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Verse Psalms 119:77. _LET THY TENDER MERCIES_] רחמיך
_rachameycha, thy_ _fatherly and affectionate feelings_....
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LET THY TENDER MERCIES COME UNTO ME - See the notes at Psalms 119:41.
THAT I MAY LIVE - It is evident that this was uttered in view of some
great calamity by which his life was threatened. He was dep...
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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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TENDER MERCIES. compassions.
FOR, &C. This is the ground of his prayer.
DELIGHT. Plural as in Psalms 119:92. great delight....
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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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Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is
my delight.
LET THY TENDER MERCIES COME UNTO ME, THAT I MAY LIVE: FOR THY LAW IS
MY DELIGHT - (; .) This latter is the vindicati...
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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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יְבֹא֣וּנִי רַחֲמֶ֣יךָ וְ אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה
כִּי ־תֹֽ֝ורָתְךָ֗...
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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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PROFITING FROM AFFLICTION
Psalms 119:65
_ Before I was afflicted, I went astray; it is good for me that I have
been afflicted; thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me_. Here is the
far-off interest of...
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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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Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may (c) live: for thy law
[is] my delight.
(c) He declares that when he did not feel God's mercies, he was as
dead....
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JOD.
With most peculiar reference to the ever-blessed Jesus must we read
the opening of this portion. A body hast thou prepared me, was said by
Christ when beholding the redemption work he came to per...
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77._Let thy companions come unto me. _In this verse, the Psalmist
repeats and confirms almost the same request as in the preceding
verse, although in phraseology somewhat different. As he had just now...
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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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LET THY TENDER MERCIES COME UNTO ME,....
Psalms 119:41;
THAT I MAY LIVE; not merely corporeally; though corporeal life is a
grant and favour, and the continuance of it; it is owing to the tender
mer...
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Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law [is]
my delight.
Ver. 77. _Let thy tender mercies come unto me, &c._] He repeateth the
same thing in other words, and re-enforceth hi...
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_I know, O Lord_ By the convictions of my own conscience, and by
experience; _that thy judgments are right_ That thy corrections, as
the next clause explains this, are just and proper, and that _thou,...
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73-80 God made us to serve him, and enjoy him; but by sin we have
made ourselves unfit to serve him, and to enjoy him. We ought,
therefore, continually to beseech him, by his Holy Spirit, to give us...
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THAT I MAY LIVE; that I may be preserved from that violent and
untimely death which mine enemies design to bring upon me. FOR THY LAW
IS MY DELIGHT; I humbly beg and expect thy protection, because I a...
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Psalms 119:77 mercies H7356 come H935 (H8799) live H2421 (H8799) law
H8451 delight H8191
thy tender -...
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In this Psalm we have, as it were, notes from David's pocket book.
Psalms 119:73. _Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me
understanding, that I may learn thy commandments._
This is a very...
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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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_They that fear Thee will be glad when they nee me; because I have
hoped in Thy Word._
THE GOOD MAN
I. The spiritual interest of the good in each other (verse 74). In
what, concerning each other, ar...
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_Let Thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live._
MERCY TO LIVE WELL
He prayed before for mercy; now again he prayeth for mercy. The
children of’ God have such an earnest desire of mercy, that...
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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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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 119:76 STEADFAST LOVE... MERCY. See Exodus
34:6....
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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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Daniel 9:18; Hebrews 8:10; Lamentations 3:22; Lamentations 3:23;...