DEAL WITH THY SERVANT ACCORDING UNTO THY MERCY - Not according to justice - for, sinners as we are, we can never urge that as a plea before God. No man who knows himself could ask of God to deal with...
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...
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...
MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace....
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...
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...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE WORD OF GOD PSALMS 119 JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME" (JOHN 14:15)....
עֲשֵׂ֖ה עִם ־עַבְדְּךָ֥ כְ חַסְדֶּ֗ךָ וְ חֻקּ
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...
“TIME FOR THE LORD TO WORK” Psalms 119:113 There is an ineradicable difference between the child of God and evil-doers, and the believer does not want to be involved in their fate. Therefore he bids...
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...
Deal with thy (b) servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. (b) He does not boast that he is God's servant, but by this reminds God that as he made him his by his grace, so he woul...
AIN. How sweetly do these words become Christ! but who, except Christ, could ever use them? One might be led to conclude, from the very many similar examples we meet with in the book of Psalms, that t...
124._Deal with thy servant according to thy goodness. _The two clauses of this verse must be read correctly; for he does not first separately desire God to deal well with him, and next desire him to b...
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...
DEAL WITH THY SERVANT ACCORDING UNTO THY MERCY,.... Which is either general and providential, and reaches to all his creatures; and according to which David had been dealt with all his days, and which...
Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. Ver. 124. _Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy_] _i.e._ Show me so much mercy as to teach me thy statutes. _Cathedr...
_AIN._ Psalms 119:121. _I have done judgment and justice_ That is, just judgment, Ecclesiastes 5:7, namely, toward mine oppressors, whom I have no way injured. _Be surety for thy servant for good_ For...
Deal with Thy servant according unto Thy mercy, according to His free grace and favor, the outflow of His love, AND TEACH ME THY STATUTES; for every believer, having accepted the mercy of the heavenly...
_ Ain._ The Proper Estimation of God's Word in the Midst of Oppression....
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...
Not according to strict justice, nor according to my sins....
Psalms 119:124 Deal H6213 (H8798) servant H5650 mercy H2617 teach H3925 (H8761) statutes H2706 Deal -...
Psalms 119:1. _I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love._ Presumptuous thoughts, erroneous thoughts, wicked thoughts, foolish thoughts,-all three David hated. A good man ought to be a good hater,...
Psalms 119:119-19. _Thou putteth away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. I have done judgm...
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...
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...
_Deal with Thy servant according unto Thy mercy._ In these words we have a prayer I. For merciful treatment. 1. Not according to Thy justice. This would involve our ruin. 2. Not according to the m...
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
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;...
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...
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...
2 Timothy 1:16; Psalms 103:10; Psalms 130:3; Psalms 130:4; Psa