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Verse Psalms 119:10. _WITH MY WHOLE HEART HAVE I SOUGHT THEE_]
4. He must _seek God_; make _earnest prayer_ and _supplication_ to him
for Divine _light_, for a _tender conscience_, and for _strength_...
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WITH MY WHOLE HEART HAVE I SOUGHT THEE - See the notes at Psalms
119:2. The psalmist in Psalms 119:2 speaks of the “blessedness of
those who seek the Lord with the whole heart;” in this verse he says...
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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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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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With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy
commandments.
WITH MY WHOLE HEART HAVE I SOUGHT THEE. So all Judah, under Asa,
"entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of...
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119:10 sought (i-7) Or 'do I seek.'...
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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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WITH MY WHOLE HEART... — The self-mistrust of the second clause is a
proof of the reality of the first. “Lord, I believe; help thou my
unbelief,” is another form of this....
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בְּ כָל ־לִבִּ֥י דְרַשְׁתִּ֑יךָ אַל
־תַּ֝שְׁגֵּ֗נִי...
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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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GOD'S WORD AN INNER POWER
Psalms 119:1
This long and noble psalm is devoted to the praise of God's Word,
which is mentioned in every verse but one, Psalms 119:122. Probably if
we were to substitute _...
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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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After the explanation which I endeavored very humbly to offer in the
first part, concerning the several words there made use of and which
we meet with again here: it will only be necessary to examine...
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10._With my whole heart _Conscious of the integrity of his heart, the
prophet still implores the help of God, that he might not stumble by
reason of his infirmity. He makes no boast of self-preparatio...
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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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WITH MY WHOLE HEART HAVE I SOUGHT THEE,.... Not himself, his own
honour and applause, as formal worshippers and self-righteous persons
do; but the Lord and his glory, his face, his presence, and commu...
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With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy
commandments.
Ver. 10. _With my whole heart have I sought thee_] And that of a
child little, being nourished up in the words of fa...
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_With my whole heart have I sought thee_ Deny me not that aid of thy
grace which I have so sincerely and earnestly desired and laboured to
obtain. _O let me not wander_ Hebrew, אל תשׁגני, _do not make...
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9-16 To original corruption all have added actual sin. The ruin of
the young is either living by no rule at all, or choosing false rules:
let them walk by Scripture rules. To doubt of our own wisdom...
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Deny me not thy grace and assistance, which I have so sincerely and
earnestly desired, and laboured to obtain. LET ME NOT WANDER, Heb. _do
not make me to wander_, to wit, by leading me into temptation...
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Psalms 119:10 heart H3820 sought H1875 (H8804) wander H7686 (H8686)
commandments H4687
my whole -...
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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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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 portion were very carefully examined, we should se...
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The first eight verses of this Psalm, in the Hebrew, begin with the
letter A, and the second eight begin with the letter B. The whole
Psalm is the good man's alphabet; the Holy Spirit condescended to...
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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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_With my whole heart have I sought Thee: O let me not wander from Thy
commandments._
MAN’S DISTINGUISHING CAPACITY AND FEARFUL LIABILITY
I. Man’s distinguishing capacity. What is that? Power to wand...
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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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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 John 125:5; 1 John 143:8; 1 John 2:15; 1 John 23:3; 1 Samuel 7:3;...
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THE WONDERFUL WORD
Psalms 119:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
When we hold the Bible in our hands we are holding a Book that is
distinct from any and every other book the world has ever known.
1. IT IS DISTIN...