Psalms 119:56

This. Supply Ellipsis (App-6) thus: "This [comfort]. had".

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This I had, because I kept thy precepts - literally, “This was to me;” that is, This has happened to me; this has occurred. This joyful remembran...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(g) This I had, because I kept thy precepts. (g) That is, all these benefits.
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

56. This was done to me. I doubt not that the prophet, under the term זאת, zoth, comprehends all God’s benefits; but as he comes before...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

This I had, because I kept thy precepts. This I had, because I kept thy precepts - Though thou didst leave us under the power of our enemies, yet tho...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

This I had, &c.— That is, "this sweet composure of mind, this cheerfulness of spirit, under all these afflictions." CHETH.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

This I had, because I kept thy precepts. This I had, because I kept thy precepts - "this" good I have had as my reward (namely, that thy stat...
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

'This (comfort) I have that I have kept thy law.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

This I had, because... — Literally, This was to me, &c, i.e., this consoling recollection of the mercies of God, of His covenant grace, was...
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

This I had, because I kept thy precepts. Either the comfort he had from the word, the pleasure and delight he had in it, being his songs in his pil...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

This I had, because I kept thy precepts. Ver. 56. This I had ] This comfort, or this remembrance, or this ability to keep thy law. Because I ke...
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

55 I have remembered thy name, O L ORD , in the night, and have kept thy law. 56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts. Here is,...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This I had, this comfortable and profitable remembrance and contemplation of thy name and statutes, of which he spoke Psalms 119:54,55 , because...
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 119:55-56 I. The keeping of God's law is promoted by the remembering of God's name. The name of God includes all the attributes of God. (1)...
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

I have remembered Thy name, O Lord, in the night, and have kept Thy law. Thought It is the glory of man that he can think. We conquer Nature by...
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

This I had, that was his special privilege, because I kept Thy precepts, looking to the Word for directions to guide his conduct at all times. Thus...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 3:19-24 ; Psalms 119:165 ; Psalms 18:18-22
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

This — This comfortable remembrance.

⁵⁶ This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:56

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 119:56