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I KNOW, O LORD - I feel assured; I entertain no doubt on the subject.
This was the conviction of the mind of the psalmist in affliction.
Mysterious as the trial may have been, hard as it may have been...
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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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RIGHT. righteousness, as in Psalms 119:7.
AFFLICTED. humbled....
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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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I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in
faithfulness hast afflicted me.
I KNOW, O LORD, THAT THY JUDGMENTS ARE RIGHT (LITERALLY,
RIGHTEOUSNESS), AND THAT THOU IN FAITHFULNESS...
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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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See Psalms 119:67....
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יָדַ֣עְתִּי יְ֭הוָה כִּי ־צֶ֣דֶק
מִשְׁפָּטֶ֑יךָ וֶ֝...
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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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75_I have known, O Jehovah / that thy judgments are justice. _By
_judgments, _in this psalm, we are to understand the precepts of the
law; but as the prophet immediately adds, that he was justly
chast...
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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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I KNOW, O LORD, THAT THY JUDGMENTS [ARE] RIGHT,.... His word, the
doctrines and precepts of it, they are all consistent with the
holiness and righteousness of God; and so are his judgments on wicked
m...
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I know, O LORD, that thy judgments [are] right, and [that] thou in
faithfulness hast afflicted me.
Ver. 75. _I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right_] That is, that
I suffer deservedly. To thee,...
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_I know, O Lord_ By the convictions of my own conscience, and by
experience; _that thy judgments are right_ That thy corrections, as
the next clause explains this, are just and proper, and that _thou,...
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_ Jod._ The Consolation of God's Providence and Government....
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I know, O Lord, that Thy judgments, His decisions of condemnation as
well as of approval, ARE RIGHT, they served for his benefit, for his
salvation, AND THAT THOU IN FAITHFULNESS HAST AFFLICTED ME, de...
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RIGHT:
_ Heb._ righteousness...
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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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I KNOW by the convictions of my own conscience, and by experience. THY
JUDGMENTS, i.e. thy corrections, as the next clause explains this. IN
FAITHFULNESS; in pursuance of thy promises, and in order to...
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Psalms 119:75 know H3045 (H8804) LORD H3068 judgments H4941 right
H6664 faithfulness H530 afflicted H6031 (H8765)
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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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_I know, O Lord, that Thy judgments are right, and that Thou in
faithfulness hast afflicted me._
DIVINE RECTITUDE AND FIDELITY
I. The truths declared.
1. In all the afflictive events of life, we ar...
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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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Deuteronomy 32:4; Genesis 18:25; Hebrews 12:10; Hebrews 12:11;...
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Judgments — Thy corrections. Of faithfulness — In pursuance of thy
promises, and in order to my good....