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Verse Psalms 119:100. _I UNDERSTAND MORE THAN THE ANCIENTS_] God had
revealed to him more of that _hidden wisdom_ which was in his law than
he had done to any of his predecessors. And this was most li...
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I UNDERSTAND MORE THAN THE ANCIENTS - Hebrew, The old men. It does not
refer, as the word “ancients” does with us, to the people of
former times, but to aged men. They have treasured up wisdom. They
h...
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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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ANCIENTS. elders, or the aged ones....
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DISCOURSE: 708
DAVID’S BOASTING EXPLAINED AND VINDICATED
Psalms 119:97. _O how love I thy Law! It is my meditation all the day.
Thou, through thy commandments, hast made me wiser than mine enemies:
f...
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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 understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
I UNDERSTAND MORE THAN THE ANCIENTS, BECAUSE I KEEP THY PRECEPTS.
Obedience is the key to the true knowledge of God and the highest...
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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).
THE STORY OF PSALMS 119
Solomon was king of Israel nearly 1000 years Be...
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ANCIENTS. — Or, more probably, as the LXX. and Vulg., and the old
versions generally took it, _old men._...
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מִ זְּקֵנִ֥ים אֶתְבֹּונָ֑ן כִּ֖י
פִקּוּדֶ֣יךָ נָצָֽרְתִּי׃...
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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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“THY WORD IS A LAMP, UNTO MY FEET”
Psalms 119:97
The psalmist cries, _O how love I thy law!_ He then proceeds to say
that he has become wiser than his enemies and has more understanding
than all his...
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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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MEM.
Reader! let us listen to these sweet words, as the words of Jesus. Let
us beg of God the Holy Ghost to give us grace to feel and know our
interest in what he here saith, from our interest in him....
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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 UNDERSTAND MORE THAN THE ANCIENTS,.... Than those that had lived in
ages before him; having clearer light given him, and larger
discoveries made unto him, concerning the Messiah, his person and
offi...
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I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
Ver. 100. _I understand more than the ancients_] Whom yet age, use,
and experience have taught much; but by the practical study of th...
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_MEM._
Psalms 119:97. _O how I love thy law!_ O Lord, thou knowest my love to
it is inexpressible: to then I appeal herein against all the censures
and calumnies of my enemies to the contrary. _It is...
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_ Mem._ God's Word the Essence of True Wisdom....
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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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By which reason he intimates that the practice of religion is the best
way to understand it, and that men's vicious hearts and lives are the
greatest hinderances of all true and solid knowledge of it....
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Psalms 119:100 understand H995 (H8709) ancients H2205 keep H5341
(H8804) precepts H6490
understand - 1 Kings 12:6-15; Job 12:12, Job 15:9-10, Job 32:4, Job
32:10
because -...
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Psalms 119:99
By obeying the commands of Scripture we learn that these commands
really come from God; by trying we make proof; by doing we come to
know. Now how comes this to pass? It happens in seve...
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Psalms 119:89. _For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven._
It is not a changeable or vanishing thing: «Thy word is settled,»
settled for ever, settled «for ever in heaven.» As God changes not,...
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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 have more understanding than all my teachers: for Thy testimonies
are my meditation._
INWARD VIRTUES TO THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL
1. By obeying the commands of Scripture we learn that these command...
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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 psalms as 1 and 112. It is the longes...
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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; Psalms 119:141; Psalms...
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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 prope...
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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 Kings 12:6; James 3:13; Jeremiah 8:8; Jeremiah 8:9; Job 12:12; Job
15:10; Job 15:9; Job 28:28; Job 32:10; Job 32:4;...
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Because — The practice of religion is the best way to understand it....