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Verse Psalms 119:107. _I AM AFFLICTED VERY MUCH_] עד מאד _ad
meod_, "to extremity, excessively." We are in the most oppressive
captivity.
_QUICKEN ME_] Deliver us from our bondage....
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I AM AFFLICTED VERY MUCH - The form of the affliction is not
mentioned. There are frequent allusions in the psalm to the fact that
the author was and had been afflicted - as, in fact, must be the case...
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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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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 am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy
word.
I AM AFFLICTED VERY MUCH: QUICKEN ME, O LORD, ACCORDING UNTO THY
WORD. Life was promised on the condition of obedience (; )....
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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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נַעֲנֵ֥יתִי עַד ־מְאֹ֑ד יְ֝הוָ֗ה
חַיֵּ֥נִי כִ...
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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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“THY WORD IS A LAMP, UNTO MY FEET”
Psalms 119:97
The psalmist cries, _O how love I thy law!_ He then proceeds to say
that he has become wiser than his enemies and has more understanding
than all his...
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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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NUN.
I pass over several very interesting observations which might be
offered on the verses in this portion, (for there is not a part of
them but is well calculated to make our meditation sweet); but...
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107._I am greatly afflicted, O Jehovah! _This verse teaches, that God
did not cherish the fathers under the law in his bosom so delicately
as not to exercise them with grievous temptations; for the Ps...
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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 AM AFFLICTED VERY MUCH,.... In a temporal sense, in his body, in his
family, and by his enemies; in a spiritual sense, with the corruptions
of his heart, with the temptations of Satan, and with the...
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I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
Ver. 107. _I am adflicted very much_] _Usque valde,_ extremely. If
David be so fully bent to obey God, he shall have troubles gr...
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_NUN._
Psalms 119:105. _Thy word is a lamp unto my feet_ To direct me in all
my doubts and difficulties, and to comfort me in all my fears and
distresses. _I have sworn, and will perform it_ I have so...
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I am afflicted very much, bent down to the earth under the heavy
burden of misery laid upon him; QUICKEN ME, O LORD, filling him with
new spiritual life and strength, ACCORDING UNTO 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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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We will read tonight two of the stanzas which make up the 119 th
Psalm, beginning at the 105 th verse.
Psalms 119:105. _Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my
path._
God's Word is full...
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Psalms 119:105. _Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my
path._
We are walkers through the city of this world, and we are often called
to go out into its darkness; let us never venture t...
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Psalms 119:89. _For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven._
Other things come, and go, and change, moons wax and wane, tides ebb
and flow, everything earthly is changeable; but «Thy word is set...
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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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_I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord, according unto Thy
Word._
A COMMON CONDITION AND AN INDISPENSABLE BLESSING
I. A condition that is common to man. How varied the afflictions of
men, per...
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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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Psalms 22:14; Psalms 34:19; Psalms 6:1; Psalms 119:25; Psalms 119:88