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Verse Psalms 119:21. _THOU HAST REBUKED THE PROUD_] This was done
often in the case of David; and was true also in reference to the
Babylonians, who held the Israelites in subjection, and whose kings...
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THOU HAST REBUKED THE PROUD - Compare Psalms 9:5. The meaning is, that
God had done this not by word but by deed. The proud were everywhere
rebuked by God, alike in his law, and in his providence. The...
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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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ERR. go far astray (through wine or passion). Same word as "wander"
(Psalms 119:10), and "err" (Psalms 119:118). Hebrew. _shagah_ App-44....
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THOU HAST REBUKED THE PROUD, &C.— _Thou rebukest the proud; cursed
are they that stray from thy commandments._ Houb. and Mudge. The
_proud_ in this psalm mean the atheistical contemptuous disregarders...
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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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Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy
commandments.
THOU HAST REBUKED THE PROUD (THAT ARE) CURSED, WHICH DO ERR FROM THY
COMMANDMENTS - a sample of the "judgments" long...
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119:21 rebuked (e-3) Or 'Thou rebukest.'...
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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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THE PROUD] perhaps Jews who had been influenced by foreign culture....
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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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LXX. and Vulg. divide the verse: “Thou hast rebuked the proud;
cursed are they,” &c. This is preferable....
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גָּ֭עַרְתָּ זֵדִ֣ים אֲרוּרִ֑ים הַ֝
שֹּׁגִים מִ...
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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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A PRAYER FOR UNDERSTANDING
Psalms 119:17
These verses are full of yearning and unsatisfied desire. The soul
breaks for longing, cleaves to the dust, and melts for heaviness. We
are reminded of the co...
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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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Thou (c) hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, which do err from
thy commandments.
(c) In all ages you have plagued all such who maliciously and
contemptuously depart from your truth....
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GIMEL.
Here are again many very gracious and fervent breathings after divine
favor, which need nothing explanatory by way of comment. Some of them
very highly correspond with what might be supposed to...
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21._Thou hast destroyed the proud. _Others render it:, _Thou hast
rebuked the proud; _a translation of which the Hebrew term גער _,
gaar, _admits when the letter ב _, beth, _is joined with it in
const...
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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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THOU HAST REBUKED THE PROUD,.... Which some understand of the fallen
angels, who, in proud wrath, left their habitations, because they
would not be subject to the Son of God in human nature; wherefore...
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Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, which do err from thy
commandments.
Ver. 21. _Thou hast rebuked the proud, &c._] Thou chidest them,
threatenest them, plaguest them, and so settest it o...
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_Thou hast rebuked_ Or, _dost rebuke_, that is, reprove and punish,
_the proud_ Obstinate and presumptuous sinners, who sin with a high
hand; _that are cursed_ That are under the wrath and curse of Go...
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_ Gimel._ Prayer For Enlightenment Unto A Godly Life....
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Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from Thy
commandments, that is, the arrogant, who mocked the believer, have
encountered the Lord's warning threat, since His curse will surely...
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17-24 If God deals in strict justice with us, we all perish. We ought
to spend our lives in his service; we shall find true life in keeping
his word. Those that would see the wondrous things of God's...
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HAST REBUKED, or _dost rebuke_, i.e. severely punish and destroy. And
therefore I justly long for thy judgments, as for the love which I
have to them, so for fear of those terrible judgments which tho...
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Psalms 119:21 rebuke H1605 (H8804) cursed H779 (H8803) stray H7686
(H8802) commandments H4687
rebuked -...
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Psalms 119:21. _Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do
err from thy commandments._
Wherever there is pride in the heart, there is sure to be error in the
life. A proud man is wrong, to...
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Psalms 119:17. _Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live,
and keep thy word._
O Lord, I am thy servant; yet, I pray thee, do not pay me wages
according to my deserts, but according to the g...
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Psalms 119:9. _Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by
taking heed thereto according to thy word._
«Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?» A vital and solemn
question. His way is f...
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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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_My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto Thy judgments at
all times._
THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG
I. A hungering for the right. This hunger indicates:
1. The existence of rectitude. For ever...
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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 119:21 INSOLENT, ACCURSED ONES. In the psalm,
these are Israelites who reject the covenant, who wander from God’s
commandments. See vv. Psalms 119:51
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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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THE WONDERFUL WORD
Psalms 119:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
When we hold the Bible in our hands we are holding a Book that is
distinct from any and every other book the world has ever known.
1. IT IS DISTIN...
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The proud — Obstinate and presumptuous sinners, who sin with an high
hand. Err — Or, wander, knowingly or wilfully....