“ I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts. ”
I am thine - All that he had, and was, belonged to God. This is an expression of a fact, and of a purpose: a fact about which he had no doubt; a purpose ever to be the Lord’s. This is indicative...
I [am] (c) thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts. (c) He proves by effect that he is God's child, because he seeks to understand his word.
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...
sought . inquired into, or studied. Compare Psalms 105:4 .
94. I am thine, save me. In the first place, he takes encouragement to pray from the consideration, that he is one of God’s own stamp and coinage, as we speak. In the second place, he proves...
I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts. I am thine, save me - He who can say this need fear no evil. In all trials, temptations, dangers, afflictions, persecutions, I am thine. Thy ene...
I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts. I (am) thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts - I belong to thee, and give myself up wholly to thee (literally, I to thee), to thy...
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 119:1-176 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...
LAMED. Here is a beautiful address to Jehovah, in contemplation of his own eternal nature, the everlasting purposes and unchangeableness of his councils, and all his ordinances, providences, and dis...
SALVATION ‘I am Thine, O save me: for I have sought Thy commandments.’ Psalms 119:94 (Prayer Book Version) We notice as we read this psalm that there is one thought that occurs in every sing...
I [am] thine, save me ,.... From all troubles and afflictions; from all enemies, temporal and spiritual; from Satan, and his principalities and powers, from sin, and all the wretched consequences of...
I [am] thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts. Ver. 94. I am thine, save me ] Every man will see to his own, unless he be worse than an infidel; and shall not God? For I have sought thy...
Unless thy law had been my delight Unless I had known, believed, and delighted in it, as the subject of my meditation; I should then At the very instant; have perished in mine affliction My he...
94 I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts. Here, 1. David claims relation to God: " I am thine, devoted to thee and owned by thee, thine in covenant." He does not say...
I am thine by creation and redemption, and manifold obligations, as also by my own choice and designation. I have devoted myself to thy service, and committed myself to thy care.
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 119:89-96 I. In the Bible usually the Word of the Lord means not only the message which God sends, but Him by whom God sends it. The Word of God, Word of the Lord, is spoken of again and ag...
Psalms 119:81 . My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. The ship rocks, but the anchor holds; the singer is ready to faint, but he is not ready to despair. He knows where his...
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...
For ever, O Lord, Thy Word is settled in heaven. My solace in affliction I. Here we have strong consolation in certain facts which he remembered. Fly ye to the mountains when the enemy invades...
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...
Lamed. The Imperishable Nature of the Divine Word.
Acts 27:23 ; Acts 27:24 ; Isaiah 41:8-10 ; Isaiah 44:2 ; Isaiah 44:5 ; Isaiah 64:8-10 ; Joshua 10:4-6 ; Psalms 119:173 ; Psalms 119:27 ; Psalms 119:40 ; Psalms 86:2 ; Zephaniah 3:17