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Verse Psalms 119:16. _I WILL DELIGHT MYSELF_] The word is very
emphatical: אשתעשע _eshtaasha, I will skip about and jump for
joy_.
14. He must exult in God's word as his treasure, live in the spirit...
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I WILL DELIGHT MYSELF IN THY STATUTES - I will find my happiness in
thy laws. See Psalms 1:2, note; Psalms 112:1, note.
I WILL NOT FORGET THY WORD - I will not allow the world to crowd it
out of my 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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WORD. Same word as in Psalms 119:9 (not Psalms 119:11): but some
codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint,
Syriac, and Vulgate, read "words" (plural)...
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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 will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
I WILL DELIGHT MYSELF IN THY STATUTES - (.)...
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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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בְּ חֻקֹּתֶ֥יךָ אֶֽשְׁתַּעֲשָׁ֑ע
לֹ֭א אֶשְׁכַּ֣ח דְּבָרֶֽךָ׃...
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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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GOD'S WORD AN INNER POWER
Psalms 119:1
This long and noble psalm is devoted to the praise of God's Word,
which is mentioned in every verse but one, Psalms 119:122. Probably if
we were to substitute _...
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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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After the explanation which I endeavored very humbly to offer in the
first part, concerning the several words there made use of and which
we meet with again here: it will only be necessary to examine...
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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 will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ver. 16. _I will delight myself_] _Deliciabor; _ the Arabic hath it,
_lectitabo leges tuas,_ I will oft read over thy laws.
_ I wil...
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_ Beth._ Of the Distinguishing Signs of an Irreproachable Life....
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I will delight myself, find the greatest joy, full happiness, IN THY
STATUTES, studying the rules of God's holy will in their relation to
the conduct of every person in the world; I WILL NOT FORGET TH...
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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...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Psalms 119:16 delight H8173 (H8698) statutes H2708 forget H7911
(H8799) word H1697
delight -...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 will meditate in Thy precepts, and have respect unto Thy ways._
A THREEFOLD INTERNAL ACTION OF THE SOUL ABOUT THE WORD
These two verses present to us a threefold internal action of
David’s soul to...
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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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Numbers 40:8; Hebrews 10:16; Hebrews 10:17; James 1:23; James 1:24;...
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THE WONDERFUL WORD
Psalms 119:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
When we hold the Bible in our hands we are holding a Book that is
distinct from any and every other book the world has ever known.
1. IT IS DISTIN...