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Verse Psalms 119:28. _MY SOUL MELTETH_] דלף _dalaph_ signifies _to
distil_, to _drop_ as _tears from the eye_. As my distresses cause the
_tears_ to _distil_ from my eyes, so the overwhelming load of...
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MY SOUL MELTETH - Margin, “droppeth.” The Hebrew word here
employed - דלף _dâlaph_ - means to drop, to drip, to distil,
spoken of a house, as when the rain drops through the roof,
Ecclesiastes 10:18;...
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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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MELTETH. weepeth. Occurs only here. Job 16:20; Ecclesiastes 10:18.
WORD. As in Psalms 119:9. Some codices read plural; but other codices,
with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "by (or in) thy words" (plu...
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MY SOUL MELTETH, &C.— Or, _My soul droppeth for heaviness; raise
thou me,_ &c. It has been thought by some, that David utters this sad
complaint in compunction for the guilt of his supposed deceit, an...
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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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My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy
word.
MY SOUL MELTETH FOR HEAVINESS - owing to my sufferings,
notwithstanding my adherence to thy Word. "Melteth" - literally ...
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119:28 me (g-7) Others translate, 'raise me up.'...
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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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MELTETH — The Hebrew word is used in Ecclesiastes 10:18 of a
dripping roof of a house; in Job 16:20 of weeping. The LXX. and Vulg.
have “slumbered,” which suits far better with the next clause,
which...
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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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My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy
(c) word.
(c) If God did not maintain us by his word, our life would drop away
like water....
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DALETH.
These verses compose the fourth part of this divine Psalm. Whether
David, the supposed writer of it, thus complains in himself; or
whether it means the Son of David, who in another part declar...
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28._My soul droppeth away for grief _As a little before he said that
his soul cleaved to the dust, so now, almost in the same manner, he
complains that it melted away with grief. Some are of opinion t...
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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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MY SOUL MELTETH FOR HEAVINESS,.... Like wax before the sun or fire; or
flows like water; drops a, as the word signifies, and dissolves into
tears, through grief and sorrow for sins committed; or by re...
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My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy
word.
Ver. 28. _My soul melteth_] Heb. droppeth away like water; I weep out
my life, together with my grief.
_ Strengthen thou me...
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_My soul melteth_ Like wax before the fire, through godly sorrow for
sin; or sinks under the weight of my affliction. _Strengthen thou me_
That so I may bear my burdens patiently and cheerfully, and m...
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_ Daleth._ The Grace of Being Confirmed in the Truth....
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My soul melteth for heaviness, is dissolved in the heat of affliction;
STRENGTHEN THOU ME ACCORDING UNTO THY WORD, setting him upright, so
that he may walk with a firm tread and fear no dangers....
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MELTETH:
_ Heb._ droppeth...
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25-32 While the souls of the children of this world cleave to the
earth as their portion, the children of light are greatly burdened,
because of the remains of carnal affections in their hearts. It i...
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MELTETH, like wax before the fire; it hath no strength nor consistency
left in it, but consumeth or pineth away. FOR HEAVINESS; through
grief, partly for my extreme danger and misery; and principally...
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Psalms 119:28 soul H5315 melts H1811 (H8804) heaviness H8424
Strengthen H6965 (H8761) word H1697
soul -...
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By the help of God's Holy Spirit, this psalm may serve for the
purposes of self-examination, for we may ask ourselves as we read,
«Do I feel in that way? Are my prayers like those of this good man?
Is...
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Psalms 119:25. _My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me
according to thy word._
«I feel heavy, unhappy, dull: ‘My soul cleaveth unto the dust.' Or
I feel worldly, lethargic, lifeless: ‘My sou...
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Psalms 119:25. _My soul cleaveth unto the dust:_
«It sticks to it as though it were glued to it; my soul cannot be
lifted up, at least by myself, out of its sadness, and its
earthiness.» The psalmist...
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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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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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Deuteronomy 33:25; Ephesians 3:16; Isaiah 40:29; Isaiah 40:31;...
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Melteth — Like wax before the fire....