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Verse Psalms 119:139. _MY ZEAL HATH CONSUMED ME_] My earnest desire to
promote thy glory, and the pain I feel at seeing transgressions
multiplied, have worn down both my flesh and spirits....
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MY ZEAL HATH CONSUMED ME - Margin, “cut me off.” The word which is
here translated “consumed” is rendered “cut off” in
Lamentations 3:53; Job 23:17; Psalms 54:5;...
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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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MY ZEAL HATH CONSUMED ME— See Psalms 69:9. "My zeal towards thy law,
which my enemies violate and contemn." The original of _very pure,_ in
the next verse, is, _tried in the fire;_ an allusion to meta...
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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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My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy
words.
MY ZEAL HATH CONSUMED ME - ( .) BECAUSE MINE ENEMIES HAVE FORGOTTEN
THY WORDS - not from defect of memory, but wilfully acti...
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119:139 oppressors (e-7) _ Tzar_ , or 'adversaries,' as Psalms 8:2 ;
Psalms 108:13 ....
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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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צִמְּתַ֥תְנִי קִנְאָתִ֑י כִּֽי
־שָׁכְח֖וּ דְבָרֶ֣יךָ צָרָֽי׃...
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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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TZADDI.
In this portion is that memorable verse which throws a light upon the
whole Psalm, and fully authorizes us to apply many parts of it
directly to the person of Jesus. The passage is, My zeal ha...
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139._My zeal hath consumed me. _(17) The Psalmist speaks of his
persecutors, by whom it is certain he had been subjected to much
trouble. But although they were virulent and cruel towards him, he
avow...
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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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MY ZEAL HATH CONSUMED ME,.... Zeal for God and his glory, for his word
and ordinances and worship; which is a fervour of the mind, burning
love, and flaming affections for God, shown in a holy indigna...
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My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy
words.
Ver. 139. _My zeal hath consumed me_] Hath meagred and impaired me
much. In the Hebrew the last letter is doubled, to increase...
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_My zeal hath consumed me_ My zeal toward thy law, which my enemies
violate and contemn. “Zeal is a high degree of love; and when the
object of that love is ill treated, it vents itself in a mixture o...
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_ Tzaddi._ The Proper Appreciation of the Word of God....
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My zeal hath consumed me, has brought him near to destruction, has
almost robbed him of his life, BECAUSE MINE ENEMIES HAVE FORGOTTEN THY
WORDS. All believers, filled with true zeal for God and His Wo...
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CONSUMED ME:
_ Heb._ cut me off...
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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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HATH CONSUMED ME; I am tormented and cut to the heart with grief and
anger at it. HAVE FORGOTTEN THY WORDS, i.e. despise and disobey them;
which in Scripture use is oft called a forgetting of them, as...
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Psalms 119:137. _Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy
judgments._
It is well to be able to say this when you are being tried, when the
hand of God lies heavy upon you; it is hard to kick a...
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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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_Righteous art Thou, O Lord, and upright are Thy judgments._
THE TESTIMONY OF A TRIED SAINT
I. His testimony concerning God.
1. Concerning the Divine character (verses 137,142).
(1) God’s righteou...
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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 Kings 19:10; 1 Kings 19:14; Acts 13:27; Acts 28:23; John 2:17;...