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Verse 158. _I BEHELD THE TRANSGRESSORS, AND WAS GRIEVED_] Literally,
_I was affected with anguish_....
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I BEHELD THE TRANSGRESSORS - Those who wronged me; those who violated
the law of God.
AND WAS GRIEVED - Or, “sickened.” The word used here means
commonly to loathe, to nauseate, to sicken. Ezekiel 16...
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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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TRANSGRESSORS. Hebrew. _bagad_. traitors, or treacherous men.
WAS GRIEVED. loathed myself: i.e. seeing the same tendencies in
myself. Compare Job 42:6....
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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 beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not
thy word.
I BEHELD THE TRANSGRESSORS - literally, the treacherous transgressors
(note, ); unfaithful to their covenanted duty to...
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119:158 grieved; (k-9) Or 'and I loathed [them].' see Psalms 139:21 ....
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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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RESH.
(158) TRANSGRESSORS. — Better, _the faithless_ (or, _traitors_).
WAS GRIEVED. — The Hebrew is a far stronger word, and the sense is
intensified by the rare conjugation: _was filled with loathi...
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רָאִ֣יתִי בֹ֭גְדִים וָֽ
אֶתְקֹוטָ֑טָה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִ֝מְרָתְךָ֗
לֹ֣א שָׁמָֽרוּ׃...
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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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I beheld the transgressors, and was (c) grieved; because they kept not
thy word.
(c) My zeal consumed me when I saw their malice and contempt for your
glory....
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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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158._I saw the perfidious and child them. _In this verse the Psalmist
proceeds yet farther, declaring that he was inflamed with a holy zeal
when he saw the law of God despised by the wicked. Expositor...
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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 BEHELD THE TRANSGRESSORS, AND WAS GRIEVED,.... Transgressors of the
law of God, profane sinners; such as among whom he dwelt in Mesech and
Kedar; it grieved him when he beheld their wicked life and...
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I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy
word.
Ver. 158. _I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved_] Or, I
abhorred them, or, I contended with them; not so much becau...
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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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I observed and considered their ungodly courses....
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Psalms 119:158 see H7200 (H8804) treacherous H898 (H8802) disgusted
H6962 (H8709) keep H8104 (H8804) word H565
Psalms 119:53, Psalms 119:136; Ezekiel 9:4; Mark 3:5...
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Psalms 119:158
Consider what there is in the breaking of God's law to justify such
manifestation of grief as you read of in the writings of David.
I. Look, first, at the dishonour done to God by the...
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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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Ezekiel 9:4; Mark 3:5; Psalms 119:136; Psalms 119:53...