very pure. refined.
Thy word is very pure - Margin, “tried or refined.” See the word explained in the notes at Psalms 18:30 . Therefore thy servant loveth it -...
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 beginnin...
140. Thy word is exceedingly refined. In this verse he intimates that the cause of his zeal was the love which he bore to heavenly doctrine....
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. Thy word is very pure - צרופה tseruphah, it is purification. It is not a purified thing, bu...
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. Thy word is very pure - literally, purified, like gold or silver refined of all dross...
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 s...
Very pure ] i.e. true metal: cp. Psalms 18:30 .
Pure. — More literally, purged by trial. LXX. and Vulg., “fired.” It is not only the excellence, but the proved excellence, of the Divine Word,...
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 th...
Why Love God's Word? Psalms 119:129-144 What a beautiful soul this is that utters itself in these stanzas! The psalmist acknowledges his simpli...
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,...
TZADDI. In this portion is that memorable verse which throws a light upon the whole Psalm, and fully authorizes us to apply many parts of it directl...
Thy word is very pure ,.... Or, "exceedingly purified" w: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times, Psalms 12:6 ; free from, all...
Thy word [is] very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. Ver. 140. Thy word is very pure ] And calleth for purity. Hence wicked men slight it; bu...
My zeal hath consumed me My zeal toward thy law, which my enemies violate and contemn. “Zeal is a high degree of love; and when the object of that...
140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. Here is, 1. David's great affection for the word of God: Thy servant...
Very pure; without the least mixture of any falsehood or sin, both which are frequent in the words or precepts of men. Therefore; because of that...
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 119:129 . Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. Every true believer admires God's Word; and, more than that, it...
Psalms 119:129 . Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. It is very wonderful that God should speak to us at all, and st...
Psalms 119:137 . Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. It is well to be able to say this when you are being tried, when the...
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...
Righteous art Thou, O Lord, and upright are Thy judgments. The testimony of a tried saint I. His testimony concerning God. 1. Concerning the...
Thy Word is very pure; therefore Thy servant loveth it. Religious affections spring from love to Divine things 1. A love to Divine things for t...
EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses,...
Tzaddi. The Proper Appreciation of the Word of God.
Thy Word is very pure, like a precious metal which comes out of the assayer's refining without a trace of dross; therefore Thy servant loveth it.
1 Peter 2:2 ; 2 Peter 1:21 ; Proverbs 30:5 ; Psalms 119:128 ; Psalms 12:6 ; Psalms 18:30 ; Psalms 19:8 ; Romans 7:12 ; Romans 7:16 ; Romans...
Pure — Without the least mixture of falsehood.
140 Thy word is very pure:o therefore thy servant loveth it.