Psalms 119:164

Seven times. Not. "round" number, but the number of spiritual perfection. See App-10.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Seven times a day - The word seven may be used here, as it is often in the Scriptures, indefinitely to denote many, or often. There is, however,...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(b) Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. (b) That is, often and various times.
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 beginnin...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

164. Seven times a day have I praised thee. By the adverb seven times, the Prophet means that he was continually or very often engaged in...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. Seven times a day do I praise thee - We have often seen that seven was a numbe...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Seven times a day do I praise thee— That is, probably, several times: a determinate number for an indeterminate, as is common in scripture.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments....
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 s...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Seven times ] i.e. very often.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Seven times. — Some commentators think the number is used here only in a general way for “often,” “repeatedly;” but the number seven evidently had...
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 th...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jehovah Inspires Continual Praise Psalms 119:161-170 What a noble conclusion we reach in these closing stanzas! I rejoice at thy word; thy law...
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,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

SCHIN. Still prosecuting the same subject of suffering, here are the same petitions lodged before the throne. The apostle to the Hebrews was commiss...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Seven times a day do I praise thee ,.... That is, very often in a day; not a day passed over his head but he praised the Lord, and often in the day;...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. Ver. 164. Seven times a day do I praise thee ] Septies, id est, saepissime...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

SCHIN. Psalms 119:161 . Princes The rulers and prime ministers of thy kingdom; have persecuted me Whom they ought to have used their author...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. David, in this psalm, is full of complaints, yet those di...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Seven times; many times; that definite number being oft taken indefinitely, as Leviticus 26:28 , and elsewhere.
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 ;...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:145 . I cried with my whole heart; hear me. O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. It is sweet to look back upon our prayers, if those pray...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:145 . I cried with my whole heart: hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. In the time of trouble there is no resort like that of p...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:153 . Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. As much as if he said, «Lord, I do not forget thee; do no...
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 Biblical Illustrator

Seven times a day do I praise Thee. David, the model of praise David was a model of praise-- I. For temporal blessings. We do not praise God...
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,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Schin (and Sin ) The Believer's Fellowship with God in Prayer.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Seven times a day do I praise Thee, in a continued course of devotional exercises, because of Thy righteous judgments. The hearts of the believers...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 48:11 ; Psalms 97:8 ; Psalms 119:62 ; Psalms 55:17 ; Revelation 19:2
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Seven times — Many times; a certain number being put for an uncertain.

¹⁶⁴ Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:164

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 119:164