Psalms 119 - Introduction
1:1 seat (a-27) Or 'in the company.'... [ Continue Reading ]
1:1 seat (a-27) Or 'in the company.'... [ Continue Reading ]
119:1 (e-0) An alphabetical Psalm in periods of eight verses, each of which begins with the same Hebrew letter. The sections follow the alphabetical order.... [ Continue Reading ]
119:5 statutes! (f-10) As Exodus 12:24 . 22 times in this Psalm.... [ Continue Reading ]
119:7 thanks (g-5) Or 'I will praise thee.' judgments. (h-17) Or 'ordinances.' so throughout.... [ Continue Reading ]
119:10 sought (i-7) Or 'do I seek.'... [ Continue Reading ]
119:11 *word (k-2) It may be well to notice the distinction between _ Dabar_ and _ Imrah_ , so frequent in this Psalm. _ Dabar_ is 'word,' agreeing with _ Logos_ in the New Testament; _ Omer_ and _ Imrah_ mean 'a word,' 'speech,' 'what is said,' and, if we except Joshua 24:27 , are only used in poe... [ Continue Reading ]
119:12 statutes. (a-8) See Note, ver. 5.... [ Continue Reading ]
119:13 judgments (b-9) Or 'ordinances.' so throughout.... [ Continue Reading ]
119:19 land; (c-7) Or 'on the earth.'... [ Continue Reading ]
119:20 judgments (d-8) See Note, ver. 7; and so ver. 52.... [ Continue Reading ]
119:21 rebuked (e-3) Or 'Thou rebukest.'... [ Continue Reading ]
119:25 quicken (f-8) The word has the double sense of 'making to live,' Job 33:4 , and 'keeping alive,' Genesis 7:3 .... [ Continue Reading ]
119:28 me (g-7) Others translate, 'raise me up.'... [ Continue Reading ]
119:43 hoped (a-16) The word means 'to wait with earnest desire and longing' (see Psalms 69:3 ); and so vers. 49,74,81,114,147; Psalms 147:11 , &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
119:45 liberty, (b-6) Lit. 'at large.' see Psalms 118:5 .... [ Continue Reading ]
119:50 for (c-8) Or 'that.'... [ Continue Reading ]
119:57 words. (d-13) Or 'Jehovah is my portion. I have said that I will keep thy words.'... [ Continue Reading ]
119:66 believed (e-10) Or 'I believe.'... [ Continue Reading ]
119:70 me, (f-10) See vers. 78 and 87.... [ Continue Reading ]
119:78 towards (a-11) Or 'have subverted.' see Psalms 146:9 ; Lamentations 3:36 .... [ Continue Reading ]
119:83 bottle (b-7) A leathern bottle.... [ Continue Reading ]
119:85 not (c-10) Or 'who are not.'... [ Continue Reading ]
119:91 things (d-10) Strictly, 'all,' 'the whole.'... [ Continue Reading ]
119:98 wiser (e-5) Or 'Thou makest me wiser [through] thy commandments.' me. (f-14) Or 'for it is mine.'... [ Continue Reading ]
119:103 *words (a-5) Lit. 'word' ( _ Imrah_ ).... [ Continue Reading ]
119:118 nought (b-5) 'trodden under foot.'... [ Continue Reading ]
119:119 away (c-3) For 'puttest away' some read 'accountest.' For 'dross' LXX has 'transgressors.' earth (d-9) Or 'land.'... [ Continue Reading ]
119:126 work. (e-7) Or 'to act.' see Jeremiah 18:23 .... [ Continue Reading ]
119:130 entrance (f-2) Or 'opening,' 'declaration.'... [ Continue Reading ]
119:132 unto (a-2) Or 'Look upon.'... [ Continue Reading ]
119:133 iniquity (b-11) See Note m, Psalms 56:3 .... [ Continue Reading ]
119:134 Deliver (c-1) Or 'Ransom.'... [ Continue Reading ]
119:137 are (d-8) Or 'and upright in.'... [ Continue Reading ]
119:139 oppressors (e-7) _ Tzar_ , or 'adversaries,' as Psalms 8:2 ; Psalms 108:13 .... [ Continue Reading ]
119:140 pure, (f-5) Or 'well refined,' 'tried,' as Psalms 18:30 .... [ Continue Reading ]
119:142 righteousness, (g-6) Lit. 'a righteousness for ever.' see ver. 144.... [ Continue Reading ]
119:153 forgotten (h-12) Or 'I do not forget.'... [ Continue Reading ]
119:154 redeem (i-5) As Leviticus 25:25 ; Psalms 103:4 .... [ Continue Reading ]
119:157 oppressors; (e-7) _ Tzar_ , or 'adversaries,' as Psalms 8:2 ; Psalms 108:13 .... [ Continue Reading ]
119:158 grieved; (k-9) Or 'and I loathed [them].' see Psalms 139:21 .... [ Continue Reading ]
119:165 them. (a-13) Or 'they have no stumbling-block.'... [ Continue Reading ]
119:171 me (b-11) Or 'for thou teachest me.'... [ Continue Reading ]
119:172 of (c-6) Or 'shall respond to,' 'sing in answer to.' see Ezra 3:11 .... [ Continue Reading ]