Psalms 119:57

Deuteronomy 26:17; Deuteronomy 26:18; Jeremiah 10:16; Lamentations 3:24; Nehemiah 10:29-39; Psalms 142:5; Psalms 16:5; Psalms 73:26; Psalms 119:106; Psalms 119:115; Psalms 66:14

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:57

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou art my portion, O Lord - This begins a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Cheth ( ח ch ), which may be represented...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

CHETH. [Thou art] my (a) portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. (a) I am persuaded that to keep your law is a heritage and great...
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

The division is better made thus, dispensing with the supposed Ellipsis:. have said "Jehovah is my portion, That. might keep Thy word. "
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

57. Thou art my portion, O Jehovah! The meaning of this clause is doubtful, because the term Jehovah may be rendered either in the nomina...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. Thou art my portion, O Lord - From the fifty-seventh to the sixtieth v...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. (Thou art) my portion, O Lord: I have said (mentally, as my fixed resol...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

CHETH. (57) Thou art my portion, O Lord. — This rendering is in accordance with Psalms 16:5 ; Psalms 73:26 . But, even with these passages in...
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

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...
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

CHETH. This eighth part of this lovely Psalm opens most beautifully, in which we clearly behold Jesus as the speaker. The royal Prophet, under the S...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

x, CHETH.--The Eighth Part . Ver. 57. CHETH. [Thou art] my portion, O Lord ,.... Which he chose and preferred to all others; to the riches, honour...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

CHETH. [Thou art] my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. Ver. 57. Thou art my portion, O Lord ] While other men's portion s...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

CHETH. Psalms 119:57 . Thou art my portion, O Lord Whereas other men place their portion and happiness in worldly things, I have chosen thee...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

8. CHETH. 57 Thou art my portion, O L ORD : I have said that I would keep thy words. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

CHETH Whereas other men place their portion and happiness in worldly things, I have chosen thee for my portion and chief treasure, as he said, Ps...
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 ;...
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

Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep Thy words. The wealth of life A man’s portion is that which he deliberately chooses...
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,...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Said — I have professed and owned it.

⁵⁷ CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:57

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study 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

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

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 119:57