Psalms 119:140

1 Peter 2:2; 2 Peter 1:21; Proverbs 30:5; Psalms 119:128; Psalms 12:6; Psalms 18:30; Psalms 19:8; Romans 7:12; Romans 7:16; Romans 7:22

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thy word is very pure - Margin, “tried or refined.” See the word explained in the notes at Psalms 18:30 . Therefore thy servant loveth it -...
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

very pure . refined.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

140. Thy word is exceedingly refined. In this verse he intimates that the cause of his zeal was the love which he bore to heavenly doctrine....
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. Thy word is very pure - צרופה tseruphah, it is purification. It is not a purified thing, bu...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. Thy word is very pure - literally, purified, like gold or silver refined of all dross...
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

Very pure ] i.e. true metal: cp. Psalms 18:30 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Pure. — More literally, purged by trial. LXX. and Vulg., “fired.” It is not only the excellence, but the proved excellence, of the Divine Word,...
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

Why Love God's Word? Psalms 119:129-144 What a beautiful soul this is that utters itself in these stanzas! The psalmist acknowledges his simpli...
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

TZADDI. In this portion is that memorable verse which throws a light upon the whole Psalm, and fully authorizes us to apply many parts of it directl...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thy word is very pure ,.... Or, "exceedingly purified" w: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times, Psalms 12:6 ; free from, all...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thy word [is] very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. Ver. 140. Thy word is very pure ] And calleth for purity. Hence wicked men slight it; bu...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

My zeal hath consumed me My zeal toward thy law, which my enemies violate and contemn. “Zeal is a high degree of love; and when the object of that...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

140 Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. Here is, 1. David's great affection for the word of God: Thy servant...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Very pure; without the least mixture of any falsehood or sin, both which are frequent in the words or precepts of men. Therefore; because of that...
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

Psalms 119:129 . Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. Every true believer admires God's Word; and, more than that, it...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:129 . Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. It is very wonderful that God should speak to us at all, and st...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:137 . Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. It is well to be able to say this when you are being tried, when the...
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

Righteous art Thou, O Lord, and upright are Thy judgments. The testimony of a tried saint I. His testimony concerning God. 1. Concerning the...
The Biblical Illustrator

Thy Word is very pure; therefore Thy servant loveth it. Religious affections spring from love to Divine things 1. A love to Divine things for t...
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

Tzaddi. The Proper Appreciation of the Word of God.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thy Word is very pure, like a precious metal which comes out of the assayer's refining without a trace of dross; therefore Thy servant loveth it.
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Pure — Without the least mixture of falsehood.

¹⁴⁰ Thy word is very pure:o therefore thy servant loveth it.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:140

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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