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Verse Psalms 119:47. _THY COMMANDMENTS, WHICH I HAVE LOVED._] O shame
to Christians who feel so little affection to the _Gospel of Christ_,
when we see such cordial, conscientious, and inviolate attac...
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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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HAVE LOVED. love. Septuagint adds "much"....
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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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And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
AND I WILL DELIGHT MYSELF IN THY COMMANDMENTS, WHICH I HAVE LOVED.
Here he expresses his personal delight in () the private study...
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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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וְ אֶשְׁתַּֽעֲשַׁ֥ע בְּ מִצְוֹתֶ֗יךָ
אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָהָֽבְתִּי׃...
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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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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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47._And I will delight myself _The sentiment contained in this verse
is similar to that which he had previously mentioned. The amount is,
he held the commandments of God in such high esteem, that he
e...
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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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AND I WILL DELIGHT MYSELF IN THY COMMANDMENTS,.... In perusing and
practising them;
WHICH I HAVE LOVED; a good man loves the law of God, and the
commandments of Christ, and delights in them after the...
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And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Ver. 47. _And I will delight myself_] _sc._ In contemplation of thy
word. Aristotle telleth us that the principal pleasure is to be...
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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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_ Vau._ The Need of a Fearless Confession of the Divine Truth....
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And I will delight myself in Thy commandments, finding the greatest
pleasure in studying Holy Writ more and more, WHICH I HAVE LOVED....
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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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Whereas other princes place their delight in the glories and vanities
of this world, and the study and practice of religion is generally
irksome and loathsome to them, thy law shall be my chief deligh...
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Psalms 119:47 delight H8173 (H8698) commandments H4687 love H157
(H8804)
I will delight - Psalms 119:16,...
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Psalms 119:47
The love of God's laws is to be distinguished from the mere outward
observance of them. As in the law of Moses, so far more in the Gospel
of Christ, religion is that of the heart, in the...
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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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_And I will delight myself in Thy commandments, which I have loved._
GOD S COMMANDMENTS TO BE LOVED
The love of God’s laws is certainly to be distinguished from the
mere outward observance of them. A...
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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 Peter 19:7; 1 Peter 2:21; Job 23:11; Job 23:12; John 4:34;...