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Verse Psalms 119:31. _I HAVE STUCK_] דבקתי _dabakti_, I have
_cleaved_ to, been _glued_ to, them: the same word as in Psalms
119:25. My _soul cleaves_ as much to _thy testimonies_, as my _life_
has _c...
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I HAVE STUCK UNTO THY TESTIMONIES - The word here rendered “stuck”
is the same which in Psalms 119:25 is rendered “cleave:” - “My
soul cleaveth unto the dust.” It means here that he had adhered to
the...
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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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STUCK. cleaved, or adhered....
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DISCOURSE: 699
CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE
Psalms 119:30. _I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I
laid before me. I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not
to shame! I will run the...
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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 stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame. I
HAVE STUCK UNTO THY TESTIMONIES: O LORD, PUT ME NOT TO SHAME -
disappoint not my hope. Though "my soul cleaveth unto the dust" (), it...
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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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דָּבַ֥קְתִּי בְ עֵֽדְוֹתֶ֑יךָ
יְ֝הוָ֗ה אַל ־תְּבִישֵֽׁנִי׃...
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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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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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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 STUCK UNTO THY TESTIMONIES,.... The word of God, the Scriptures
of truth, and the doctrines contained in them. These he closely
adhered to, was glued unto them as it were; having firmly believe...
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I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
Ver. 31. _I have stuck unto thy testimonies_] Hitherto I have done so;
let me now shrink from them, or hang loose to them, lest I lose...
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_I have stuck_, &c. I have resolutely persisted in the practice of thy
precepts, in spite of all temptations to the contrary, whether from
prosperity or adversity, from honour or dishonour, from healt...
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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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I HAVE STUCK UNTO THY TESTIMONIES; I have resolutely persisted in the
practice of thy precepts, in spite of all temptations, reproaches,
persecutions, and discouragements, to which I was exposed in an...
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Psalms 119:31 cling H1692 (H8804) testimonies H5715 LORD H3068 shame
H954 (H8686)
stuck - Psalms 119:48, Psalms 119:115; Deuteronomy 4:4, Deuteronomy
10:20; Proverbs 23:23;...
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Psalms 119:31
It is difficult to tell men what being confounded means, difficult and
almost needless, for there are those who know what it means without
being told, and those who do not know what it...
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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 chosen the way of truth: Thy judgments have I laid before me._
THE COMMENDABLE PAST AND THE DESIRABLE FUTURE IN LIFE
I. The commendable in the past.
1. The best choice has been made. The wa...
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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 John 2:28; Acts 11:23; Deuteronomy 10:20; Deuteronomy 4:4; Isaiah
45:17; Isaiah 49:23; Jeremiah 17:18; John 8:31; Proverbs 23:23;...