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I WILL PRAISE THEE WITH UPRIGHTNESS OF HEART - With an upright and
sincere heart.
WHEN I SHALL HAVE LEARNED - Hebrew, “In my learning.” In the
practice or act of learning them. His own experience of t...
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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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PRAISE. give thanks, as in Psalms 92:1, &c.
RIGHTEOUS. righteousness: i.e. judgments of Thy righteousness. The
eighth in order of the ten words. See App-73.
JUDGMENTS. The seventh in order of the te...
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I WILL PRAISE THEE, &C.— _I do homage to thee in honesty of heart,
when I am learning the judgments of thy righteousness._ This expresses
the rapture that he is in when learning the laws of God. He ca...
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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 will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have
learned thy righteous judgments.
I WILL PRAISE THEE WITH UPRIGHTNESS OF HEART (I:E., SINCERITY; AS
OPPOSED TO FORMAL LIP SERVICE), WH...
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119:7 thanks (g-5) Or 'I will praise thee.' judgments. (h-17) Or
'ordinances.' so throughout....
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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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אֹ֭ודְךָ בְּ יֹ֣שֶׁר לֵבָ֑ב בְּ֝
לָמְדִ֗י מִש
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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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I will praise thee with uprightness of (d) heart, when I shall have
learned thy righteous (e) judgments.
(d) For true religion stands in serving God without hypocrisy.
(e) That is, your precepts, wh...
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_Peaceable. Hebrew, "I spoke peaceable, and they warlike things. (St.
Jerome) --- Literally, "I was peace, and when I spoke, they flew to
war." (Haydock) --- Cause. This is easily understood from the...
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If by judgments were meant the strict letter of God's law, how is it
possible to conceive that the Psalmist should express himself, as he
hath in this Psalm, in love with them? My soul (saith he) brea...
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7._I will praise thee _He affirms it to be a singular instance of the
loving-kindness of God, if a person has made considerable proficiency
in his law. As a token and testimony of this, he here puts 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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I WILL PRAISE THEE WITH UPRIGHTNESS OF HEART,.... In the most sincere
manner, in the most affectionate way, with the whole heart; sensible
of great favours received, and great obligations laid under;...
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I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have
learned thy righteous judgments.
Ver. 7. _I will praise thee with uprightness_] David was yet but a
learner; and if God would teach him...
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_I will praise thee_ That is, worship and serve thee; _with
uprightness of heart_ With a single eye to thy glory, and with a
sincere desire to know and do thy will; _when I shall have learned_,
&c. Wh...
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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...
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I will praise Thee with uprightness of heart, without a trace of
hypocrisy, WHEN I SHALL HAVE LEARNED THY RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS, the
decisions based upon God's justice, of approval as well as of
condemn...
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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...
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PRAISE THEE, i.e. worship thee; one eminent duty of God's worship
being put for all, as is frequent in Scripture. WITH UPRIGHTNESS OF
HEART; or, _with a right mind_ or _heart_; in a right manner, so a...
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Psalms 119:7 praise H3034 (H8686) uprightness H3476 heart H3824 learn
H3925 (H8800) righteous H6664 judgments H4941
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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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_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...
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_I will praise Thee with uprightness of heart._
THE DUTY OF THANKFULNESS
Thankfulness is a duty wherein we are all obliged to the Lord. It is
good in regard of the equity of it. Since the Lord gives...
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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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1 Chronicles 143:10; 1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:5; 1
Chronicles 25:8;...
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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...
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When — When by thy good spirit I shall he more fitly instructed in
the meaning of thy word....