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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 119:9

a young man. The writer not necessarily. youth.

way. path. Not the same word as in Psalms 119:1.

By taking. So as to take. Put interrogation at end of the second line instead of the first.

word. the articulate subject-matter of what is said. The tenth in order of the ten words of this Psalm. See note on Psalms 18:30. App-73. Not the same word as in Psalms 119:11. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "words" (plural)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    LETTER: ב BETH - _SECOND DIVISION_ Verse Psalms 119:9. _A YOUNG MAN CLEANSE HIS WAY_] ארח _orach_, which we translate _way_ here, signifies a _track_, a _rut_, such as is made by the wheel of a cart...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WHEREWITHAL - This begins the second portion of the psalm, extending to Psalms 119:16, in which all the verses begin with the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ב _b_), indicated in our translation...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 696 GOD’S WORD THE MEANS OF SANCTIFICATION Psalms 119:9. _Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word._ THERE is much despondency in the hum...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WHEREWITHAL SHALL A YOUNG MAN— Or, _Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way, that he may observe thy word?_ The original word זכה _zakkah,_ rendered, _cleanse,_ signifies to _make clean, purify._...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BETH. (9) WHEREWITHAL. — There can be little question that the right rendering of this verse is _By what means can a young man purify his way, so as to keep it according to Thy word?_ but from Joshua...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    בַּ מֶּ֣ה יְזַכֶּה ־נַּ֭עַר אֶת ־אָרְחֹ֑ו לִ֝

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    BETH. Psalms 119:9 The question here put, and with which this second part opens, is not simply intended for the youthful part, but for all. And the answer, in referring to Christ the uncreated word,...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    9._Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? _In this place he repeats, in different words, the same truth which he formerly advanced, That, however much men may pique themselves upon their own wor...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    b, BETH.--THE SECOND PART. Ver. 9. BETH. WHEREWITH SHALL A YOUNG MAN CLEANSE HIS WAY?.... Some think David means himself, and that he was a young man when he wrote this psalm; and which they think is...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [thereto] according to thy word. Ver. 9. _Wherewithal shall a young man_] _Semipuer,_ a lad, a stripling, who hath his name in Hebr...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _BETH._ Psalms 119:9. _Wherewith shall a young man_ Or, any man. But he names the _young man_, because such are commonly void of wisdom and experience, and exposed to many and great temptations. _Clea...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? When will it be possible for a young person, surrounded with the many temptations of youth, 2 Timothy 2:22, to be and remain clean in his conduct? BY TAK...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    9-16 To original corruption all have added actual sin. The ruin of the young is either living by no rule at all, or choosing false rules: let them walk by Scripture rules. To doubt of our own wisdom...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 119:9 man H5288 cleanse H2135 (H8762) way H734 heed H8104 (H8800) word H1697 shall -...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 119:9 I. The Bible makes a great deal in its teaching about the ways of men. And nothing is plainer than that it contemplates as great a variety of ways as there are kinds of men. "Wherewithal...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    It is not easy to see the special subjects that are spoken of by David in each of the short portions of eight verses, yet I do not doubt that if each portion were very carefully examined, we should se...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    The first eight verses of this Psalm, in the Hebrew, begin with the letter A, and the second eight begin with the letter B. The whole Psalm is the good man's alphabet; the Holy Spirit condescended to...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?_ by taking heed thereto according to Thy Word. HOW A YOUNG MAN MAY CLEANSE HIS WAY I. This is the great practical problem for life. It is more especi...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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;...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    A young man — Or, any man. But he names the young man, because such are commonly void of wisdom and experience, and exposed to many and great temptations. Cleanse — Purge himself from all filthiness o...

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