Psalms 119:54

songs. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6, for the theme of my songs.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thy statutes - Thy law; thy commandments. Have been my songs - Have been to me a source of joy; have been my happiness, my consolation, my de...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my (e) pilgrimage. (e) In the course of this life and sorrowful exit.
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

54. Thy statutes have been my songs. (419) He repeats in different words what he had formerly mentioned, that the law of God was his sole o...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. Thy statutes have been my songs - During our captivity all our consolation was derived...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

In the house of my pilgrimage— According to the original, The house of my pilgrimages: that is, "Whatever places I have wandered to, during Saul'...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. As the sojourne...
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

'Melodies have thy statutes been to me in the house of my sojourning,' i.e. in this brief life: cp. Psalms 39:12 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Songs. — Or, Thy statutes were my music in the house of my sojournings. Possibly with reference to the exile (comp. Psalms 137:4 ), but with com...
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

Comforted by God's Judgments Psalms 119:49-64 Rays of comfort begin to steal into the psalmist's heart. Thou hast caused me to hope; this is m...
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

ZAIN. While we contemplate the ever-blessed Jesus thus hanging upon the promises of the Father, we may in him, and through him, humbly adopt the sam...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. Meaning either his unsettled state, fleeing from place to place before Saul; or, lit...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. Ver. 54. Thy statutes have been my songs ] Thy promises, which bind thee by grace,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thy statutes have been my songs The matter of my songs, my delight and recreation; in the house of my pilgrimage In this present world, wherein I...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. Here is, 1. David's state and condition; he was in the house of...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My songs; the matter of my songs, my delight and recreation. In the house of my pilgrimage; either, 1. In this present world, which I do not ow...
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 ;...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 119:19 , Psalms 119:54 Taken together, these words set forth our condition as strangers and pilgrims on the earth, and God's bountiful...
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

Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. Obligation a privilege When the Eastern traveller takes shelter from the scorchi...
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

Zain. Patience in Persecution and Crosses.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage, that is, while the godless jeer with songs of mockery, he will uphold his courage with...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 47:9 ; Hebrews 11:13-16 ; Psalms 1:1 ; Psalms 89:1
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The house — In this world, wherein I am a stranger and pilgrim, as all my fathers were.

⁵⁴ Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:54

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

Sermon Bible Commentary

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 119:54