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Verse Psalms 119:136. _RIVERS OF WATERS RUN DOWN MINE EYES_] How much
had this blessed man the honour of God and the salvation of souls at
heart! O for more of that spirit which mourns for the transgr...
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RIVERS OF WATERS RUN DOWN MINE EYES - My heart is sad, and my eyes
pour forth floods of tears. It is not a gentle weeping, but my eyes
are like a fountain which pours out full-flowing streams. See Jer...
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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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RIVERS OF WATERS. Hebrew. _palgey-mayim._ See note on Proverbs 21:1.
Eng. idiom. Floods of tears....
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DISCOURSE: 711
REASONS FOR WEEPING OVER SINNERS
Psalms 119:136. _Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they
keep not thy law._
THE generality, if exhorted to labour for the salvation of others...
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RIVERS OF WATERS RUN DOWN MINE EYES— _Mine eyes run down streams of
water._ The genius of the language requires that it be so translated;
not _streams of water come down mine eyes._ See Houb. and Mudg...
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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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Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
RIVERS OF WATERS RUN DOWN MINE EYES, BECAUSE THEY KEEP NOT THY LAW -
(; ; .) Hengstenberg translates, literally, 'Mine eyes come...
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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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פַּלְגֵי ־מַ֭יִם יָרְד֣וּ עֵינָ֑י
עַ֝֗ל לֹא ־
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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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WHY LOVE GOD'S WORD?
Psalms 119:129
What a beautiful soul this is that utters itself in these stanzas! The
psalmist acknowledges his simplicity; is quite content to be among the
unknown and despised...
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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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Rivers of waters (d) run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy
law.
(d) He shows what should be the zeal of God's children when they see
his word contemned....
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PE.
The verses in this portion form a beautiful reduplication of the same
delightful truths. It is Jesus speaking through the whole of them, in
his human nature, as the Head and Representative of his...
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136._Rivers of waters run from my eyes. _(15) Here David affirms that
he was inflamed with no ordinary zeal for the glory of God, inasmuch
as he dissolved wholly into tears on account of the contempt...
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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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RIVERS OF WATERS RUN DOWN MINE EYES,.... That is, "out of" them; as
the Syriac version: or, "mine eyes let down rivers of waters" t; see
Lamentations 3:48; that is, an abundance of tears, which flowed...
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Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
Ver. 136. _Rivers of waters run down mine eyes_] My countenance is
clouded, and even furrowed, with continual tears shed for thy
di...
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_Rivers of water run down mine eyes_, &c. Plentiful and perpetual
tears, witnesses of the deep sorrow I feel on account of the dishonour
which sinners do to thee, thy displeasure against them, and the...
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_ Pe._ The Need Of Spiritual Light in the Midst of Godlessness....
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Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, in deep grief and sorrow over the
manner in which men reject the Lord and bring destruction upon
themselves, BECAUSE THEY KEEP NOT THY LAW. It is not overweening p...
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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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RIVERS OF WATERS; plentiful and perpetual tears, witnesses of my deep
sorrow for God's dishonour and displeasure, and for the miseries which
sinners bring upon themselves and others. They, to wit, the...
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Psalms 119:129. _Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul
keep them._
It is very wonderful that God should speak to us at all, and still
more marvellous that he should write to us such a...
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Psalms 119:129. _Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul
keep them._
Every true believer admires God's Word; and, more than that, it amazes
him: «Thy testimonies are wonderful.» View th...
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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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_Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not Thy law._
THE WAIL OF THE GOOD OVER THE SINS OF THE WORLD
I. They are the tears of order. Discord in sound is a cause of
distress to a soul...
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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 Samuel 15:11; Ezekiel 9:4; Jeremiah 13:17; Jeremiah 14:17; Jerem
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Rivers — Plentiful tears, witness of my deep sorrow for God's
dishonour, and for the miseries which sinners bring upon themselves....