Psalms 119:79 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies. ”

Psalms 119:79 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let those that fear thee turn unto me - Let thy friends be my friends. Let them show me favor, and count me among their companions. If the great and the powerful turn away from me; if they persec...
Psalms 119:79 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Let those that fear thee (d) turn unto me, and those that have (e) known thy testimonies. (d) That is, be comforted by my example. (e) He shows that there can be no true fear of God without the kno...
Psalms 119:79 - 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 119:79 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

those that have known. Some codices read "and they shall know".
Psalms 119:79 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

79. Let such as fear thee turn unto me. In this verse, which is connected with the preceding, the Psalmist affirms, that the deliverance which he obtained would afford common instruction to...
Psalms 119:79 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies. Let those that fear thee - The truly pious. Turn unto me - Seeing thy work upon me, they shall acknowledge me as a b...
Psalms 119:79 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Let those that fear thee, &c.— The sense of this is much the same with that of the 74th verse; that good men, seeing what God had done for them, should turn themselves to him, take encouragemen...
Psalms 119:79 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies. Let those that fear then turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies - (cf. Psalms 119:63 .) "Th...
Psalms 119:79 - 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 119:79 - 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 119:79 - 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 119:79 - 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 119:79 - 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 119:79 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let those that fear thee turn unto me ,.... Whose companion he was fond of being, Psalms 119:63 ; There were some good men, it seems, that turned from him, took the part of his enemies, and sided w...
Psalms 119:79 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies. Ver. 79. Let those that fear thee ] These are fitly opposed to those proud ones, as Malachi 3:13 ; Malachi 3:16...
Psalms 119:79 - 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 119:79 - 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 119:79 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Turn unto me; either, 1. Turn their eyes to me as a spectacle of God's wonderful mercy; or rather, 2. Turn their hearts and affections to me, which have been alienated from me, either by the ar...
Psalms 119:79 - 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 119:79 - 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 119:79 - 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 119:79 - 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 119:79 - 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 119:79 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jod. The Consolation of God's Providence and Government.
Psalms 119:79 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 119:63 ; Psalms 119:74 ; Psalms 142:7 ; Psalms 7:7
Psalms 119:79 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Known — Loved and practised them.

Psalms 119:79 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 119:79 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 119:79 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 119:79 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 119:79 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 119:79 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 119:79 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 119:79 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 119:79 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 119:79 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 119:79 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 119:79 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 119:79 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 119:79 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 119:79 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 119:79 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 119:79 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 119:79 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 119:79 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 119:79 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:79 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 119:79 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 119:79 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 119:79 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 119:79 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 119:79 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes