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LETTER: ב BETH - _SECOND DIVISION_
Verse Psalms 119:9. _A YOUNG MAN CLEANSE HIS WAY_] ארח _orach_,
which we translate _way_ here, signifies a _track_, a _rut_, such as
is made by the wheel of a cart...
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WHEREWITHAL - This begins the second portion of the psalm, extending
to Psalms 119:16, in which all the verses begin with the second letter
of the Hebrew alphabet (ב _b_), indicated in our translation...
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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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A YOUNG MAN. The writer not necessarily. youth.
WAY. path. Not the same word as in Psalms 119:1.
BY TAKING. So as to take. Put interrogation at end of the second line
instead of the first.
WORD. the...
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DISCOURSE: 696
GOD’S WORD THE MEANS OF SANCTIFICATION
Psalms 119:9. _Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By
taking heed thereto according to thy word._
THERE is much despondency in the hum...
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WHEREWITHAL SHALL A YOUNG MAN— Or, _Wherewith shall a young man
cleanse his way, that he may observe thy word?_ The original word
זכה _zakkah,_ rendered, _cleanse,_ signifies to _make clean,
purify._...
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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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Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto
according to thy word.
WHEREWITHAL SHALL A YOUNG MAN CLEANSE HIS WAY? The lusts of young men
are naturally strong, and prone t...
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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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BETH.
(9) WHEREWITHAL. — There can be little question that the right
rendering of this verse is _By what means can a young man purify his
way, so as to keep it according to Thy word?_ but from Joshua...
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בַּ מֶּ֣ה יְזַכֶּה ־נַּ֭עַר אֶת
־אָרְחֹ֑ו לִ֝
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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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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 _...
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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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BETH. Wherewithal shall a (a) young man cleanse his way? by taking
heed [thereto] according to thy word.
(a) Because youth is most given to licentiousness, he chiefly warns
them to frame their lives...
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BETH.
Psalms 119:9
The question here put, and with which this second part opens, is not
simply intended for the youthful part, but for all. And the answer, in
referring to Christ the uncreated word,...
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9._Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? _In this place he
repeats, in different words, the same truth which he formerly
advanced, That, however much men may pique themselves upon their own
wor...
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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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b, BETH.--THE SECOND PART.
Ver. 9. BETH. WHEREWITH SHALL A YOUNG MAN CLEANSE HIS WAY?.... Some
think David means himself, and that he was a young man when he wrote
this psalm; and which they think is...
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BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed
[thereto] according to thy word.
Ver. 9. _Wherewithal shall a young man_] _Semipuer,_ a lad, a
stripling, who hath his name in Hebr...
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_BETH._
Psalms 119:9. _Wherewith shall a young man_ Or, any man. But he names
the _young man_, because such are commonly void of wisdom and
experience, and exposed to many and great temptations. _Clea...
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_ Beth._ Of the Distinguishing Signs of an Irreproachable Life....
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Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? When will it be
possible for a young person, surrounded with the many temptations of
youth, 2 Timothy 2:22, to be and remain clean in his conduct? BY
TAK...
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9-16 To original corruption all have added actual sin. The ruin of
the young is either living by no rule at all, or choosing false rules:
let them walk by Scripture rules. To doubt of our own wisdom...
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BETH YOUNG MAN; or, any man. But he names the YOUNG MAN, because such
are commonly void of wisdom and experience, heady and wilful, and
impatient of admonition, full of violent passions and strong lus...
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Psalms 119:9 man H5288 cleanse H2135 (H8762) way H734 heed H8104
(H8800) word H1697
shall -...
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Psalms 119:9
I. The Bible makes a great deal in its teaching about the ways of men.
And nothing is plainer than that it contemplates as great a variety of
ways as there are kinds of men. "Wherewithal...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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_Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?_
by taking heed thereto according to Thy Word.
HOW A YOUNG MAN MAY CLEANSE HIS WAY
I. This is the great practical problem for life. It is more especi...
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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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2 Timothy 2:22; 2 Timothy 3:15; Deuteronomy 17:18; Deuteronomy 6:6;...
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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...