Psalms 119:21

err. go far astray (through wine or passion). Same word as "wander" (Psalms 119:10), and "err" (Psalms 119:118). Hebrew. shagah App-44.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou hast rebuked the proud - Compare Psalms 9:5 . The meaning is, that God had done this not by word but by deed. The proud were everywhere reb...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou (c) hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, which do err from thy commandments. (c) In all ages you have plagued all such who maliciously and...
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

21. Thou hast destroyed the proud. Others render it:, Thou hast rebuked the proud; a translation of which the Hebrew term גער , gaar,...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. Thou hast rebuked the proud - This was done often in the case of D...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thou hast rebuked the proud, &c.— Thou rebukest the proud; cursed are they that stray from thy commandments. Houb. and Mudge. The proud in...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. Thou hast rebuked the proud (that are) cursed, which do err...
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

The proud ] perhaps Jews who had been influenced by foreign culture.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

LXX. and Vulg. divide the verse: “Thou hast rebuked the proud; cursed are they,” &c. This is preferable.
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

a Prayer for Understanding Psalms 119:17-32 These verses are full of yearning and unsatisfied desire. The soul breaks for longing, cleaves to t...
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

GIMEL. Here are again many very gracious and fervent breathings after divine favor, which need nothing explanatory by way of comment. Some of them v...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou hast rebuked the proud ,.... Which some understand of the fallen angels, who, in proud wrath, left their habitations, because they would not be...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, which do err from thy commandments. Ver. 21. Thou hast rebuked the proud, &c. ] Thou chidest th...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou hast rebuked Or, dost rebuke , that is, reprove and punish, the proud Obstinate and presumptuous sinners, who sin with a high hand; that a...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

21 Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. Here is, 1. The wretched character of wicked p...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hast rebuked, or dost rebuke , i.e. severely punish and destroy. And therefore I justly long for thy judgments, as for the love which I have to th...
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 119:9 . Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. «Wherewithal shall a young man clean...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:17 . Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. O Lord, I am thy servant; yet, I pray thee, do not pay me...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:21 . Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. Wherever there is pride in the heart, there is s...
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

My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto Thy judgments at all times. The right and the wrong I. A hungering for the right. This hunge...
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

Gimel. Prayer For Enlightenment Unto A Godly Life.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from Thy commandments, that is, the arrogant, who mocked the believer, have encountered the...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 5:5 ; Daniel 4:37 ; Daniel 5:22-24 ; Deuteronomy 27:15-26 ; Deuteronomy 28:15 ; Deuteronomy 30:19 ; Exodus 10:3 ; Exodus 18:11 ; Eze...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Wonderful Word Psalms 119:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When we hold the Bible in our hands we are holding a Book that is distinct from any and...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The proud — Obstinate and presumptuous sinners, who sin with an high hand. Err — Or, wander, knowingly or wilfully.

²¹ Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:21

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

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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