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Verse Psalms 119:147. _I PREVENTED THE DAWNING_] קדמתי
_kiddamti_, "I went before the dawn or twilight....
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I PREVENTED THE DAWNING OF THE MORNING, AND CRIED - I anticipated it;
I rose up to pray before the morning dawned. On the word
“prevent,” see the notes at 1 Thessalonians 4:15; notes at Psalms
21:3; n...
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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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PREVENTED. anticipated, or forestalled.
DAWNING.. _Homonym._ Hebrew. _nephesh._ See note on 1 Samuel 30:17.
Authorized Version and Revised Version correctly render it here, and
in Job 7:4. though not...
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DISCOURSE: 712
DAVID’S DESIRE TO SERVE GOD
Psalms 119:145. _I cried with my whole heart; Hear me, O Lord: I will
keep thy statutes. I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy
testimonies. I pre...
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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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I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy
word.
I PREVENTED THE DAWNING OF THE MORNING, AND CRIED: I HOPED IN THY
WORD - (note, ; .) "I prevented" - i:e., anticipated, (, ma...
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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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I PREVENTED, etc.] i.e. Before daybreak I cried....
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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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KOPH.
(147) PREVENTED. — See Psalms 18:5; Psalms 79:8. The Authorised
Version gives the sense, _I was up before the morning._
DAWNING OF THE MORNING. — The Hebrew word means literally
“breath,” and i...
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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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KOPH.
These verses give us an interesting view of Jesus, and are descriptive
of some of those conflicts, under which he was constrained to lift up
his voice to God his Father, with strong cryings and...
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147._I have prevented the twilight. _The Hebrew noun נשף _,
nesheph, _is in this place improperly translated by _crepusculum,
twilight; _for it rather signifies the dawn of morning. But as the
Latin’s...
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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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I PREVENTED THE DAWNING OF THE MORNING, AND CRIED,.... That is, he
awoke and got up, and prayed, before the day broke, the morning looked
forth, or the sun arose: he was early as well as earnest in hi...
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I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy
word.
Ver. 147. _I prevented the dawning of the morning_] I was up and at it
before daybreak. This is check to our sluggishness.
_ I...
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_KOPH._
Psalms 119:147. _I prevented the dawning of the morning_ Hebrew,
בנשׁ Š, _the twilight_, namely, of the morning. In this sense
this word is used 1 Samuel 30:17. _Mine eyes prevent the
night-wa...
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_ Koph._ Constant Prayer for Faithfulness over against Opposition....
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I prevented the dawning of the morning, being awake before the coming
of dawn, AND CRIED; I HOPED IN THY WORD....
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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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THE DAWNING OF THE MORNING, Heb. _the twilight_, to wit, of the
morning, by comparing PSALMS 88:13. And so this word is used 1 SAMUEL
30:17....
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Psalms 119:147 rise H6923 (H8765) morning H5399 cry H7768 (H8762) hope
H3176 (H8765) word H1697...
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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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Psalms 119:137. _Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy
judgments._
It is well to be able to say this when you are being tried, when the
hand of God lies heavy upon you; it is hard to kick a...
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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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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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Hebrews 6:17; Isaiah 26:9; Mark 1:35; Psalms 130:6; Psalms 21:3;...