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Verse Psalms 119:56. _THIS I HAD, BECAUSE I KEPT THY PRECEPTS._]
Though thou didst leave us under the power of our enemies, yet thou
hast not left us without the consolations of thy Spirit.
ANALYSIS...
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THIS I HAD, BECAUSE I KEPT THY PRECEPTS - literally, “This was to
me;” that is, This has happened to me; this has occurred. This
joyful remembrance of thy law in the night of affliction Psalms
119:50;...
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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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THIS. Supply Ellipsis (App-6) thus: "This [comfort]. had"....
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THIS I HAD, &C.— That is, "this sweet composure of mind, this
cheerfulness of spirit, under all these afflictions."
CHETH....
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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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This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
THIS I HAD, BECAUSE I KEPT THY PRECEPTS - "this" good I have had as
my reward (namely, that thy statutes are "my songs in my pilgrimage,"
and that "I rememb...
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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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'This (comfort) I have that I have kept thy law.'...
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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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THIS I HAD, BECAUSE... — Literally, _This was to me,_ &c, _i.e.,_
this consoling recollection of the mercies of God, of His covenant
grace, was to him, happened, or came to him, in consequence of his...
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זֹ֥את הָֽיְתָה ־לִּ֑י כִּ֖י
פִקֻּדֶ֣יךָ נָצָֽרְתִּי׃...
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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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COMFORTED BY GOD'S JUDGMENTS
Psalms 119:49
Rays of comfort begin to steal into the psalmist's heart. _Thou hast
caused me to hope; this is my comfort in my affliction; thy statutes
have been my songs...
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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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(g) This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
(g) That is, all these benefits....
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ZAIN.
While we contemplate the ever-blessed Jesus thus hanging upon the
promises of the Father, we may in him, and through him, humbly adopt
the same language, and remind God our Father of all his cov...
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56._This was done to me. _I doubt not that the prophet, under the term
זאת, _zoth, _comprehends all God’s benefits; but as he comes
before God in relation to blessings then being enjoyed by him, he
sp...
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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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THIS I HAD, BECAUSE I KEPT THY PRECEPTS. Either the comfort he had
from the word, the pleasure and delight he had in it, being his songs
in his pilgrimage, Psalms 119:50; see Psalms 119:165; or this
k...
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This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
Ver. 56. _This I had_] This comfort, or this remembrance, or this
ability to keep thy law.
_ Because I keep thy precepts_] A strange reason, I kept it because...
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_Thy statutes have been my songs_ The matter of my songs, my delight
and recreation; _in the house of my pilgrimage_ In this present world,
wherein I am a pilgrim, as all my fathers were. _I have reme...
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49-56 Those that make God's promises their portion, may with humble
boldness make them their plea. He that by his Spirit works faith in
us, will work for us. The word of God speaks comfort in afflict...
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THIS I HAD, this comfortable and profitable remembrance and
contemplation of thy name and statutes, of which he spoke PSALMS
119:54,55, because I kept thy precepts; which if I had wilfully and
wickedl...
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Psalms 119:56 kept H5341 (H8804) precepts H6490
because - Psalms 119:165, Psalms 18:18-22;...
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Psalms 119:55
I. The keeping of God's law is promoted by the remembering of God's
name. The name of God includes all the attributes of God. (1) If I
remember the attributes of God, I must remember amo...
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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 remembered Thy name, O Lord, in the night, and have kept Thy
law._
THOUGHT
It is the glory of man that he can think. We conquer Nature by
thought. Thought has stretched out its hand, reached...
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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 3:19; Psalms 119:165; Psalms 18:18...
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This — This comfortable remembrance....