Psalms 119:17

Live — Safely and comfortably.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Deal bountifully ... - This commences the next portion of the psalm, indicated by the letter Gimel ( ג g ), the third letter of the Hebrew al...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, [that] I may (a) live, and keep thy word. (a) He shows that we should not desire to live but to serve God,...
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

17. Do good to thy servant The term גמל gamal, which some render to requite, does not, among the Hebrews, import mutual recompense, b...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. Deal bountifully - גמל gemol, reward thy servant. Let him have the re...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Deal bountifully with thy servant— The original word גמל gamal, signifies either to do good, or to render or return good: If we understand it in...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. Deal bountifully - literally, 'reward;' namely, not as a matter of deb...
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

GIMEL. (17) Deal bountifully... that I may live. — Comp. Psalms 13:3 ; Psalms 13:6 ; Psalms 116:7-8 , where we see, as here, the same connect...
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

a Prayer for Understanding Psalms 119:17-32 These verses are full of yearning and unsatisfied desire. The soul breaks for longing, cleaves to t...
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

GIMEL. Here are again many very gracious and fervent breathings after divine favor, which need nothing explanatory by way of comment. Some of them v...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

g, GIMEL.--The Third Part . Ver. 17. GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant ,.... Which character is mentioned, not by way of plea or argument f...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, [that] I may live, and keep thy word. Ver. 17. Deal bountifully with thy servant ] Per indebitam gratia...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

GIMEL. Psalms 119:17 . Deal bountifully with thy servant I plead no merit, but only thy free grace and rich mercy; that I may live Safely a...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

3. GIMEL. 17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

GIMEL Deal bountifully; I plead no merit, but only thy free grace and rich mercy. That I may live; safely and comfortably, in spite of all the at...
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

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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:9 . Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. «Wherewithal shall a young man clean...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:17 . Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. O Lord, I am thy servant; yet, I pray thee, do not pay me...
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

Deal bountifully with Thy servant, that I may live, and keep Thy Word. Human life Two facts suggested concerning human life: I. That its con...
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

Deal bountifully with Thy servant, giving him a rich measure of favor and of spiritual blessings, that I may live and keep Thy Word, observing the...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Gimel. Prayer For Enlightenment Unto A Godly Life.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 2:29 ; 1 John 5:3 ; 1 John 5:4 ; 2 Corinthians 9:7-11 ; Ephesians 2:10 ; Ephesians 2:4 ; Ephesians 2:5 ; John 1:16 ; Philippians 4:19...
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...

¹⁷ GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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

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 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 119:17