeed....
Psalms 119:78 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For they dealt perversely with me— For they causelessly wrest my steps. The original has the signification of perverting, or wresting the steps of any one so as to throw him down, or trip up his...
Psalms 119:78 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. Let the proud be ashamed (be disappointed in their hope of destroying me); fo...
Psalms 119:78 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 119:78 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Dealt. — Better, wronged me; literally, bent me.
Psalms 119:78 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Psalms 119:78 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Psalms 119:78 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 119:78 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

JOD. With most peculiar reference to the ever-blessed Jesus must we read the opening of this portion. A body hast thou prepared me, was said by Christ when beholding the redemption work he came to p...
Psalms 119:78 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let the proud be ashamed ,.... The same persons he before speaks of as accursed, who had him in derision, and forged a lie against him. Here he prays that they might be ashamed of their scoffs and j...
Psalms 119:78 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: [but] I will meditate in thy precepts. Ver. 78. Let the proud be ashamed ] Theoderet thinks that David here prayeth not...
Psalms 119:78 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let the proud be ashamed Confound all the proud contemners of thy law; let them be brought either to repentance or to shame; for they have dealt perversely with me, either by their calumnies, putti...
Psalms 119:78 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. 79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known th...
Psalms 119:78 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They dealt perversely with me, Heb. they have perverted me ; either by their calumnies, whereby they have put false and perverse constructions upon all my words and actions; or by endeavouring to...
Psalms 119:78 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 119:78 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

In this Psalm we have, as it were, notes from David's pocket book. Psalms 119:73 . Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. This is a ve...
Psalms 119:78 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 119:78 - The Biblical Illustrator

They that fear Thee will be glad when they nee me; because I have hoped in Thy Word. The good man I. The spiritual interest of the good in each other (verse 74). In what, concerning each other,...
Psalms 119:78 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Psalms 119:78 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jod. The Consolation of God's Providence and Government.
Psalms 119:78 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 2:20 ; 1 Samuel 24:10-12 ; 1 Samuel 24:17 ; 1 Samuel 26:18 ; John 15:25 ; Psalms 1:1 ; Psalms 109:3 ; Psalms 119:21 ; Psalms 119:23 ; Psalms 119:51 ; Psalms 119:85 ; Psalms 119:86...

Psalms 119:78 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 119:78 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 119:78 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 119:78 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 119:78 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 119:78 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 119:78 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 119:78 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 119:78 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 119:78 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 119:78 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 119:78 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 119:78 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 119:78 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 119:78 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 119:78 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 119:78 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 119:78 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 119:78 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 119:78 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:78 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 119:78 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 119:78 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 119:78 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 119:78 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge