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THIS IS MY COMFORT IN MY AFFLICTION - Compare Romans 15:4. The word
here rendered “comfort” occurs only here and in Job 6:10. The
obvious meaning is, that his only consolation in his affliction was
de...
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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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COMFORT. The word occurs (as. noun) elsewhere only in Job 6:10.
QUICKENED ME. kept me alive. See note on Psalms 119:25.
PROUD. insolent (like Rabshakeh)....
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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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This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
THIS IS MY COMFORT IN MY AFFLICTION: FOR THY WORD HATH QUICKENED ME -
thy word of promise of salvation has given me life, when...
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119:50 for (c-8) Or 'that.'...
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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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ZAIN.
(50) COMFORT. — As in Job 6:10, where the same noun occurs, its only
other use. We might render, “This is my comfort, that thy word
quickeneth me.”...
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זֹ֣את נֶחָמָתִ֣י בְ עָנְיִ֑י כִּ֖י
אִמְרָתְךָ֣...
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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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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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_COMFORT AND LIFE_
‘The same is my comfort in my trouble: for Thy word hath quickened
me.’
Psalms 119:50 (Prayer Book Version)
When we study the Psalms with a religious purpose, we would know
somet...
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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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THIS [IS] MY COMFORT IN MY AFFLICTION,.... David had his afflictions,
and so has every good man; none are without; it is the will and
pleasure of God that so it should be; and many are their afflictio...
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This [is] my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
Ver. 50. _This is my comfort_] The promises yield strong consolation.
Philosophical comforts are of little force, as Plato ackno...
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_ZAIN._
Psalms 119:49. _Remember the word_ That is, thy promises; _upon which
thou hast caused me to hope_ By thy command requiring it of me, and by
thy grace working it in me. _This_ Namely, thy word...
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This is my comfort in my affliction, serving to console and uphold him
in his misery; FOR THY WORD HATH QUICKENED ME, filled him with new
life and strength. The darker the days which come upon the bel...
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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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THIS, to wit, thy word, as is evident both from the foregoing and
following words. HATH QUICKENED ME; hath preserved my life in manifold
dangers, and hath revived and cheered my spirit....
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Psalms 119:50 comfort H5165 affliction H6040 word H565 life H2421
(H8765)
This - Psalms 27:13,...
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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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_This is my comfort in my affliction: for Thy Word hath quickened me._
COMFORT AND QUICKENING
I. In our affliction, the word of God quickens to comfort.
1. By leading us to God, who is able to bles...
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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 Peter 1:3; 1 Peter 2:2; Ezekiel 37:10; Hebrews 12:11; Hebrews 12:12