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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Psalms 119:133

Order my steps; by thy grace direct and govern all my motions and actions. In thy word; in the way prescribed in thy word; or, by thy word. Let thy Spirit accompany thy word, and ingraft it within me, so that I may be guided and ruled by it. And although I have evil inclinations and affections within me, let them not bear sway in me, nor withdraw me from the course of obedience.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 119:133. _ORDER MY STEPS_] הכן _hachen_, make them _firm_; let me not walk with a halting or unsteady step. _HAVE DOMINION OVER ME._] בי _bi, IN me_. Let me have no governor but God; let...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    ORDER MY STEPS IN THY WORD - My goings, or, my conduct and life - by thy word; according to thy requirements. Let me be wholly obedient to thy will. AND LET NOT ANY INIQUITY HAVE DOMINION OVER ME - Se...

  • 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

    ORDER. Direct, or guide. IN. by. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "according to". INIQUITY. Hebrew. _aven_. App-44....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 710 THE CHRISTIAN’S CHIEF DESIRES Psalms 119:132. _Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. Order my steps in thy word: and let not an...

  • 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

    Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. ORDER MY STEPS IN THY WORD: AND LET NOT ANY INIQUITY HAVE DOMINION OVER ME. The parallelism of the latter clause, to "ord...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    119:133 iniquity (b-11) See Note m, Psalms 56:3 ....

  • 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...

  • 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

    HAVE DOMINION. — Or, _get the mastery._ The Arabic root cognate with the Hebrew of the word appears in the title _sultan._...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    פְּ֭עָמַי הָכֵ֣ן בְּ אִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ וְֽ אַל ־תַּ

  • 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

    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...

  • 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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    PE. The verses in this portion form a beautiful reduplication of the same delightful truths. It is Jesus speaking through the whole of them, in his human nature, as the Head and Representative of his...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    133._Direct my steps according to thy word. _By these words he shows, as he has often done before in other places, that the only rule of living well is for men to regulate themselves wholly by the law...

  • 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

    ORDER MY STEPS IN THY WORD,.... Or, "by thy word" s, or "according" to it. Which is the rule of practice and action, as well as of faith; and happy are they who walk according to the directions of it;...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. Ver. 133. _Order my steps in thy word_] Let me walk as in a frame, walk by rule exactly, accurately, Ephesians 5:15. Here h...

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

    _Look thou upon me_ Favourably, as the next clause explains it; _and be merciful unto me_ Let me taste the sweetness, and receive the gifts of thy mercy; let me have thy smiles, and the light of thy c...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    _ Pe._ The Need Of Spiritual Light in the Midst of Godlessness....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Order my steps in Thy Word, making them firm in accordance with His promise, AND LET NOT ANY INIQUITY HAVE DOMINION OVER ME, which would cause him to stray from the path of rectitude and obedience to...

  • 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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 119:133 Direct H3559 (H8685) steps H6471 word H565 iniquity H205 dominion H7980 (H8686) Order -...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 119:133 I. This verse recognises and accepts the obligation of moral order: "Order my steps." II. It fixes the legitimate source and centre of that order: "In Thy word." The Bible centres, re...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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 opened my mouth, and panted, for I longed for Thy commandments._ HOLY LONGINGS Here we have David desiring, praying, pleading, and setting forth very clearly what he pants after. May you and I ha...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Look Thou upon me, and be merciful unto me._ PRAYER FOR MERCIES VOUCHSAFED TO THE GOOD I. Direction in the right way. We are all travellers on an unknown road, and we want direction. Order my foots...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Order my steps in Thy Word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over _me_._ ORDERED STEPS I. Complete subservience to the will of God. 1. “Order.” He is a man who wishes to be under orders, he...

  • 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 2:9; Psalms 19:13; Psalms 119:116; Psalms 121:3; Psalms 17:5

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Steps — My motions and actions....

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