Psalms 119:95 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies. ”

• Psalms 119:95 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The wicked have waited for me to destroy me - That is, they have lain in wait; or, they have laid a plan. They are watching the opportunity to do it. But I will consider thy testimonies - I w...

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• Psalms 119:95 - 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...

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• Psalms 119:95 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

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• Psalms 119:95 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies. The wicked have waited for me to destroy me - ( Psalms 56:6 .) (but) I will consider thy testimonies - as D...

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• Psalms 119:95 - 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...

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• Psalms 119:95 - 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...

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• Psalms 119:95 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 119:95 - 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...

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• Psalms 119:95 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 119:95 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  The wicked have waited for me to destroy me ,.... This is another reason why he desires the Lord would save him; because wicked men, such who feared not God, nor regarded men, sons of Belial; such a...

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• Psalms 119:95 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: [but] I will consider thy testimonies. Ver. 95. The wicked have waited ] Nothing less than destruction will satisfy persecutors; but the Lord knows how...

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• Psalms 119:95 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Psalms 119:95 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.       Here, 1. David complains of the malice of his enemies: The wicked (and none but such would be...

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• Psalms 119:95 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  As my best comforters, and counsellors, and defenders against all the assaults and designs of mine enemies.

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• Psalms 119:95 - 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...

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• Psalms 119:95 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 119:95 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 119:95 - 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...

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• Psalms 119:95 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• Psalms 119:95 - 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...

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• Psalms 119:95 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Lamed. The Imperishable Nature of the Divine Word.

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• Psalms 119:95 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 23:20-23 ; 2 Samuel 17:1-4 ; Acts 12:11 ; Acts 23:21 ; Acts 25:3 ; Matthew 26:3-5 ; Psalms 10:8-10 ; Psalms 119:61 ; Psalms 119:69 ; Psalms 119:85-87 ; Psalms 27:2 ; Psalms 37:32...

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