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Verse Psalms 119:60. THIRDLY. - _I MADE HASTE, AND DELAYED NOT_] He
did this with the utmost _speed_; and did not trifle with his
convictions, nor seek to drown the voice of conscience.
The original...
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I MADE HASTE - This language further describes the process of
conversion. There was no delay; there was no excuse offered. He acted
at once under his conviction of what was right. He did not ask
permi...
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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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DISCOURSE: 704
SERIOUS AND SPEEDY CONVERSION TO GOD RECOMMENDED
Psalms 119:59. _I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy
testimonies. I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments_....
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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 made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
I MADE HASTE - like Zaccheus (Luke 19:5), at the Lord's call.
AND DELAYED NOT - like Felix, Acts 24:25; and the Athenians, Acts
17:32). I ...
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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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חַ֭שְׁתִּי וְ לֹ֣א הִתְמַהְמָ֑הְתִּי
לִ֝ שְׁמֹ֗ר מִצְוֹתֶֽיךָ׃...
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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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COMFORTED BY GOD'S JUDGMENTS
Psalms 119:49
Rays of comfort begin to steal into the psalmist's heart. _Thou hast
caused me to hope; this is my comfort in my affliction; thy statutes
have been my songs...
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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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CHETH.
This eighth part of this lovely Psalm opens most beautifully, in which
we clearly behold Jesus as the speaker. The royal Prophet, under the
Spirit's influence (as Peter was commissioned to expl...
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60._I made haste _Though the words are in the past tense, they denote
a continued act. The prophet declares with what promptitude he
dedicated himself to the service of God. Diligence and dispatch
dem...
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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 MADE HASTE, AND DELAYED NOT TO KEEP THY COMMANDMENTS. As soon as he
was sensible of his duty, he immediately complied with it; he
consulted not with flesh and blood, but at once yielded a cheerful
o...
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I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
Ver. 60. _I made haste, and delayed not_] Heb. I distracted not myself
about had-I-wist, but minded the one thing necessary. _Nolite tempus
in...
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_I thought on my ways_ I seriously considered both my former conduct,
and my duty in all my future actions; _and turned my feet unto thy
testimonies_ And finding my feet had too often swerved from the...
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57-64 True believers take the Lord for the portion of their
inheritance, and nothing less will satisfy them. The psalmist prayed
with his whole heart, knowing how to value the blessing he prayed for:...
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Being fully convinced of the necessity and excellency of obedience, I
presently resolved upon it, and immediately put it in execution....
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Psalms 119:60 haste H2363 (H8804) delay H4102 (H8701) keep H8104
(H8800) commandments H4687
made - Psalms 95:7-8; Ezekiel 10:6-8; Proverbs 27:1; Ecclesiastes
9:10; Galatians 1:16...
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Psalms 119:59
Such is the history of almost all solid conversion. The great
destroyer of the souls of men, which throughout the whole world is so
widely wasting, is not so much wilful, deliberate sin...
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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 entreated Thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me
according to Thy Word._
THE DUTIES WHICH MARK THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN COURSE
I. The consideration of our ways.
1. He betak...
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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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Ecclesiastes 9:10; Ezekiel 10:6; Galatians 1:16; Proverbs 27:1; Psalms
95:7; Psalms 95:8...