Psalms 119:4

Nor is it strange that thy people do so exactly and diligently observe and practise thy precepts, because they are commanded so to do by thee their sovereign Lord.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou hast commanded - All this is here traced to the command of God; to the fact that he has required it. It is not mere human prudence; it is no...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

precepts. The third in order of the ten words. See App-73.
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 695 PRACTICAL RELIGION ENFORCED Psalms 119:4-6 . Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently: O that my ways were directed...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. Thy precepts diligently - מאד meod, "superlatively, to the uttermost." God has never given...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently - as a most precious deposit c...
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...
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

God's Word an Inner Power Psalms 119:1-16 This long and noble psalm is devoted to the praise of God's Word, which is mentioned in every verse b...
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

If we accept the word precepts in the first and most obvious sense of it, the diligent attention to the commandments of God will be, living to Christ...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou hast commanded [us] to keep thy precepts diligently. Here, and in the following verses, the psalmist expresses his great regard to the precept...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou hast commanded [us] to keep thy precepts diligently. Ver. 4. Thou hast commanded us, &c. ] These are verba vivenda, non legenda, words...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou hast commanded us , &c. Nor is it strange that thy people do so exactly and diligently observe thy precepts, because they are commanded so...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. 5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! 6 Then shall I not be as...
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

The first eight verses of this Psalm, in the Hebrew, begin with the letter A, and the second eight begin with the letter B. The whole Psalm is the go...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

It is not easy to see the special subjects that are spoken of by David in each of the short portions of eight verses, yet I do not doubt that if each...
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

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. Moral law I. There is a Divine moral law for the regulation of moral lif...
The Biblical Illustrator

Thou hast commanded us to keep Thy precepts diligently. Reasons for diligence in obeying God In worldly affairs no weighty thing can be done wi...
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

The Christian's Golden ABC of the Praise, Power, and Value of God's Word. This beautiful psalm, whose writer is not known, is divided into twenty-...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thou hast commanded us to keep Thy precepts, the directions which relate to the conduct of men in every circumstance of life, diligently, to observ...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 5:3 ; Deuteronomy 11:13 ; Deuteronomy 11:22 ; Deuteronomy 12:32 ; Deuteronomy 28:1-14 ; Deuteronomy 30:16 ; Deuteronomy 4:1 ; Deuteron...
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...

⁴ Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 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

Psalms 119:4