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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Psalms 119:78

They dealt perversely with me, Heb. they have perverted me; either by their calumnies, whereby they have put false and perverse constructions upon all my words and actions; or by endeavouring to overthrow and destroy me, or to turn me out of the way of thy precepts. But all their wicked attempts against me shall never drive me from the study, and love, and practice of thy precepts.

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See also Psalms 119:78 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 119:78. _LET THE PROUD BE ASHAMED_] To reduce a _proud man_ to _shame_, is to humble him indeed. Let them be _confounded_. _Without_ _cause _- without any colourable pretext, have they pe...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • 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

    PROUD. insolent, or arrogant. PERVERSELY. with falsehood. WITHOUT. CAUSE. Compare John 15:25 with Romans 3:24 ("freely")....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR THEY DEALT PERVERSELY WITH ME— _For they causelessly wrest my steps._ The original has the signification of perverting, or wresting the steps of any one so as to throw him down, or trip up his hee...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. LET THE PROUD BE ASHAMED (BE DISAPPOINTED IN THEIR HOPE OF DESTROYING ME); FOR THE...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    119:78 towards (a-11) Or 'have subverted.' see Psalms 146:9 ; Lamentations 3:36 ....

  • 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

    DEALT. — Better, _wronged me;_ literally, _bent me._...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ זֵ֭דִים כִּי ־שֶׁ֣קֶר עִוְּת֑וּנִי אֲ֝נִ֗י...

  • 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

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

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    LET THE PROUD BE ASHAMED,.... The same persons he before speaks of as accursed, who had him in derision, and forged a lie against him. Here he prays that they might be ashamed of their scoffs and jeer...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: [but] I will meditate in thy precepts. Ver. 78. _Let the proud be ashamed_] Theoderet thinks that David here prayeth not a...

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

    _Let the proud be ashamed_ Confound all the proud contemners of thy law; let them be brought either to repentance or to shame; for they have dealt perversely with me, either by their calumnies, puttin...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    _ Jod._ The Consolation of God's Providence and Government....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Let the proud, the arrogant mockers, BE ASHAMED; FOR THEY DEALT PERVERSELY WITH ME WITHOUT A CAUSE, both by intimating that his sufferings were an evidence of his rejection by God and by trying to dis...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 119:78 proud H2086 ashamed H954 (H8799) wrongfully H5791 (H8765) falsehood H8267 meditate H7878 (H8799) pr

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    _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...

  • 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 Peter 2:20; 1 Samuel 24:10; 1 Samuel 24:17; 1 Samuel 26:18; Jo

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