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Verse Psalms 119:127. _THEREFORE I LOVE THY COMMANDMENTS_] I see thou
wilt do all things well. I will trust in thee.
_ABOVE GOLD_] מזהב _mizzahab_, more than _resplendent gold_; gold
without any stai...
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THEREFORE I LOVE THY COMMANDMENTS ... - The more people break them
Psalms 119:126, the more I see their value; the more precious they are
to me. The fact that they make thy law void, and that evil
con...
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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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Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
THEREFORE I LOVE THY COMMANDMENTS ABOVE GOLD, YEA, ABOVE FINE GOLD -
(.) "Therefore" - namely, because of the excellencies of th...
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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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עַל ־כֵּ֭ן אָהַ֣בְתִּי מִצְוֹתֶ֑יךָ
מִ זָּהָ֥ב...
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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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“TIME FOR THE LORD TO WORK”
Psalms 119:113
There is an ineradicable difference between the child of God and
evil-doers, and the believer does not want to be involved in their
fate. Therefore he bids...
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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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AIN.
How sweetly do these words become Christ! but who, except Christ,
could ever use them? One might be led to conclude, from the very many
similar examples we meet with in the book of Psalms, that t...
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127._And therefore I have loved thy statutes above gold. _This verse,
I have no doubt, is connected with the preceding; for otherwise the
illative particle _therefore _would be without meaning. Viewin...
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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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THEREFORE I LOVE THY COMMANDMENTS,.... Because he was the Lord's
servant, as Aben Ezra; or rather because the wicked made void the law.
His love was the more inflamed and increased towards it by the
c...
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Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
Ver. 127. _Therefore I love thy commandments_] I like them the better
because they slight them, and prize that way the more they pe...
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_It is time_ It is high time, or a fit season; _for thee, Lord, to
work_ To put forth thy power for the vindication of thy own name and
cause, and for the restraint and punishment of evildoers. _For t...
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89-96 The settling of God's word in heaven, is opposed to the changes
and revolutions of the earth. And the engagements of God's covenant
are established more firmly than the earth itself. All the cr...
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Partly, because it is one evidence of their excellency, that they are
disliked by the vilest of men; partly, out of a just indignation and
opposition against my sworn enemies; and partly, because the...
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Psalms 119:127 love H157 (H8804) commandments H4687 gold H2091 gold
H6337
I love - Psalms 119:72,...
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Psalms 119:1. _I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love._
Presumptuous thoughts, erroneous thoughts, wicked thoughts, foolish
thoughts,-all three David hated. A good man ought to be a good hater,...
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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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_Therefore I love Thy commandments above gold._
GOD’S WORD
God’s Word is here revealed in several aspects--
I. As a prize. It is “above gold.”
1. It is intrinsically more valuable than gold. It co...
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_It is time for Thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void Thy law._
“TIME FOR THEE TO WORK”
The psalmist was surrounded, as would appear, by widespread defection
from God’s law. But instead of tr...
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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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Ephesians 3:8; Matthew 13:45; Matthew 13:46; Proverbs 16:16;...
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Therefore — Because the general apostacy of others makes this duty
more necessary....