“ The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. ”
The proud - Those in high life, or of exalted rank. See the notes at Psalms 119:51 . Have digged pits for me - See the notes at Psalms 7:15 . Compare Psalms 35:7 ; Psalms 57:6 ; Psalms 9...
The proud have (d) digged pits for me, which [are] not after thy law. (d) They have not only oppressed me violently but also craftily conspired against me.
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...
Which, &c. . "[Men] who are not", &c. after . according to.
85 The proud (428) have digged pits for me. He complains that he had been circumvented by the frauds and artifices of his enemies; as if he had said, They have not only endeavored to inj...
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. The proud have digged pits - The Vulgate, Septuagint, Ethiopic, and Arabic, translate this verse thus: "They have recited to me unhol...
The proud, &c.— If we understand the latter clause of this verse to refer to pits, the meaning is, "which insidious designs against an innocent person are not after thy law." But Mudge render...
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. The proud ( Psalms 119:21 ; Psalms 119:78 , notes) have digged pits for me, which (who-namely, the proud, not the pits) ar...
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...
Which. — Better, who. Its antecedent, of course, the proud, not the pits.
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...
the Word That Stands Fast Psalms 119:81-96 They persecute wrongfully; they dig pits; they have almost consumed; they have waited to destroy; but thy Word abides steadfast. The driven soul flees...
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...
CAPH. The opening of this portion is also very beautiful, in reference to the Lord Jesus, who waited with longing expectation for the time of his being manifested unto Israel. Hence we find him, in...
The proud have digged pits for me ,.... Laid snares and temptations in his way, to draw him into sin, and so into mischief; they sought indeed to take away his life, and formed schemes for it. The a...
The proud have digged pits for me, which [are] not after thy law. Ver. 85. The proud have digged pits for me ] The pride, cruelty, and craftiness of wicked persecutors are foretokens of their utte...
The proud have digged pits for me Have sought to destroy me by deceit and treachery, as well as by violence; which are not after thy law Which pits, that is, which insidious designs against an in...
85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. 86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. 87 They had almost consumed me upo...
Have digged pits for me; have sought to destroy me by deceit and treachery, as well as by violence. Which; either, 1. Which men have no respect to thy law, which forbids such things. Or rather,...
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...
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...
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...
My soul fainteth for Thy salvation: but I hope in Thy Word. Painful soul moods and their antidotes I. Painful moods of soul. 1. Painful yearning ( Psalms 119:81-83 ). (1) The general obje...
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...
Caph. The Consolation of God's Word in the Midst of Great Troubles.
Jeremiah 18:20 ; Proverbs 16:27 ; Psalms 58:1 ; Psalms 58:2 ; Psalms 119:78 ; Psalms 35:7 ; Psalms 36:11 ; Psalms 7:15
Who — Who have no respect to thy law.