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( See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9).
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned - That is, who does not show respect to a man of base or bad character on account of his wealth, his pos...
(b) In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. [He that] sweareth to [his own] hurt, and changeth not. (b)...
XV. Yahweh's Client. The Phœ nicians were familiar with the idea that a man might become the client of a god and so put himself under Divine protec...
to his own hurt. Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "to his neighbour".
The first part of this verse is explained in different ways. Some draw from it this meaning, that the true servants of God are contemptible and...
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. In whose...
He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not— The greatest temptation to the breach of oaths and promises to others, is, when the performance...
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. In wh...
In this Ps. we have a fine summary of the essentials of OT. piety. It sets forth the character and conduct required in the worshipper for acceptance...
He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not ] A truly upright man will keep his word even to his own disadvantage.
In whose eyes. — The first clause is obscure. The subject and predicate are not clearly marked; but the Authorised Version gives the right sense. I...
Psalms 15:1-5 THE ideal worshipper of Jehovah is painted in this psalm in a few broad outlines. Zion is holy because God's "tent" is there. This i...
the Citizen of Zion and His Inheritance Psalms 15:1-5 ; Psalms 16:1-11 The first of these psalms was probably composed to celebrate the bringi...
This psalm declares the terms of friendship between man and Jehovah. The opening questions describe the privileges of friendship. To sojourn does not...
Having said so much upon the first account given of the citizen of Zion, less will be necessary to be observed here, in the other different features...
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned ,.... A "vile" man is a very wicked, profligate, and abandoned creature, one that is to every good work rep...
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. [He that] sweareth to [his own] hurt, and changeth not. Ver. 4....
In whose eyes In whose judgment and estimation; a vile person An ungodly or wicked man, (as appears from the next clause, in which he that fear...
The Citizen of Zion. A psalm of David. 1 L ORD , who shall abide i...
In whose eyes, i.e. in whose judgment and estimation, a vile person, i.e. one, that deserves contempt, an ungodly or wicked man, as appears from...
‘He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, And speaks truth in his heart, He who does not slander with his tongue, Nor does evil to his fri...
INTRODUCTION “This psalm teaches the necessity of moral purity as a condition of the Divine protection. It first propounds the question who shall be...
Psalms 15 The qualities which are required of one, not who visits the tabernacle merely, but who dwells in it, not who ascends the hill only, but...
Psalms 15:1 . Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Either as attendants and ministers, or as true Israelites coming to the feasts with accepta...
Lord, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle? An ideal worshipper The ideal worshipper of Jehovah is painted in this Psalm in a few broad outlines....
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned. Second moral appreciations “In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear...
EXPOSITION So much having been said in so many psalms of the privileges and blessings accorded to the righteous man ( Psalms 1:3 ; Psalms 3:8 ;...
The Conditions of Access to God. Every true believer who places his trust in the atonement of Jesus will, by virtue of this faith of his heart, re...
in whose eyes a vile person is contemned, who despises and rejects those who are reprobate in the eyes of Jehovah, shunning their company at all time...
1 John 3:14 ; 2 Kings 3:13 ; 2 Kings 3:14 ; 2 Samuel 21:1 ; 2 Samuel 21:2 ; Acts 24:2 ; Acts 24:25 ; Acts 24:3 ; Daniel 5:17-31 ; Esther 3:...
Vile — An ungodly man. Honoureth — He highly esteems and loves them, though they be mean as to their worldly condition, and though they may differ...
4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.