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Psalms 119:96

I have seen an end of all perfection, that is, no matter how perfect anything may seem here on earth, it has its limit or end, for absolute excellence is wanting where fallibility is natural; but Thy commandment is exceeding broad, the Word of God is not bound by the narrow limits of a human, earthly production. Man, be he never so wise, never outgrows the Word of God.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 119:96. _I HAVE SEEN AN END OF ALL PERFECTION_] Literally, "Of all consummations I have seen the end:" as if one should say, Every thing of human origin has its limits and end, howsoever...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    I HAVE SEEN AN END OF ALL PERFECTION - The word which is here rendered “perfection” - תכלה _tiklâh_ - occurs only in this place; but a similar word from the same root - תכלית _taklı̂yth_ - occurs in...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ALL PERFECTION. an end, or limit to all things. Compare Job 26:10; Job 28:3. THY COMMANDMENT, &C.. spacious exceedingly [are] Thy commandments: i.e. including all (as opposed to "end"). THEY ARE. it...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    I HAVE SEEN AN END OF ALL PERFECTION— i.e. "I have observed that all human things, how complete soever they may seem, such as wisdom and policy, and riches and power, are exceeding frail, and soon com...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad. I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad. I HAVE SEEN AN END OF ALL PERFECTION: BUT...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The most perfect earthly things are finite and limited; but God's law is for all needs and for all time....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE WORD OF GOD PSALMS 119 JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME" (JOHN 14:15)....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I HAVE SEEN. — The exact thought of the psalmist here is doubtful, and it offers such a wide application, embracing so many truths of experience, that possibly he had more than one meaning in his mind...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לְֽ כָל תִּ֭כְלָה רָאִ֣יתִי קֵ֑ץ רְחָבָ֖ה מִצ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE WORD THAT STANDS FAST Psalms 119:81 They persecute wrongfully; they dig pits; they have almost consumed; they have waited to destroy; but thy Word abides steadfast. The driven soul flees to the...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    I (d) have seen an end of all perfection: [but] thy commandment [is] exceeding broad. (d) There is nothing so perfect in earth, but it has an end, only God's word lasts forever....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    LAMED. Here is a beautiful address to Jehovah, in contemplation of his own eternal nature, the everlasting purposes and unchangeableness of his councils, and all his ordinances, providences, and dispe...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    96._In all perfection, I have seen the end. _(430) The prophet again, using other words, commends the same truth which he had taught in the first verse of this part — that the word of God is not subje...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    gVer. 96. I HAVE SEEN AN END OF ALL PERFECTION,.... An end, limit, or border, to every country, as the Syriac version; as there is to every kingdom and state, and to the whole world; but none to the c...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    I have seen an end of all perfection: [but] thy commandment [is] exceeding broad. Ver. 96. _I have seen an end of all perfection_] viz. Here below. _ Tempore tacta ruunt praetoria_ - Fairest buildi...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I have seen an end of all perfection_ I have observed that all human things, how complete soever they may seem, such as wisdom and power, glory and riches, and the greatest and most perfect accomplis...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    I HAVE SEEN AN END OF ALL PERFECTION; I have observed by my experience that the greatest and most perfect accomplishments and enjoyments in this world, the greatest glory, and riches, and power, and w...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 119:96 seen H7200 (H8804) consummation H7093 perfection H8502 commandment H4687 exceedingly H3966 broad H7342 I have seen -...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 119:89 I. In the Bible usually the Word of the Lord means not only the message which God sends, but Him by whom God sends it. The Word of God, Word of the Lord, is spoken of again and again not...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 119:96 It is not difficult, at least for an earnest and thoughtful person, to see "an end of all perfection" among men; and here below nothing comes to perfection. But we are reminded that ther...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 119:81. _My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word._ The ship rocks, but the anchor holds; the singer is ready to faint, but he is not ready to despair. He knows where his res...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 119:89. _For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven._ It is not a changeable or vanishing thing: «Thy word is settled,» settled for ever, settled «for ever in heaven.» As God changes not,...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 119:89. _For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven._ Other things come, and go, and change, moons wax and wane, tides ebb and flow, everything earthly is changeable; but «Thy word is set...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I have seen an end of all perfection; but Thy commandment is exceeding broad._ A SAD MORAL DISCOVERY I. The nature of this discovery. “An end of all perfection.” Material nature is perfect in all i...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _For ever, O Lord, Thy Word is settled in heaven._ MY SOLACE IN AFFLICTION I. Here we have strong consolation in certain facts which he remembered. Fly ye to the mountains when the enemy invades the...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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;...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 17:49; 1 Samuel 17:8; 1 Samuel 31:4; 1 Samuel 31:5; 1 Samue

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Perfection — Of the greatest and most perfect enjoyments in this world. Commandment — Thy word; one part of it being put for the whole. Broad — Or, large, both for extent, and for continuance: it is u...

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