Which, &c.. "[Men] who are not", &c.
after. according to.
The proud - Those in high life, or of exalted rank. See the notes at Psalms 119:51 . Have digged pits for me - See the notes at Psalms 7:15...
The proud have (d) digged pits for me, which [are] not after thy law. (d) They have not only oppressed me violently but also craftily conspired agai...
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...
85 The proud (428) have digged pits for me. He complains that he had been circumvented by the frauds and artifices of his enemies; as if...
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. The proud have digged pits - The Vulgate, Septuagint, Ethiopic, and Arabic, transla...
The proud, &c.— If we understand the latter clause of this verse to refer to pits, the meaning is, "which insidious designs against an innoce...
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. The proud ( Psalms 119:21 ; Psalms 119:78 , notes) have digged pits for...
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...
Which. — Better, who. Its antecedent, of course, the proud, not the pits.
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...
the Word That Stands Fast Psalms 119:81-96 They persecute wrongfully; they dig pits; they have almost consumed; they have waited to destroy; bu...
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,...
CAPH. The opening of this portion is also very beautiful, in reference to the Lord Jesus, who waited with longing expectation for the time of his be...
The proud have digged pits for me ,.... Laid snares and temptations in his way, to draw him into sin, and so into mischief; they sought indeed to ta...
The proud have digged pits for me, which [are] not after thy law. Ver. 85. The proud have digged pits for me ] The pride, cruelty, and craftiness...
The proud have digged pits for me Have sought to destroy me by deceit and treachery, as well as by violence; which are not after thy law Which pi...
85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. 86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully;...
Have digged pits for me; have sought to destroy me by deceit and treachery, as well as by violence. Which; either, 1. Which men have no respect...
INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ;...
In this Psalm we have, as it were, notes from David's pocket book. Psalms 119:73 . Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding,...
Psalms 119:81 . My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. The psalmist was so full of longings, hungerings, thirstings, for God...
Psalms 119:81 . My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. The ship rocks, but the anchor holds; the singer is ready to faint, b...
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...
My soul fainteth for Thy salvation: but I hope in Thy Word. Painful soul moods and their antidotes I. Painful moods of soul. 1. Painful year...
EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses,...
Caph. The Consolation of God's Word in the Midst of Great Troubles.
The proud have digged pits for me, plotting with the intention of destroying him, which are not after Thy Law, that is, although they pretend to be...
Jeremiah 18:20 ; Proverbs 16:27 ; Psalms 58:1 ; Psalms 58:2 ; Psalms 119:78 ; Psalms 35:7 ; Psalms 36:11 ; Psalms 7:15
Who — Who have no respect to thy law.
85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.