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Verse Psalms 119:26. _I HAVE DECLARED MY WAYS_] ספרתי _sipparti_,
"I have numbered my ways," I have searched them out; I have
investigated them. And that he had earnestly prayed for pardon of what
was...
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I HAVE DECLARED MY WAYS - That is, I have declared or recounted them
to thee. I have made mention of my cares, troubles, anxieties,
purposes. I have laid them all before thee, reserving or keeping bac...
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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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I HAVE DECLARED MY WAYS— _I recount over my ways when thou
afflictest me._ Mudge. Affliction made him reflect on his ways, and
gave him sufficient reason to pray to God to teach him his ordinances....
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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 have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
I HAVE DECLARED MY WAYS, AND THOU HEARDEST ME - namely, in my prayer
under affliction (; ). "My ways" are here, my whole case...
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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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I HAVE DECLARED. — Or, _recounted._
MY WAYS. — Or, as we should say, my _courses,_ my _past life,_
including, as the context shows, confession of sins and prayer for
pardon....
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דְּרָכַ֣י סִ֭פַּרְתִּי וַֽ
תַּעֲנֵ֗נִי לַמְּדֵ֥נִי חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃...
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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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A PRAYER FOR UNDERSTANDING
Psalms 119:17
These verses are full of yearning and unsatisfied desire. The soul
breaks for longing, cleaves to the dust, and melts for heaviness. We
are reminded of the c...
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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 have (b) declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy
statutes.
(b) I have confessed my offences and now depend wholly on you....
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DALETH.
These verses compose the fourth part of this divine Psalm. Whether
David, the supposed writer of it, thus complains in himself; or
whether it means the Son of David, who in another part decla...
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26._I have declared my ways. _In the first part of this verse he
affirms he had prayed sincerely, and had not imitated the proud, who,
trusting to their own wisdom, fortitude, and opulence, make not G...
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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 HAVE DECLARED MY WAYS,.... That is, to the Lord; either the ways he
had chose and desired to walk in, and not wander from, and therefore
entreated help and assistance, guidance and direction, in the...
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I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
Ver. 26. _I have declared my ways_] My sins and troubles; those thou
hast remitted, and these thou hast remedied.
_ Teach me thy...
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_I have declared my ways_ My manner of life, my sins, my temptations,
my sorrows, my wants, dangers, fears, cares, and concerns; my designs,
undertakings, and pursuits: I have spread them all before t...
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_ Daleth._ The Grace of Being Confirmed in the Truth....
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25-32 While the souls of the children of this world cleave to the
earth as their portion, the children of light are greatly burdened,
because of the remains of carnal affections in their hearts. It i...
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MY WAYS; my sins, in way of confession; and all my cares, and fears,
and troubles, and concerns, in way of humble petition to thee, as
appears from God's answer....
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Psalms 119:26 declared H5608 (H8765) ways H1870 answered H6030 (H8799)
Teach H3925 (H8761) statutes H2706
declared - Psalms 119:106, Psalms 32:5, Psalms 38:18, Psalms 51:1-19;...
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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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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 declared my ways, and Thou heartiest me: teach me Thy
statutes._
A MAN OF GOD ALONE WITH GOD
The first lesson for man is, to know his God; the second is, to know
himself; and as the unbelieve...
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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 8:36; Proverbs 28:13; Psalms 119:106; Psalms 119:12; Psalms
143:8; Psalms 25:4; Psalms 25:8; Psalms 25:9; Psalms 27:11; Psalms 32:
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My ways — My sins; and all my cares, and fears, and troubles....