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Verse Psalms 119:46. _I WILL SPEAK - BEFORE KINGS_] Dr. _Delaney_
supposes that this is spoken in reference to _Achish, king of Gath_,
whom David had instructed in the Jewish religion; but we have al...
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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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KINGS. So Hezekiah testified, doubtless, when kings sent presents and
embassies to him (2 Chronicles 32:22; 2 Chronicles 32:23). No occasion
to suggest. later date for this Psalm....
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I WILL SPEAK, &C.— Dr. Delaney supposes that here is an immediate
reference to Achish, king of Gath, whom he apprehends to have been
instructed in religion by David. See Life of David, b. i. c. 24....
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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 speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be
ashamed.
I WILL SPEAK OF THY TESTIMONIES ALSO BEFORE KINGS, AND WILL NOT BE
ASHAMED - (.) So Paul before King Agrippa and Festus ...
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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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The Vulgate (which in the tenses follows the LXX.) of this verse was
the motto of the Augsburg Confession, _Et loquebar in testimoniis tuis
in conspectu regum, et non confundebar.”
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וַ אֲדַבְּרָ֣ה בְ֭ עֵדֹתֶיךָ נֶ֥גֶד
מְלָכִ֗ים...
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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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LOVE FOR GOD'S COMMANDS
Psalms 119:33
Twice over the psalmist says, “thy commandments which I have
loved,” and then proceeds to give the key to perfect love of them in
the words, “I will _meditate_ i...
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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 speak of thy testimonies also before (d) kings, and will not be
ashamed.
(d) He shows that the children of God should not permit their fathers
glory to be obscured by the vain pomp of princes....
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V A U.
The Reader will not need information that Jesus is Jehovah's salvation
unto the ends of the earth; Isaiah 49:6. And the answers of Jesus to
those that reproached him, are fully set forth in the...
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46._And I will steal, of thy testimonies before kings _(415) In these
words he seems to believe that he is in possession of that which he
formerly prayed for. Having said, “Take not away the word out...
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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 SPEAK OF THY TESTIMONIES ALSO BEFORE KINGS,.... As very likely
he did before Saul and his courtiers, before the king of Achish and
the princes of the Philistines, when as yet he was not a king...
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I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be
ashamed.
Ver. 46. _I will speak of thy testimonies, &c._] _Nullo vel terrore
vel splendore mundano impeditus._ Kings commonly abound...
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_And I will walk at liberty_ Having then no such encumbrances upon me
as I now have in these straits and difficulties which beset and burden
me, I shall enjoy great freedom and comfort in thy ways, an...
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I will speak of Thy testimonies, of the Word of God, in which He has
revealed Himself, which is the essence of truth, ALSO BEFORE KINGS, as
Jesus later told His disciples, Matthew 10:18, AND WILL NOT...
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_ Vau._ The Need of a Fearless Confession of the Divine Truth....
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41-48 Lord, I have by faith thy mercies in view; let me by prayer
prevail to obtain them. And when the salvation of the saints is
completed, it will plainly appear that it was not in vain to trust in...
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BEFORE KINGS; who commonly entertain all godly discourses with scorn
and contempt....
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Psalms 119:46 speak H1696 (H8762) testimonies H5713 kings H4428
ashamed H954 (H8799)
speak -...
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Psalms 119:46
A silent religion or a speaking religion which shall it be? David
says, "I will speak." What do we say? Too often we resolve that we
will keep silence.
I. I hold that the difference bet...
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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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_So shall I keep Thy law continually for ever and ever._
A NOBLE RESOLUTION
I. To be constantly obedient (verse 44). What is obedience? Not
conformity to the letter of the law, but the incarnation o...
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_I will speak of Thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be
ashamed._
THE MORAL MARTYR
Religion is proposed to us in two different points of view, a point of
speculation, and a point of prac...
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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 John 2:28; 1 Peter 4:14; 2 Timothy 1:16; 2 Timothy 1:8; Acts 26:1;...