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See also Psalms 119:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 119:6. _THEN SHALL I NOT BE ASHAMED_] Every act of transgression in the wicked man tends to _harden his heart_; and render it _callous_. If a man who fears God is so unhappy as to fall i...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THEN SHALL I NOT BE ASHAMED - On the word ashamed, see Job 6:20, note; Psalms 25:2, note. The meaning here is, that he would not have occasion to be ashamed; he would not be disappointed; all his hope...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • 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

    ASHAMED. put to shame; not shame of conscience. COMMANDMENTS. The tenth in order of the ten words. See App-73....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 695 PRACTICAL RELIGION ENFORCED Psalms 119:4. _Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently: O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! Then shall I not he ashamed, when...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    O THAT MY WAYS— The word here principally signifies, the motions and inclinations of the mind and heart, upon which all our actions depend. _When I have respect unto,_ in the next verse, is rendered b...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. THEN SHALL I NOT BE ASHAMED, WHEN I HAVE RESPECT UNTO ALL THY COMMANDMENTS. I shall not be with shame disappointed in my...

  • 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

    HAVE RESPECT UNTO. — Literally, _look upon,_ or _into,_ as in a mirror. (Comp. James 1:23.) The Divine Law is as a mirror, which shows man his defects; the faithful, in looking in it, have no cause to...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אָ֥ז לֹא ־אֵבֹ֑ושׁ בְּ֝ הַבִּיטִ֗י אֶל ־כָּל

  • 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

    GOD'S WORD AN INNER POWER Psalms 119:1 This long and noble psalm is devoted to the praise of God's Word, which is mentioned in every verse but one, Psalms 119:122. Probably if we were to substitute _...

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

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Here we find what confidence the truly regenerated soul is put in possession of, when living upon Jesus as Jehovah hath appointed. All the commandments will be alike the delight of such a soul. And th...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN SHALL I NOT BE ASHAMED,.... Of hope in God, of a profession of faith in him, and of a conversation agreeable to it before men; nor of appearing before God in his house, worshipping him there; nor...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. Ver. 6. _Then shall I not be ashamed_] _i.e._ I shall be highly honoured both by thee and all thy people; able to look thee...

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

    _Thou hast commanded us_, &c. Nor is it strange that thy people do so exactly and diligently observe thy precepts, because they are commanded so to do by thee, their sovereign Lord. _O that my ways we...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE CHRISTIAN'S GOLDEN ABC OF THE PRAISE, POWER, AND VALUE OF GOD'S WORD. This beautiful psalm, whose writer is not known, is divided into twenty-two sections of eight verses each. All the verses in t...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then shall I not be ashamed, be brought to shame, heaped with disgrace, WHEN I HAVE RESPECT UNTO ALL THY COMMANDMENTS, those enjoining the good and forbidding the evil, to guard against both sins of c...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-8 This psalm may be considered as the statement of a believer's experience. As far as our views, desires, and affections agree with what is here expressed, they come from the influences of the Holy...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THEN SHALL I NOT BE ASHAMED; either of my actions, or of my profession of religion, or of my hope and confidence in thy favour. When sinners shall be ashamed both here, ROMANS 6:21, and hereafter, DAN...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 119:6 ashamed H954 (H8799) look H5027 (H8687) commandments H4687 shall I - Psalms 119:31,...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    It is not easy to see the special subjects that are spoken of by David in each of the short portions of eight verses, yet I do not doubt that if each portion were very carefully examined, we should se...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    The first eight verses of this Psalm, in the Hebrew, begin with the letter A, and the second eight begin with the letter B. The whole Psalm is the good man's alphabet; the Holy Spirit condescended to...

  • 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

    _Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord._ MORAL LAW I. There is a Divine moral law for the regulation of moral life. The Creator has given a law to every creature He h...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all Thy commandments._ A CLEAR CONSCIENCE We are not under the law, but under grace, yet are we not lawless, since we have become servants of G...

  • 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...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Respect — A due respect, which implies hearty affection, diligent study, and constant practice. To all — So as not to allow myself in any known sin, or in the neglect of any known duty....

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