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Verse Psalms 119:141. _I_ AM _SMALL AND DESPISED_] And on these
accounts have every thing to _fear_. Being _small_, I cannot _resist_;
being _despised_, I am in _danger_; but even all this does not in...
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I AM SMALL AND DESPISED - The word here rendered “small” may mean
“small” in respect to number - that is, “few,” Micah 5:2;
Isaiah 60:22; or in respect to age - “young,” Genesis 19:31; or in
respect t...
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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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SMALL. INSIGNIFICANT. Compare Judges 6:15....
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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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I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
I AM SMALL AND DESPISED; (YET) DO NOT I FORGET THY PRECEPTS. This
makes me great before God, though small before the world (; )....
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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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These words are hardly applicable to an individual, while to the
struggling Israel, in relation to the great Eastern Powers, they are
peculiarly suitable....
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צָעִ֣יר אָנֹכִ֣י וְ נִבְזֶ֑ה
פִּ֝קֻּדֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א...
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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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WHY LOVE GOD'S WORD?
Psalms 119:129
What a beautiful soul this is that utters itself in these stanzas! The
psalmist acknowledges his simplicity; is quite content to be among the
unknown and despised...
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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 [am] (c) small and despised: [yet] do not I forget thy precepts.
(c) This is the true trial to praise God in adversity....
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TZADDI.
In this portion is that memorable verse which throws a light upon the
whole Psalm, and fully authorizes us to apply many parts of it
directly to the person of Jesus. The passage is, My zeal ha...
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141._I am, insignificant and despised. _The meaning is, that although
he was tried with poverty and many other calamities, he steadily
persevered in the exercise of true godliness, and in the observan...
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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 [AM] SMALL AND DESPISED,.... Or, "I have been" x. Some versions
render it "young" y; as if it had respect to the time of his anointing
by Samuel, when he was overlooked and despised in his father's...
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I [am] small and despised: [yet] do not I forget thy precepts.
Ver. 141. _I am small and despised_] _Minutus,_ a worm and no man, an
abject and outcast, _nullificamen hominis, &c._
Yet do I not forg...
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_My zeal hath consumed me_ My zeal toward thy law, which my enemies
violate and contemn. “Zeal is a high degree of love; and when the
object of that love is ill treated, it vents itself in a mixture o...
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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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SMALL; or, _a little one_; not for age, but in respect of my condition
in the world; mean and obscure....
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Psalms 119:141 small H6810 despised H959 (H8737) forget H7911 (H8804)
precepts H6490
small -...
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Psalms 119:141
I. Man, among all his other weaknesses, is so prone to vanity,
conceit, and pride that in teaching the lesson of self-respect, in
pressing on you the truth that we are greater than we k...
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Psalms 119:137. _Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy
judgments._
It is well to be able to say this when you are being tried, when the
hand of God lies heavy upon you; it is hard to kick a...
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Psalms 119:129. _Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul
keep them._
It is very wonderful that God should speak to us at all, and still
more marvellous that he should write to us such a...
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Psalms 119:129. _Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul
keep them._
Every true believer admires God's Word; and, more than that, it amazes
him: «Thy testimonies are wonderful.» View th...
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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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_Righteous art Thou, O Lord, and upright are Thy judgments._
THE TESTIMONY OF A TRIED SAINT
I. His testimony concerning God.
1. Concerning the Divine character (verses 137,142).
(1) God’s righteou...
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_I am small and despised: yet do not I forget Thy precepts._
THE COMMON LOT
I wish to speak of our own separate lives. To the most wearied of you
all, I would teach that there is hope. I would say, i...
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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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2 Corinthians 8:9; Isaiah 53:3; James 2:5; Luke 6:20; Luke 9:58;...