Psalms 119:58

favour. Hebrew face; put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for what is indicated by it.

merciful. gracious.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:58

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I entreated thy favor - Margin, as in Hebrew, “face.” That is, he prayed that God would lift upon him the light of his countenance; that he would...
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

58. I have earnestly besought thy face. In this verse David asserts, that he still persevered in the exercise of prayer; for without prayer...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. Fourthly. Being determined in his heart, he tells us, I entr...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. I entreated thy favour (literally, thy face, Psalms 4...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I intreated. — See Psalms 45:12 .
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

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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

CHETH. This eighth part of this lovely Psalm opens most beautifully, in which we clearly behold Jesus as the speaker. The royal Prophet, under the S...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I entreated thy favour with [my] whole heart ,.... Or, "thy face" m; to see it; or thy presence, to enjoy it; to have communion with God, and the li...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

I intreated thy favour with [my] whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. Ver. 58. I intreated thy favour ] Heb. thy face, that is,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

CHETH. Psalms 119:57 . Thou art my portion, O Lord Whereas other men place their portion and happiness in worldly things, I have chosen thee...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

58 I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. David, having in the foregoing verse ref...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thy favour; thy gracious presence and merciful assistance, as it follows.
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 ;...
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 entreated Thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to Thy Word. The duties which mark the commencement of the Christian co...
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,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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⁵⁸ I intreated thy favourf with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:58

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 119:58