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Verse Psalms 119:79. _LET THOSE THAT FEAR THEE_] The truly pious.
_TURN UNTO ME_] Seeing thy work upon me, they shall acknowledge me as
a _brand plucked from the burning_....
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LET THOSE THAT FEAR THEE TURN UNTO ME - Let thy friends be my friends.
Let them show me favor, and count me among their companions. If the
great and the powerful turn away from me; if they persecute m...
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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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THOSE THAT HAVE KNOWN. Some codices read "and they shall know"....
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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 those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy
testimonies.
LET THOSE THAT FEAR THEN TURN UNTO ME, AND THOSE THAT HAVE KNOWN THY
TESTIMONIES - (cf. .) "Those that have known...
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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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יָשׁ֣וּבוּ לִ֣י יְרֵאֶ֑יךָ
_וְ֝_†_יֹדְעֵ֗י_† עֵדֹתֶֽיךָ׃...
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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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Let those that fear thee (d) turn unto me, and those that have (e)
known thy testimonies.
(d) That is, be comforted by my example.
(e) He shows that there can be no true fear of God without the
know...
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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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79._Let such as fear thee turn unto me. _In this verse, which is
connected with the preceding, the Psalmist affirms, that the
deliverance which he obtained would afford common instruction to all
the g...
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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 THOSE THAT FEAR THEE TURN UNTO ME,.... Whose companion he was fond
of being, Psalms 119:63; There were some good men, it seems, that
turned from him, took the part of his enemies, and sided with t...
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Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy
testimonies.
Ver. 79. _Let those that fear thee_] These are fitly opposed to those
proud ones, as Malachi 3:13; Malachi 3:16 .
_...
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_Let the proud be ashamed_ Confound all the proud contemners of thy
law; let them be brought either to repentance or to shame; for they
have dealt perversely with me, either by their calumnies, puttin...
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_ Jod._ The Consolation of God's Providence and Government....
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Let those that fear Thee turn unto me, realizing that the charges of
his enemies are untrue, that God is not making him an example by
punishing him in anger, AND THOSE THAT HAVE KNOWN THY TESTIMONIES,...
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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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TURN UNTO ME; either,
1. Turn their eyes to me as a spectacle of God's wonderful mercy; or
rather,
2. Turn their hearts and affections to me, which have been alienated
from me, either by the artifice...
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Psalms 119:79 fear H3373 turn H7725 (H8799) know H3045 (H8802) (H8675)
H3045 (H8804) testimonies...
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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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_They that fear Thee will be glad when they nee me; because I have
hoped in Thy Word._
THE GOOD MAN
I. The spiritual interest of the good in each other (verse 74). In
what, concerning each other, ar...
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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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Psalms 119:63; Psalms 119:74; Psalms 142:7; Psalms 7:7...
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Known — Loved and practised them....