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Verse Psalms 119:51. _THE PROUD HAVE HAD ME_] We have been treated,
not only with oppressive _cruelty_, but also with _contempt_, because
we still professed to _trust in thee_, the living God, who bec...
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THE PROUD HAVE HAD ME GREATLY IN DERISION - Those of rank; those in
high life: perhaps, as we should say, the frivolous and fashionable
world. They have ridiculed me; they have held me up to contempt...
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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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DISCOURSE: 703
COMFORT UNDER PERSECUTION
Psalms 119:51. _The proud have had me greatly in derision; yet have I
not declined from thy Law. I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord;
and have comforted...
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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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The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined
from thy law.
THE PROUD HAVE HAD ME GREATLY IN DERISION ( ); YET HAVE I NOT
DECLINED FROM THY LAW - (.) So the faithful remnant pr...
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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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זֵ֭דִים הֱלִיצֻ֣נִי עַד ־מְאֹ֑ד מִ֝
תֹּֽורָתְךָ֗...
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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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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...
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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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The (b) proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not
declined from thy law.
(b) Meaning the wicked who contemn God's word, and tread his religion
under foot....
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ZAIN.
While we contemplate the ever-blessed Jesus thus hanging upon the
promises of the Father, we may in him, and through him, humbly adopt
the same language, and remind God our Father of all his cov...
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51._The proud have greatly scorned me _This example is eminently
useful, as it serves to inform us, that though our honesty may render
us obnoxious to the insults of the ungodly, we ought, by our
unfl...
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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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THE PROUD HAVE HAD ME GREATLY IN DERISION,.... Profane sinners, proud
and haughty scorners, that make a jest of religion, and scoff at
everything serious and good: these derided the psalmist for his p...
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_The proud have had me in derision_ For my fear of thee and trust in
thy word; _yet have I not declined from thy law_ From faith in, or
obedience to, thy revealed will, in order to avoid that derision...
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_ Zain._ Patience in Persecution and Crosses....
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The proud, the arrogant and frivolous mockers, such as are always
found where the true children of God are following the precepts of
God's holy will, HAVE HAD ME GREATLY IN DERISION; YET HAVE I NOT
DE...
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49-56 Those that make God's promises their portion, may with humble
boldness make them their plea. He that by his Spirit works faith in
us, will work for us. The word of God speaks comfort in afflict...
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GREATLY IN DERISION, for my godliness and trust in thy word, as the
following words imply....
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Psalms 119:51 proud H2086 great H3966 derision H3887 (H8689) aside
H5186 (H8804) law H8451
proud -...
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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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_The proud have had me greatly in derision; yet have I not declined
from Thy law._
THE CONTEMPTIBLE AND ADMIRABLE IN CHARACTER
I. The contemptible. “The proud.”
1. Who are the despicably proud? Not...
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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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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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Acts 20:23; Acts 20:24; Hebrews 12:1; Isaiah 38:3; Isaiah 42:4;...