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Verse 175. _LET MY SOUL LIVE_] Let my _life_ be _preserved_, and my
_soul quickened_!...
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LET MY SOUL LIVE, AND IT SHALL PRAISE THEE - I desire life that I may
praise thee; if I do live, I will praise thee. My life is consecrated
to thy service; if lengthened out, and as far as it shall be...
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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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IT SHALL PRAISE THEE. Refers to Isaiah 38:20.
HELP ME. Refers to Isaiah 37:33....
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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 my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments
help me.
LET MY SOUL LIVE, AND IT SHALL PRAISE THEE; AND LET THY JUDGMENTS
HELP ME (; ) - Save my natural and my spiritual life, wh...
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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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תְּֽחִי ־נַ֭פְשִׁי וּֽ תְהַֽלְלֶ֑ךָּ
וּֽ מִשְׁפָּטֶ֥ךָ...
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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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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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TAU.
There is but little variation in this portion from the former. Jesus
taught his disciples, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint,
Luke 18:1; and here he sets the example. I do not think...
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175._Let my soul live and let it praise thee. _As the verbs are in the
future tense, _shall live, shall praise, _this sentence may be
expounded thus: Lord, when thou shalt have bestowed life upon me,...
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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 MY SOUL LIVE, AND IT SHALL PRAISE THEE,.... The psalmist desires
the continuance of his natural life, not for his own personal
advantage, nor for the sake of his family, nor with any worldly,
sini...
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Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help
me.
Ver. 175. _Let thy judgments help me_] _sc._ To heaven: together with
God's word, there goeth forth a power....
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_TAU._
Psalms 119:172. _My tongue shall speak of_ Shall freely and
abundantly, like a fountain, _pour forth_, as תען signifies; _thy
word_ The truths, precepts, and other contents of it. _For all thy...
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Let my soul live, in full fellowship with the heavenly Father, to whom
he has appealed in his wonderful prayer, AND IT SHALL PRAISE THEE, AND
LET THY JUDGMENTS HELP ME, sustaining him in all trials an...
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_ Tau._ Concluding Appeal....
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89-96 The settling of God's word in heaven, is opposed to the changes
and revolutions of the earth. And the engagements of God's covenant
are established more firmly than the earth itself. All the cr...
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Either,
1. Thy providential dispensation, whereby thou judgest and rulest the
world, punishing the wicked, and protecting and delivering the godly.
Or,
2. Thy word or testimonies, as this word most...
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Psalms 119:175 soul H5315 live H2421 (H8799) praise H1984 (H8762)
judgments H4941 help H5826 (H8799)...
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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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_Let my soul live, and it shall praise Thee._
THE LOVE OF LIFE VINDICATED
Setting aside those who love life only for reasons which ought not to
have such weight with them, and who would prolong it o...
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_Let Thine hand help me; for I have chosen Thy precepts._
THE CHARACTER AND REQUESTS OF A TRULY GODLY MAN
I. His character.
1. His choice is the precepts of God.
2. His object of desire is God’s s...
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_Let my cry come near before Thee, O Lord: give me understanding
according to Thy Word._
A MODEL PRAYER
I. The earnestness it breathes. “Let my cry come near before Thee, O
Lord.” This prayer is not...
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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 Corinthians 11:31; 1 Corinthians 11:32; 2 Corinthians 4:17; Isaiah
26:8;...
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Judgments — Thy word or testimonies, which are the only ground of my
hope in thy help....