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Verse 155. _SALVATION_ IS _FAR FROM THE WICKED_] There is no hope of
their conversion.
_FOR THEY SEEK NOT THY STATUTES._] And they who _do not seek, shall_
_not find_....
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SALVATION IS FAR FROM THE WICKED - That is,
(a) in their present course: they are very far from being safe, or
from having a prospect of salvation;
(b) they are constantly going farther and farther...
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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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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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Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
SALVATION IS FAR FROM THE WICKED - even as "they are far from thy
law" (; )....
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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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רָחֹ֣וק מֵ רְשָׁעִ֣ים יְשׁוּעָ֑ה
כִּֽי ־חֻ֝קֶּיךָ...
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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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THE JOY OF COMMUNION WITH GOD
Psalms 119:145
There is great eagerness in the psalmist's prayerfulness. He calls
with his whole heart; he awakes before the dawn and continues long
after the fall of ni...
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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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RESH.
The same cries of soul are continued through this portion as in the
former; and we may, without any forced construction of the words,
consider what is here said as peculiarly applicable to the m...
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155_Safety is far from the wicked. _Fully persuaded that the world is
governed by the secret providence of God, who is a just judge, the
Prophet draws from that source the doctrine, That the wicked ar...
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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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SALVATION [IS] FAR FROM THE WICKED,.... Christ, the author of
salvation, is far from them: he was far from the unbelieving Jews,
even though salvation was of them, and he, the Saviour, was among
them;...
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Salvation [is] far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
Ver. 155. _Salvation is far from the wicked_] How can it be
otherwise? when as God is neither in their heads, Psalms 10:4, nor
hear...
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_RESH._
Psalms 119:155. _Salvation_ Which is nigh to the faithful, because
they diligently and earnestly seek to know and do the will of God,
revealed to them in his word; _is far from the wicked_ The...
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Salvation is far from the wicked, on account of their own obstinate
disobedience; FOR THEY SEEK NOT THY STATUTES, refusing to heed the
Word of the Lord....
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_ Resh._ The Increasing Confidence of the Believer....
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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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And therefore, on the contrary, I trust that thou wilt save me because
I do seek them. My wicked enemies shall certainly be destroyed, by
which means I shall be delivered....
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Psalms 119:155 Salvation H3444 far H7350 wicked H7563 seek H1875
(H8804) statutes H2706
Salvation -...
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Psalms 119:153. _Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do
not forget thy law._
As much as if he said, «Lord, I do not forget thee; do not forget
me.» Thy grace has kept my memory; let thy g...
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Psalms 119:145. _I cried with my whole heart: hear me, O LORD: I will
keep thy statutes._
In the time of trouble there is no resort like that of prayer, but it
must be intense and earnest. «I cried w...
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Psalms 119:145. _I cried with my whole heart; hear me. O LORD: I will
keep thy statutes._
It is sweet to look back upon our prayers, if those prayers were
uttered with our whole heart, for it is no s...
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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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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 119:155 FOR THEY DO NOT SEEK implies that the
cause is not God’s stinginess but their refusal.
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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...