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Verse 171. _MY LIPS SHALL UTTER PRAISE_] תהלה _tehillah_, a song
of praise....
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MY LIPS SHALL UTTER PRAISE, WHEN THOU HAST TAUGHT ME THY STATUTES -
The sentiment here is the same as in Psalms 119:7. The language is
varied, but the meaning here, as in that verse, is, I will praise...
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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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UTTER. pour forth or bubble over with. Compare Proverbs 15:2; Proverbs
18:4....
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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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My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
MY LIPS SHALL UTTER PRAISE - literally, 'shall pour forth praises as
from a bubbling, overflowing fountain' (, note; 78:2).
WHEN...
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119:171 me (b-11) Or 'for thou teachest me.'...
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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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TAU.
(171) SHALL UTTER. — Better, preserving the metaphor of the Hebrew,
_pour forth a stream of praise.
_...
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תַּבַּ֣עְנָה שְׂפָתַ֣י תְּהִלָּ֑ה
כִּ֖י תְלַמְּדֵ֣נִי חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃...
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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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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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My lips shall (b) utter praise, when thou hast (c) taught me thy
statutes.
(b) The word means to pour forth continually.
(c) All his prayer and desire is to profit in the word of God....
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TAU.
There is but little variation in this portion from the former. Jesus
taught his disciples, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint,
Luke 18:1; and here he sets the example. I do not think...
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171._My lips shall speak praise. _David now shows in another way than
in the preceding verse, how high a privilege he accounted it to be
admitted by God among the number of His disciples, and to profi...
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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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MY LIPS SHALL UTTER PRAISE,.... Like water flowing from a fountain, as
the word m signifies. The heart of a good man is like a fountain of
water, abounding: with good things, and his mouth is a well o...
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My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
Ver. 171. _My lips shall utter praise_] _Eructabunt labia mea hymnum._
A metaphor either from a fountain casting out waters; _vel a...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Psalms 119:171 lips H8193 utter H5042 (H8686) praise H8416 teach H3925
(H8762) statutes H2706
my lips -...
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Psalms 119:153. _Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do
not forget thy law._
As much as if he said, «Lord, I do not forget thee; do not forget
me.» Thy grace has kept my memory; let thy g...
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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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_Let my cry come near before Thee, O Lord: give me understanding
according to Thy Word._
A MODEL PRAYER
I. The earnestness it breathes. “Let my cry come near before Thee, O
Lord.” This prayer is not...
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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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Psalms 119:7; Psalms 50:23; Psalms 71:17; Psalms 71:23; Psalms 71:24