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Verse Psalms 119:22. _REMOVE FROM ME REPROACH AND CONTEMPT_] Of these
the captives in Babylon had a more than ordinary load....
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REMOVE FROM ME REPROACH AND CONTEMPT - Show me thy favor, and let me
not suffer in the estimation of mankind on account of my religion. Let
me not be exposed to malicious charges; to accusations of hy...
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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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REPROACH AND CONTEMPT. Compare Psalms 123:3; Psalms 123:4, confirming
Hezekiah's suggested authorship....
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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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Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy
testimonies.
REMOVE FROM ME REPROACH AND CONTEMPT - Hebrew, gal (H1540); 'roll
away from me reproach'-namely, such as Israel bare from the...
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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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REMOVE. — Some render “roll,” with allusion to Joshua 5:9. But
it is more probably the same word as that rendered “open_”_ in
Psalms 119:18 (see Note) which may have for object the covering taken
off...
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גַּ֣ל מֵֽ֭ עָלַי חֶרְפָּ֣ה וָ ב֑וּז
כִּ֖י
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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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A PRAYER FOR UNDERSTANDING
Psalms 119:17
These verses are full of yearning and unsatisfied desire. The soul
breaks for longing, cleaves to the dust, and melts for heaviness. We
are reminded of the co...
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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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GIMEL.
Here are again many very gracious and fervent breathings after divine
favor, which need nothing explanatory by way of comment. Some of them
very highly correspond with what might be supposed to...
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22._Remove from me reproach _This verse may admit of two senses: Let
the children of God walk as circumspectly as it is possible for them
to do, they will not escape being liable to many slanders, and...
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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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REMOVE FROM ME REPROACH AND CONTEMPT,.... Or, "roll [it] from me" u.
It lay as a load, as a heavy burden upon him, which pressed him sore;
and he therefore desired ease from it, being probably in a lo...
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Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
Ver. 22. _Remove from me reproach and contempt_] Cast upon me by
those proud haughty scorners, Psalms 119:21, and that for nothi...
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_Remove from me reproach_ Which I suffer, and that unjustly, for thy
sake; _for I have kept thy testimonies_ And therefore I am innocent of
those things for which they censure and reproach me: or, and...
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_ Gimel._ Prayer For Enlightenment Unto A Godly Life....
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Remove from me reproach and contempt, that of the haughty and arrogant
scoffers, who delight in heaping scorn upon the Christians for their
trust in the Word of God; FOR I HAVE KEPT THY TESTIMONIES, o...
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17-24 If God deals in strict justice with us, we all perish. We ought
to spend our lives in his service; we shall find true life in keeping
his word. Those that would see the wondrous things of God's...
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REPROACH, which I suffer unjustly and for thy sake, as he elsewhere
complains. I HAVE KEPT THY TESTIMONIES, and therefore I am innocent
from those crimes for which they censure and reproach me. Or, an...
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Psalms 119:21. _Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do
err from thy commandments._
Wherever there is pride in the heart, there is sure to be error in the
life. A proud man is wrong, to...
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Psalms 119:17. _Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live,
and keep thy word._
O Lord, I am thy servant; yet, I pray thee, do not pay me wages
according to my deserts, but according to the g...
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Psalms 119:9. _Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by
taking heed thereto according to thy word._
«Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?» A vital and solemn
question. His way is f...
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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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_Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept Thy
testimonies._
SOCIAL CONTEMPT AND CONSCIOUS RECTITUDE
I. Social contempt (verse 22).
1. Is a thing to be deprecated.
2. Is a thing not al...
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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 2:20; 1 Peter 3:16; 1 Peter 3:17; 1 Peter 4:14; 1 Samuel 25:1
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THE WONDERFUL WORD
Psalms 119:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
When we hold the Bible in our hands we are holding a Book that is
distinct from any and every other book the world has ever known.
1. IT IS DISTIN...