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MANY ARE MY PERSECUTORS AND MINE ENEMIES - The thought here turns on
the number of his enemies, and on the effect which numbers might have
in turning one from the way of truth. We might meet one such...
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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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ENEMIES. adversaries: i.e. those who hem me in....
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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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Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from
thy testimonies.
YET DO I NOT DECLINE FROM THY TESTIMONIES - (; .)...
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119:157 oppressors; (e-7) _ Tzar_ , or 'adversaries,' as Psalms 8:2 ;
Psalms 108:13 ....
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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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רַ֭בִּים רֹדְפַ֣י וְ צָרָ֑י מֵ֝
עֵדְוֹתֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א נָטִֽיתִי׃...
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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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THE JOY OF COMMUNION WITH GOD
Psalms 119:145
There is great eagerness in the psalmist's prayerfulness. He calls
with his whole heart; he awakes before the dawn and continues long
after the fall of ni...
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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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RESH.
The same cries of soul are continued through this portion as in the
former; and we may, without any forced construction of the words,
consider what is here said as peculiarly applicable to the m...
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157._My persecutors and oppressors are many. _The Psalmist here as in
other places testifies, that although he had been provoked by many
injuries, yet he had not departed from the right way; which, as...
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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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MANY [ARE] MY PERSECUTORS AND MINE ENEMIES,.... Because they were his
enemies, therefore they were his persecutors; and they became enemies
to him, or hated him, because of his religion, and on that a...
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Many [are] my persecutors and mine enemies; [yet] do I not decline
from thy testimonies.
Ver. 157. _Many are my persecutors_] Truth never wanted an adversary;
and goes seldom without a scratched face...
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_Many are my persecutors_ David, being a public person, had many
enemies. In this he was a type both of Christ and of his church. The
enemies, the persecutors of both, are many, implacable and unweari...
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_ Resh._ The Increasing Confidence of the Believer....
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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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Though they tempt me to do so, and persecute me because I will not do
it....
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Psalms 119:157 Many H7227 persecutors H7291 (H8802) enemies H6862 turn
H5186 (H8804) testimonies H5715
Many - Psalms 3:1-2, Psalms 22:12, Psalms 22:16, Psalms 25:19, Psalms
56:2,...
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Psalms 119:145. _I cried with my whole heart; hear me. O LORD: I will
keep thy statutes._
It is sweet to look back upon our prayers, if those prayers were
uttered with our whole heart, for it is no s...
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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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_Many are my persecutors and mine enemies._
THE TRIALS AND TRAITS OF PIETY
I. The trials of piety. They are twofold--objective and subjective.
1. Objective. “Many are my persecutors and enemies.” “...
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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 Corinthians 15:58; Acts 20:23; Acts 20:24; Acts 4:27; Isaiah 42:4;
Job 17:9; Job 23:11; Matthew 24:9; Matthew 26:47; Psalms 118:10;...