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Verse Psalms 119:52. _I REMEMBERED THY JUDGMENTS OF OLD_] The word
_judgments_ is here taken for _providential dealing_; and indeed _kind
treatment_; that which God showed to the Hebrews in bearing wi...
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I REMEMBERED - In my troubles.
THY JUDGMENTS OF OLD - The word “judgments” here seems to refer to
the divine dealings, whether expressed in the law of God, or in the
actual administration of his gover...
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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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DISCOURSE: 703
COMFORT UNDER PERSECUTION
Psalms 119:51. _The proud have had me greatly in derision; yet have I
not declined from thy Law. I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord;
and have comforted...
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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 remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
I REMEMBERED THY JUDGMENTS OF OLD ... AND HAVE COMFORTED MYSELF. God's
past judicial vindications of His people by mighty deliver...
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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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זָ֘כַ֤רְתִּי מִשְׁפָּטֶ֖יךָ מֵ
עֹולָ֥ם ׀ יְהוָ֗ה וָֽ...
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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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COMFORTED BY GOD'S JUDGMENTS
Psalms 119:49
Rays of comfort begin to steal into the psalmist's heart. _Thou hast
caused me to hope; this is my comfort in my affliction; thy statutes
have been my songs...
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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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I remembered thy (c) judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted
myself.
(c) That is, the examples, by which you declare yourself to be judge
of the world....
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ZAIN.
While we contemplate the ever-blessed Jesus thus hanging upon the
promises of the Father, we may in him, and through him, humbly adopt
the same language, and remind God our Father of all his cov...
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52._I called to mind thy judgments of old, O Jehovah! _In this psalm,
_the judgments of God _are generally taken for his statutes and
decrees, that is, his _righteousness. _(417) In this place, in
con...
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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 REMEMBERED THY JUDGMENTS OF OLD, O LORD,.... Either the judgments of
God executed on wicked men; as the bringing a flood on the world of
the ungodly; the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah; the destructi...
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I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
Ver. 52. _I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord_] This was to have
a holy memory, well fraught with profitable matter, such a...
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_The proud have had me in derision_ For my fear of thee and trust in
thy word; _yet have I not declined from thy law_ From faith in, or
obedience to, thy revealed will, in order to avoid that derision...
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I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Lord, in this case particularly
the decisions of God concerning the condemnation of the godless, AND
HAVE COMFORTED MYSELF, since the righteous judgments of the Lo...
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_ Zain._ Patience in Persecution and Crosses....
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49-56 Those that make God's promises their portion, may with humble
boldness make them their plea. He that by his Spirit works faith in
us, will work for us. The word of God speaks comfort in afflict...
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THY JUDGMENTS OF OLD; thy former and ancient dispensations to the
children of men in punishing the ungodly, and protecting and
delivering thy faithful servants, whose experience is my
encouragement....
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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 remembered Thy judgments of old, O Lord; and have comforted
myself._
A BLESSED FIELD LOT MEMORY
The Divine Word may be looked upon here--
I. As a field for memory.
1. A refreshing field. What f...
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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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2 Peter 2:4; Deuteronomy 1:35; Deuteronomy 1:36; Deuteronomy 4:3;...
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Judgments — Thy ancient dispensations to the children of men in
punishing the ungodly....