1 Samuel 30:16; Isaiah 9:3; Jeremiah 15:16; Proverbs 16:19; Psalms 119:111; Psalms 119:72
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil - Plunder in a camp; prey; booty: as the hunter or the warrior, when he lights on great an...
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...
word. Same word as in Psalms 119:11 . Some codices with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "words" (plural)
162. I have rejoiced at thy word as one who hath found great spoil No gain, it is well known, brings greater joy than that which conquerors...
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. As one that findeth great spoil - שלל רב shalal rab. This appears to refer to such spoil as i...
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. As the man who found the trea...
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...
Comp. Isaiah 9:3 .
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...
Jehovah Inspires Continual Praise Psalms 119:161-170 What a noble conclusion we reach in these closing stanzas! I rejoice at thy word; thy law...
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,...
SCHIN. Still prosecuting the same subject of suffering, here are the same petitions lodged before the throne. The apostle to the Hebrews was commiss...
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. At having it, which is a distinguishing blessing; all are not favoured with it; and is an i...
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. Ver. 162. I rejoice at thy word ] Libenter omnibus omnes opes concesserim, &c., I w...
SCHIN. Psalms 119:161 . Princes The rulers and prime ministers of thy kingdom; have persecuted me Whom they ought to have used their author...
162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. Here is, 1. The pleasure David took in the word of God. He rejoiced at i...
No text from Poole on this verse.
INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ;...
Psalms 119:145 . I cried with my whole heart; hear me. O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. It is sweet to look back upon our prayers, if those pray...
Psalms 119:153 . Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. As much as if he said, «Lord, I do not forget thee; do no...
Psalms 119:145 . I cried with my whole heart: hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. In the time of trouble there is no resort like that of p...
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...
I rejoice at Thy Word, as one that findeth great spoil. Great spoil How often is this idea repeated in Scripture! It is developed by our Lord i...
EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses,...
Schin (and Sin ) The Believer's Fellowship with God in Prayer.
I rejoice at Thy Word, instead of currying the favor of the wicked princes, he finds his greatest joy in the Word of his Lord, as one that findeth g...
162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.