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Verse Psalms 119:42. _SO SHALL I HAVE WHEREWITH TO ANSWER_] Many say,
"My hope in thy mercy is vain;" but when thou fulfillest thy promises
to me, then shall I answer to the confusion of their infidel...
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SO SHALL I HAVE WHEREWITH TO ANSWER HIM THAT REPROACHETH ME - I shall
have something by which I may reply to those who calumniate me. So the
Saviour replied to the suggestions of the tempter almost wh...
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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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WHEREWITH. a word. Hebrew. _dabar_ as in Psalms 119:9. See App-73.
REPROACHETH. See note on "contempt", Psalms 123:3.
TRUST IN. confide in. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69.
WORD. Some codices, with one earl...
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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 thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation,
according to thy word.
LET THY MERCIES COME ALSO UNTO ME, O LORD, (EVEN) THY SALVATION,
ACCORDING TO THY WORD. SO SHALL I HAVE WHEREWI...
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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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וְ אֶֽעֱנֶ֣ה חֹרְפִ֣י דָבָ֑ר כִּֽי
־בָ֝טַחְתִּי...
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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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LOVE FOR GOD'S COMMANDS
Psalms 119:33
Twice over the psalmist says, “thy commandments which I have
loved,” and then proceeds to give the key to perfect love of them in
the words, “I will _meditate_ i...
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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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So shall I (b) have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I
trust in thy word.
(b) By trusting in God's word he assures himself to be able to confute
the slanders of his adversaries....
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V A U.
The Reader will not need information that Jesus is Jehovah's salvation
unto the ends of the earth; Isaiah 49:6. And the answers of Jesus to
those that reproached him, are fully set forth in the...
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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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SO SHALL I HAVE WHEREWITH TO ANSWER HIM THAT REPROACHETH ME,....
Saying there is no help and salvation for him in God; asking where is
his God, in whom he trusted? and where is the promise of salvatio...
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So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I
trust in thy word.
Ver. 42. _So shall I have wherewith to answer_] _i.e._ To stop an
open mouth. Verbal apologies are sometimes nece...
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_VAU._
Psalms 119:41. _Let thy mercies_, &c. Let thy promised mercies be
performed to me. _So shall I answer him that reproacheth me_ That
chargeth me with folly for my piety and trust in thy promises...
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_ Vau._ The Need of a Fearless Confession of the Divine Truth....
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So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me, attacking
him for his trust in the Lord; FOR I TRUST IN THY WORD. The knowledge,
based upon the clear statements of God's Word that every b...
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SO SHALL I HAVE WEREWITH TO ANSWER HIM THAT REPROACHETH ME:
Or, so shall I answer him that reproveth me in a thing...
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41-48 Lord, I have by faith thy mercies in view; let me by prayer
prevail to obtain them. And when the salvation of the saints is
completed, it will plainly appear that it was not in vain to trust in...
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THAT REPROACHETH ME; that chargeth me with folly for my piety and
trust in thy promises. FOR I TRUST IN THY WORD; or, _because I trust_,
&c. This was the matter of their reproach....
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Psalms 119:42 have H1697 answer H6030 (H8799) reproaches H2778 (H8802)
trust H982 (H8804) word H1697...
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TRUST
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...
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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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_So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: far I
trust in Thy Word._
THE REPROACH ANSWERED
His state was this--depending upon, and trusting to that word of
promise which the Holy G...
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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 Chronicles 28:3; 2 Samuel 16:7; 2 Samuel 16:8; 2 Samuel 19:18;...