Verse Psalms 119:135. _MAKE THY FACE TO SHINE_] Give me a sense of thy approbation. Let me know, by the testimony of thy Spirit in my conscience, that thou art reconciled to me. The godly in all ages...
MAKE THY FACE TO SHINE UPON THY SERVANT - Hebrew, “Let thy face give light to thy servant.” See the notes at Psalms 4:6. AND TEACH ME THY STATUTES - See the notes at Psalms 119:12....
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...
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)....
פָּ֭נֶיךָ הָאֵ֣ר בְּ עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝ לַמְּדֵ֗נִי...
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...
WHY LOVE GOD'S WORD? Psalms 119:129 What a beautiful soul this is that utters itself in these stanzas! The psalmist acknowledges his simplicity; is quite content to be among the unknown and despised...
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...
PE. The verses in this portion form a beautiful reduplication of the same delightful truths. It is Jesus speaking through the whole of them, in his human nature, as the Head and Representative of his...
135._Make thy face to shine upon thy servant. _There is here the repetition of a prayer which we have several times met with before in this Psalm. The Prophet intimates, that he regarded nothing as of...
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...
MAKE THY FACE TO SHINE UPON THY SERVANT,.... That is, lift up the light of thy countenance on me; favour me with thy gracious presence, and communion with thyself; manifest thyself unto me, and shed a...
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. Ver. 135. _Make thy face to shine upon thy servant_] David could not live out of God's favour nor without his direction; he therefo...
_ Pe._ The Need Of Spiritual Light in the Midst of Godlessness....
Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant, with the assurance of His grace, Numbers 6:25, AND TEACH ME THY STATUTES, His Word assuring the believer that he was truly a child of God....
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...
Look upon me with a pleased and favourable countenance. Compare NUMBERS 6:25 PROVERBS 16:15....
Psalms 119:135 face H6440 shine H215 (H8685) servant H5650 teach H3925 (H8761) statutes H2706 Make -...
Psalms 119:129. _Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them._ Every true believer admires God's Word; and, more than that, it amazes him: «Thy testimonies are wonderful.» View th...
Psalms 119:129. _Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them._ It is very wonderful that God should speak to us at all, and still more marvellous that he should write to us such a...
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...
_Look Thou upon me, and be merciful unto me._ PRAYER FOR MERCIES VOUCHSAFED TO THE GOOD I. Direction in the right way. We are all travellers on an unknown road, and we want direction. Order my foots...
_Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant; and teach me Thy statutes._ CHRISTIAN OBEDIENCE AND SUPPORT I. The character of the petitioner. The true servant of God is distinguished by-- 1. Renunciati...
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...
Job 33:26; Job 34:32; Job 35:11; Job 36:22; Luke 24:45;...