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Verse Psalms 119:110. _THE WICKED HAVE LAID A SNARE_] Thus their lives
were continually exposed to danger....
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THE WICKED HAVE LAID A SNARE FOR ME - As men do to take wild beasts or
birds. See the notes at Psalms 119:85. Compare Job 18:8, note; Job
18:10, note;...
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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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ERRED. to err from the paths of virtue and piety. Hebrew. _ta'ah_. not
the same word as in verses: Psalms 119:21; Psalms 119:118....
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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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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)....
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נָתְנ֬וּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים פַּ֣ח לִ֑י וּ֝ מִ
פִּקּוּ
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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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“THY WORD IS A LAMP, UNTO MY FEET”
Psalms 119:97
The psalmist cries, _O how love I thy law!_ He then proceeds to say
that he has become wiser than his enemies and has more understanding
than all his...
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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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NUN.
I pass over several very interesting observations which might be
offered on the verses in this portion, (for there is not a part of
them but is well calculated to make our meditation sweet); but...
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110._The wicked have laid a snare for me _The meaning of this verse is
similar to that of the preceding. The prophet shows more definitely in
what respect he carried his life in his hand; namely, beca...
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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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THE WICKED HAVE LAID A SNARE FOR ME,.... To draw him into sin, and so
into mischief; and even to take away his life, as they are said to dig
pits for him, Psalms 119:85;
YET I ERRED NOT FROM THY PREC...
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The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy
precepts.
Ver. 110. _The wicked have laid a snare for me_] Such as, rather than
their lives, would have had mine; such as sought and fain...
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_My soul is continually in my hand_ Exposed to perpetual and extreme
danger, as any precious and frail thing is which a man carries openly
in his hand, and which he may easily let fall, or be deprived...
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The wicked have laid a snare for me, to destroy him unawares; YET I
ERRED NOT FROM THY PRECEPTS, not daring to wander away from his one
certain source of comfort and strength, the Word of God....
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Psalms 119:110 wicked H7563 laid H5414 (H8804) snare H6341 strayed
H8582 (H8804) precepts H6490
wicked -...
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Psalms 119:89. _For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven._
Other things come, and go, and change, moons wax and wane, tides ebb
and flow, everything earthly is changeable; but «Thy word is set...
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Psalms 119:105. _Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my
path._
We are walkers through the city of this world, and we are often called
to go out into its darkness; let us never venture t...
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We will read tonight two of the stanzas which make up the 119 th
Psalm, beginning at the 105 th verse.
Psalms 119:105. _Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my
path._
God's Word is full...
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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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_My soul is continually in my hand._
RELIGION
Religion is here presented in three aspects.
I. As a deeply felt need in the immediate prospect of death. “My
soul is continually in my hand.” That is,...
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_The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from Thy
precepts._
THE SNARES LAID FOR A GOOD MAN
I. Here is a particular proof of the world’s hatred to the
godly--they have laid snares for m...
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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 psa
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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;...
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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 proper...
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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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Daniel 6:10; Jeremiah 18:22; Luke 20:19; Proverbs 1:11; Proverbs 1:12
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Is it true that David never erred from God’s precepts or did he go
astray from them?
PROBLEM: David appears to contradict himself in the same psalm. First
he says to God, “I have not strayed from You...