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Verse Psalms 119:48. _MY HANDS ALSO WILL I LIFT UP_] I will present
every victim and sacrifice which the law requires. I will make prayer
and supplication before thee, lifting up holy hands without wr...
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MY HANDS ALSO WILL I LIFT UP UNTO THY COMMANDMENTS ... - As an
expression of delight or rejoicing, as people lift up their hands with
their voice when they give expression to joy. It denotes a high st...
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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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MY HANDS, &C. Hebrew idiom. to swear by, as in Genesis 14:22.Exodus
6:8 (margin) Deuteronomy 32:40; Ezekiel 20:5; Ezekiel 20:6; Ezekiel
36:7. See note on Exodus 17:16....
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MY HANDS ALSO WILL I LIFT UP— That is, says Mudge, "I will hold up
my hands to receive God's law into them: I will be always reading
it.'' Others think that the meaning is, "I will exemplify my love o...
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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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My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have
loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
MY HANDS ALSO WILL I LIFT UP UNTO THY COMMANDMENTS, WHICH I HAVE
LOVED. The lifting up o...
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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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MY HANDS. — See Psalms 28:2. The expression here is elliptical: “I
will lift my hands in prayer for power to observe Thy commands.”...
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וְ אֶשָּֽׂא ־כַפַּ֗י אֶֽל
־מִ֭צְוֹתֶיךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָהָ֗בְתִּי וְ
אָשִׂ֥יחָה בְ 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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LOVE FOR GOD'S COMMANDS
Psalms 119:33
Twice over the psalmist says, “thy commandments which I have
loved,” and then proceeds to give the key to perfect love of them in
the words, “I will _meditate_ i...
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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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V A U.
The Reader will not need information that Jesus is Jehovah's salvation
unto the ends of the earth; Isaiah 49:6. And the answers of Jesus to
those that reproached him, are fully set forth in the...
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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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MY HANDS ALSO WILL I LIFT UP UNTO THY COMMANDMENTS, WHICH I HAVE
LOVED,.... Showing by such a gesture his great esteem of them, and
affection for them; stretching out his hands, and embracing them wit...
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My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have
loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
Ver. 48. _My hands also will I lift up, &c._] Removing all rubs, and
pulling thy word to m...
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_And I will walk at liberty_ Having then no such encumbrances upon me
as I now have in these straits and difficulties which beset and burden
me, I shall enjoy great freedom and comfort in thy ways, an...
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_ Vau._ The Need of a Fearless Confession of the Divine Truth....
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41-48 Lord, I have by faith thy mercies in view; let me by prayer
prevail to obtain them. And when the salvation of the saints is
completed, it will plainly appear that it was not in vain to trust in...
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LIFT UP; to lay hold upon them, to receive and embrace thy precepts
and promises by faith and love, and cheerfully and vigorously to put
them in practice; for as the _hanging down of the hands_ is a g...
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Psalms 119:48 hands H3709 up H5375 (H8799) commandments H4687 love
H157 (H8804) meditate H7878 (H8799) statutes H2706
hands - Psalms 10:12; Ezekiel 44:12; Micah 5:9
unto thy - Matthew 7:21;...
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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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_So shall I keep Thy law continually for ever and ever._
A NOBLE RESOLUTION
I. To be constantly obedient (verse 44). What is obedience? Not
conformity to the letter of the law, but the incarnation o...
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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 44:12; James 1:22; John 13:17; John 15:14; Micah 5:9; Matthew
7:21; Psalms 10:12; Psalms 1:1; Psalms 119:15...
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Lift up — To receive and embrace thy precepts and promises....