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Verse Psalms 119:32. _I WILL RUN_] The particle כי, which we
translate _when_, should be translated _because: Because thou shalt
enlarge_, or dilate, _my heart_; make plain my path by cleansing me
fro...
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I WILL RUN THE WAY OF THY COMMANDMENTS - That is, I will not merely
keep them - which might be expressed by “I will walk in them,” but
I will hasten to keep them; I will do it with alacrity, as when o...
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Psalms 119
The Law Written on Their Hearts and the Praise of the Word
This is the longest and most perfect Psalm in the whole collection. It
is an alphabetical acrostic. It is composed of 22 section...
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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
beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. alph...
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ENLARGE MY HEART. set my heart at liberty, as in Isa 60:5. 2
Corinthians 6:11; 2 Corinthians 6:13....
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DISCOURSE: 699
CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE
Psalms 119:30. _I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I
laid before me. I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not
to shame! I will run the...
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WHEN THOU SHALT ENLARGE MY HEART— _For thou enlargest my heart._
Mudge. Or, _Because thou hast dilated my heart._ This seems to come
from one who feels his heart expanded, after some distress and
heav...
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PSALMS 119
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Jehovah's Will in Relation to Human Character and Conduct, celebrated
in Twenty-two Alphabetical Stanzas, and by the aid of Eight
Comprehensive Synonyms.
ANALYSIS
(The...
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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 same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the s...
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
THE WORD OF GOD
PSALMS 119
JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME" (JOHN 14:15)....
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RUN THE WAY. — Plainly the psalmist means that he will not only be
able to walk in the Divine way, but even to run in it when certain
restraints are removed which now confine and check him. Hence we m...
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דֶּֽרֶךְ ־מִצְוֹתֶ֥יךָ אָר֑וּץ כִּ֖י
תַרְחִ֣יב לִבִּֽי׃...
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Psalms 119:1
IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this
psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law;
and the beauty and power of the psalm lie in the un...
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A PRAYER FOR UNDERSTANDING
Psalms 119:17
These verses are full of yearning and unsatisfied desire. The soul
breaks for longing, cleaves to the dust, and melts for heaviness. We
are reminded of the co...
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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, "The Law," should be understood in its widest
signi...
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I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt (e) enlarge my
heart.
(e) By this he shows that we can neither choose good, cleave to God's
word, nor turn forward in his way, unless he make o...
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DALETH.
These verses compose the fourth part of this divine Psalm. Whether
David, the supposed writer of it, thus complains in himself; or
whether it means the Son of David, who in another part declar...
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32_I will run the way of thy commandments. _The meaning of the prophet
is, that when God shall inspire him with love for his la he will be
vigorous and ready, nay, even steady, so as not to faint in t...
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Psalms 119 is in general the law written in the heart. This gives it
an important place in the series of psalms. It is found distinctly
connected too with Israel's sorrows in the last days and their
p...
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I WILL RUN THE WAY OF THY COMMANDMENTS,.... Not only walk but run in
it; which is expressive of great affection to the commands of God, of
great readiness and cheerfulness, of great haste and swiftnes...
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I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my
heart.
Ver. 32. _I will run the way_] Do thy work with utmost diligence and
delight, come off roundly and readily therein, take long...
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_I will run the way of thy commandments_ I will obey thy precepts with
all readiness, fervency, and diligence; _when thou shalt enlarge my
heart_ When thou shalt replenish my heart with more knowledge...
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I will run the way of Thy commandments, not with slow and lagging
steps, but with cheerful eagerness, WHEN THOU SHALT ENLARGE MY HEART,
because God widens and expands the heart of the faithful with su...
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_ Daleth._ The Grace of Being Confirmed in the Truth....
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25-32 While the souls of the children of this world cleave to the
earth as their portion, the children of light are greatly burdened,
because of the remains of carnal affections in their hearts. It i...
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I WILL RUN THE WAY OF THY COMMANDMENTS, I will obey thy precepts with
all readiness, fervency, and diligence, WHEN THOU SHALT ENLARGE MY
HEART: either,
1. When thou shalt bring me out of my present st...
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Psalms 119:32 run H7323 (H8799) course H1870 commandments H4687
enlarge H7337 (H8686) heart H3820
run -...
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Psalms 119:32
There are two things especially remarkable in this Psalm: the variety
of expressions used to describe the word of God and the corresponding
variety of expressions used to describe the S...
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Psalms 119:9. _Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by
taking heed thereto according to thy word._
«Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?» A vital and solemn
question. His way is f...
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Psalms 119:25. _My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me
according to thy word._
«I feel heavy, unhappy, dull: ‘My soul cleaveth unto the dust.' Or
I feel worldly, lethargic, lifeless: ‘My sou...
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By the help of God's Holy Spirit, this psalm may serve for the
purposes of self-examination, for we may ask ourselves as we read,
«Do I feel in that way? Are my prayers like those of this good man?
Is...
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CONTENTS: The excellency and usefulness of the divine revelation set
forth and exhortation to all to make it their meditation and to be
governed by it.
CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist.
CONCLUSION: Great b...
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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 head of each distich; and the couplets are most...
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_I have chosen the way of truth: Thy judgments have I laid before me._
THE COMMENDABLE PAST AND THE DESIRABLE FUTURE IN LIFE
I. The commendable in the past.
1. The best choice has been made. The wa...
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_I will run the way of Thy commandments, when Thou shalt enlarge my
heart._
LIBERTY OF HEART
I. Consciousness of actual captivity. The feeling may be illustrated
by the case of a messenger in time of...
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THE WAY TO RUN
I will run the way of thy commandments,
When thou shalt enlarge my heart. Psalms 119:32.
What are God's commandments? Well, He has given us ten of them in the
Old Testament and Jesus...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 119:1. This psalm celebrates the gift of
God’s law as the perfect guide for life. Its theme is echoed in
Psalms 19:1 and in such wisdom psa
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 119:32 ENLARGE MY HEART. Or “make my heart
broad.” See 1 Kings 4:29, where “breadth of heart or mind” is an
expanded ability to understand God’s trut
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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 119:23; Psalms 119:46;...
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EXPOSITION
This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any
other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every
verse in each stanza beginning with its own proper...
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Now as we get to Psalms 119:1-176, it is an extremely difficult psalm
for exposition, because each section seems to be more or less
independent of in itself, and each verse, many times, almost
indepen...
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1 Corinthians 9:24; 1 Kings 4:29; 1 Peter 2:16; 2 Corinthians 3:17;...
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Run — I will obey thy precepts with all readiness, fervency, and
diligence. Enlarge — When thou shalt replenish my heart with wisdom,
and love to thee and thy law....