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Verse Psalms 119:80. _LET MY HEART BE SOUND IN THY STATUTES_] Let it
be _perfect _- all given up to thee, and all possessed by thee.
ANALYSIS OF LETTER YOD. - _TENTH DIVISION_
I. In the first place...
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LET MY HEART BE SOUND ... - Hebrew, “Be perfect.” See the notes at
Job 1:1. The Septuagint here is “immaculate,” ἄμωμος
_amōmos_. So the Latin Vulgate. It is the expression of a desire
that the hea...
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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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Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. LET MY
HEART BE SOUND IN THY STATUTES, THAT I BE NOT ASHAMED. Put to the
shame of disappointment in my hope of salvation. "Sound" - Hebre...
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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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יְהִֽי ־לִבִּ֣י תָמִ֣ים בְּ חֻקֶּ֑יךָ
לְ֝מַ֗עַן...
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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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PROFITING FROM AFFLICTION
Psalms 119:65
_ Before I was afflicted, I went astray; it is good for me that I have
been afflicted; thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me_. Here is the
far-off interest of...
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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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JOD.
With most peculiar reference to the ever-blessed Jesus must we read
the opening of this portion. A body hast thou prepared me, was said by
Christ when beholding the redemption work he came to per...
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80._Let my heart be sound in thy statutes _Having, a little before,
desired to be endued with a sound understanding, he now prays, in a
similar manner, for sincere affection of heart. The understandin...
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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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LET MY HEART BE FOUND IN THY STATUTES,.... Or "perfect", and sincere:
he desires that he might have a sincere regard to the ways and
worship, ordinances and commands, of God; that he might have a cord...
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Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
Ver. 80. _Let my heart be sound_] For the main, though I have many
failings. Pray we against hypocrisy.
_ That I be not ashamed_] As all...
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_Let my heart be sound in thy statutes_ Hebrew, _perfect_, or
_entire;_ that I may love and obey them sincerely, constantly, and
universally. _That I be not ashamed_ Namely, for my sins, which are
the...
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_ Jod._ The Consolation of God's Providence and Government....
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Let my heart be sound, perfect and sincere, IN THY STATUTES, making
the Word his one rule of doctrine and life, THAT I BE NOT ASHAMED,
disgraced before the enemies on account of his trust and disappoi...
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73-80 God made us to serve him, and enjoy him; but by sin we have
made ourselves unfit to serve him, and to enjoy him. We ought,
therefore, continually to beseech him, by his Holy Spirit, to give us...
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SOUND, Heb. _perfect_, or _entire_, that I may love and obey them
sincerely, constantly, and universally. THAT I BE NOT ASHAMED, to wit,
for my sins, which are the only just causes of shame, and for t...
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Psalms 119:80 heart H3820 blameless H8549 statutes H2706 ashamed H954
(H8799)
sound - Psalms 25:21,...
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In this Psalm we have, as it were, notes from David's pocket book.
Psalms 119:73. _Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me
understanding, that I may learn thy commandments._
This is a very...
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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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_Let my heart be sound in Thy statutes._
A SOUND HEART
A heathen prayed for a “sound mind in a sound body.” A sound body
is, of all earthly blessings, the most priceless. But a sound heart is
a far...
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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 John 2:28; 2 Chronicles 12:14; 2 Chronicles 15:17; 2 Chronicles
25:2;...
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Sound — That I may love and obey them sincerely, constantly, and
universally....