Genesis 47:9; Hebrews 11:13-16; Psalms 1:1; Psalms 89:1
Thy statutes - Thy law; thy commandments. Have been my songs - Have been to me a source of joy; have been my happiness, my consolation, my de...
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my (e) pilgrimage. (e) In the course of this life and sorrowful exit.
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...
songs. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6, for the theme of my songs.
54. Thy statutes have been my songs. (419) He repeats in different words what he had formerly mentioned, that the law of God was his sole o...
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. Thy statutes have been my songs - During our captivity all our consolation was derived...
In the house of my pilgrimage— According to the original, The house of my pilgrimages: that is, "Whatever places I have wandered to, during Saul'...
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. As the sojourne...
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...
'Melodies have thy statutes been to me in the house of my sojourning,' i.e. in this brief life: cp. Psalms 39:12 .
Songs. — Or, Thy statutes were my music in the house of my sojournings. Possibly with reference to the exile (comp. Psalms 137:4 ), but with com...
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...
Comforted by God's Judgments Psalms 119:49-64 Rays of comfort begin to steal into the psalmist's heart. Thou hast caused me to hope; this is m...
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,...
ZAIN. While we contemplate the ever-blessed Jesus thus hanging upon the promises of the Father, we may in him, and through him, humbly adopt the sam...
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. Meaning either his unsettled state, fleeing from place to place before Saul; or, lit...
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. Ver. 54. Thy statutes have been my songs ] Thy promises, which bind thee by grace,...
Thy statutes have been my songs The matter of my songs, my delight and recreation; in the house of my pilgrimage In this present world, wherein I...
54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. Here is, 1. David's state and condition; he was in the house of...
My songs; the matter of my songs, my delight and recreation. In the house of my pilgrimage; either, 1. In this present world, which I do not ow...
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 119:19 , Psalms 119:54 Taken together, these words set forth our condition as strangers and pilgrims on the earth, and God's bountiful...
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...
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. Obligation a privilege When the Eastern traveller takes shelter from the scorchi...
EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses,...
Zain. Patience in Persecution and Crosses.
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage, that is, while the godless jeer with songs of mockery, he will uphold his courage with...
The house — In this world, wherein I am a stranger and pilgrim, as all my fathers were.
54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.