“ I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad. ”
I have seen an end of all perfection - The word which is here rendered “perfection” - תכלה tiklâh - occurs only in this place; but a similar word from the same root - תכלית taklı̂yth - o...
I (d) have seen an end of all perfection: [but] thy commandment [is] exceeding broad. (d) There is nothing so perfect in earth, but it has an end, only God's word lasts forever.
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...
all perfection . an end, or limit to all things. Compare Job 26:10 ; Job 28:3 . Thy commandment, &c. . spacious exceedingly [are] Thy commandments: i.e. including all (as opposed to "end")....
96. In all perfection, I have seen the end. (430) The prophet again, using other words, commends the same truth which he had taught in the first verse of this part — that the word of God is...
I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad. I have seen an end of all perfection - Literally, "Of all consummations I have seen the end:" as if one should say, E...
I have seen an end of all perfection— i.e. "I have observed that all human things, how complete soever they may seem, such as wisdom and policy, and riches and power, are exceeding frail, and soon...
I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad. I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad. I have seen an end of all perfec...
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...
I have seen. — The exact thought of the psalmist here is doubtful, and it offers such a wide application, embracing so many truths of experience, that possibly he had more than one meaning in his m...
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...
gVer. 96. I have seen an end of all perfection ,.... An end, limit, or border, to every country, as the Syriac version; as there is to every kingdom and state, and to the whole world; but none to th...
I have seen an end of all perfection: [but] thy commandment [is] exceeding broad. Ver. 96. I have seen an end of all perfection ] viz. Here below. Tempore tacta ruunt praetoria - Fairest bui...
I have seen an end of all perfection I have observed that all human things, how complete soever they may seem, such as wisdom and power, glory and riches, and the greatest and most perfect accompli...
96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad. Here we have David's testimony from his own experience, 1. Of the vanity of the world and its ins...
I have seen an end of all perfection; I have observed by my experience that the greatest and most perfect accomplishments and enjoyments in this world, the greatest glory, and riches, and power, an...
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.
1 Samuel 17:49-51 ; 1 Samuel 17:8 ; 1 Samuel 31:4 ; 1 Samuel 31:5 ; 1 Samuel 9:2 ; 2 Samuel 14:25 ; 2 Samuel 16:23 ; 2 Samuel 17:23 ; 2 Samuel 18:14 ; 2 Samuel 18:17 ; Ecclesiastes 1:2 ;...
Perfection — Of the greatest and most perfect enjoyments in this world. Commandment — Thy word; one part of it being put for the whole. Broad — Or, large, both for extent, and for continuance: it i...