it shall praise Thee. Refers to Isaiah 38:20.
help me. Refers to Isaiah 37:33-36.
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee - I desire life that I may praise thee; if I do live, I will praise thee. My life is consecrated to th...
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy (d) judgments help me. (d) That is, your provident care over me, and with which you will jud...
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...
175. Let my soul live and let it praise thee. As the verbs are in the future tense, shall live, shall praise, this sentence may be expoun...
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. Let my soul live - Let my life be preserved, and my soul quickened!
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments...
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...
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...
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,...
TAU. There is but little variation in this portion from the former. Jesus taught his disciples, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint, Lu...
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee ,.... The psalmist desires the continuance of his natural life, not for his own personal advantage, nor f...
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. Ver. 175. Let thy judgments help me ] sc. To heaven: together with Go...
TAU. Psalms 119:172 . My tongue shall speak of Shall freely and abundantly, like a fountain, pour forth , as תען signifies; thy word The t...
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. David's heart is still upon praising God; and therefo...
Either, 1. Thy providential dispensation, whereby thou judgest and rulest the world, punishing the wicked, and protecting and delivering the godly....
INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ;...
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...
Let Thine hand help me; for I have chosen Thy precepts. The character and requests of a truly godly man I. His character. 1. His choice is t...
Let my soul live, and it shall praise Thee. The love of life vindicated Setting aside those who love life only for reasons which ought not to h...
Let my cry come near before Thee, O Lord: give me understanding according to Thy Word. A model prayer I. The earnestness it breathes. “Let my c...
EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses,...
Let my soul live, in full fellowship with the heavenly Father, to whom he has appealed in his wonderful prayer, and it shall praise Thee, and let Th...
Tau. Concluding Appeal.
1 Corinthians 11:31 ; 1 Corinthians 11:32 ; 2 Corinthians 4:17 ; Isaiah 26:8 ; Isaiah 26:9 ; Isaiah 38:19 ; Psalms 118:18 ; Psalms 118:19 ;...
Judgments — Thy word or testimonies, which are the only ground of my hope in thy help.
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.