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I HAVE NOT DEPARTED FROM THY JUDGMENTS - Thy law; thy commands. This
cannot mean that he had never done this, but that as a great rule of
life he had not done it. The character and aim of his life had...
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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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DEPARTED. swerved.
TAUGHT. directed....
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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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I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
I HAVE NOT DEPARTED FROM THY JUDGMENTS: FOR THOU HAST TAUGHT ME -
inwardly by the Spirit, without which all other teaching is
ineffe...
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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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מִ מִּשְׁפָּטֶ֥יךָ לֹא ־סָ֑רְתִּי
כִּֽי ־אַ֝תָּ֗ה...
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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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“THY WORD IS A LAMP, UNTO MY FEET”
Psalms 119:97
The psalmist cries, _O how love I thy law!_ He then proceeds to say
that he has become wiser than his enemies and has more understanding
than all his...
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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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I have not departed from thy judgments: for (c) thou hast taught me.
(c) So then of ourselves we can do nothing, but when God inwardly
instructs us with his spirit, we feel his graces sweeter than ho...
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MEM.
Reader! let us listen to these sweet words, as the words of Jesus. Let
us beg of God the Holy Ghost to give us grace to feel and know our
interest in what he here saith, from our interest in him....
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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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I HAVE NOT DEPARTED FROM THY JUDGMENTS,.... From the precepts of the
word, from the ways and worship and ordinances of God; he had not
wickedly and on purpose departed from them; whenever he did, it w...
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I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
Ver. 102. _I have not departed from thy judyments_] _i.e._ From thy
law, which is called judgments, because God will thereby judge the...
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_I have refrained, &c., from every evil way_ Every way which either is
evil, or leads to evil; sin, and the temptations or occasions of sin;
_that I might keep thy word_ Not for any worldly or carnal...
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_ Mem._ God's Word the Essence of True Wisdom....
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I have not departed from Thy judgments, making it a point to watch
God's decisions of approval and condemnation; FOR THOU HAST TAUGHT ME.
The Word of God is very clear on that point; one must but do w...
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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...
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To wit, by thy blessed Spirit, illuminating my mind, and working upon
my heart, which other teachers cannot do....
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Psalms 119:102 departed H5493 (H8804) judgments H4941 taught H3384
(H8689)
departed - Psalms 18:21;...
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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...
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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,...
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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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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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Taught me — By thy blessed spirit, illuminating my mind, and working
upon my heart....