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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Psalms 119:57

CHETH Whereas other men place their portion and happiness in worldly things, I have chosen thee for my portion and chief treasure, as he said, Psalms 16:5, Psalms 73:26, and thou hast an all-sufficient and an excellent portion for me. I have said; I have not only purposed it in my own heart, but have professed and owned it before others, and I do not repent of it.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    LETTER ח CHETH. - _EIGHTH DIVISION_ Verse Psalms 119:57. THOU ART _MY PORTION, O LORD_] From the _fifty-seventh_ to the _sixtieth_ verse may be seen the _progress_ of the work of grace on the human...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THOU ART MY PORTION, O LORD - This begins a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Cheth (ח _ch_), which may be represented in English by “ch.” On the meaning of the language here,...

  • 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

    The division is better made thus, dispensing with the supposed Ellipsis:. have said "Jehovah is my portion, That. might keep Thy word. ...

  • 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

    Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. (THOU ART) MY PORTION, O LORD: I HAVE SAID (MENTALLY, AS MY FIXED RESOLVE) THAT I WOULD KEEP THY WORDS - (; ; ;...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    119:57 words. (d-13) Or 'Jehovah is my portion. I have said that I will keep thy words.'...

  • 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

    CHETH. (57) THOU ART MY PORTION, O LORD. — This rendering is in accordance with Psalms 16:5; Psalms 73:26. But, even with these passages in view, a better rendering would be — “This is my portion, O...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    חֶלְקִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אָמַ֗רְתִּי לִ שְׁמֹ֥ר דְּבָרֶֽיךָ׃...

  • 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

    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...

  • 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

    CHETH. [Thou art] my (a) portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. (a) I am persuaded that to keep your law is a heritage and great gain for me....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CHETH. This eighth part of this lovely Psalm opens most beautifully, in which we clearly behold Jesus as the speaker. The royal Prophet, under the Spirit's influence (as Peter was commissioned to expl...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    57._Thou art my portion, O Jehovah! _The meaning of this clause is doubtful, because the term _Jehovah _may be rendered either in the nominative or vocative case, and the phrase, _I have said, _may re...

  • 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

    x, CHETH.--THE EIGHTH PART. Ver. 57. CHETH. [THOU ART] MY PORTION, O LORD,.... Which he chose and preferred to all others; to the riches, honours, and profits of this world; the grant of which was ma...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    CHETH. [Thou art] my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. Ver. 57. _Thou art my portion, O Lord_] While other men's portion _sunt divitiae vel deliciae,_ nothing short of God can...

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

    _CHETH._ Psalms 119:57. _Thou art my portion, O Lord_ Whereas other men place their portion and happiness in worldly things, I have chosen thee for my portion and chief treasure: and thou art an all-s...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    57-64 True believers take the Lord for the portion of their inheritance, and nothing less will satisfy them. The psalmist prayed with his whole heart, knowing how to value the blessing he prayed for:...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 119:57 portion H2506 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8804) keep H8104 (H8800) words H1697 my portion -...

  • 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

    _Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep Thy words._ THE WEALTH OF LIFE A man’s portion is that which he deliberately chooses as the chief object of his life, that on which he conc...

  • 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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 119:57 MY PORTION. See note on 16:5–6. ⇐...

  • 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

    Deuteronomy 26:17; Deuteronomy 26:18; Jeremiah 10:16; Lamentations 3:24;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Said — I have professed and owned it....

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