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Verse 151. _THOU_ ART _NEAR_] As they are _near_ to destroy, so art
thou _near_ to _save_. When the enemy comes in as a flood, the Spirit
of the Lord lifts up a standard against him....
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THOU ART NEAR, O LORD - God was present with him; he was ready to hear
his cry; he was at hand to save him. Compare Psalms 145:18. The
psalmist had the assurance, springing from deep feeling, and the...
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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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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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NEAR. — Notice the antithesis. _They, the wicked,_ are _near_ with
their temptation to sin and their hindrances to virtue. _Thou_ art
near with the aid and support of Thy law....
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קָרֹ֣וב אַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֑ה וְֽ כָל
־מִצְוֹתֶ֥יךָ...
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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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THE JOY OF COMMUNION WITH GOD
Psalms 119:145
There is great eagerness in the psalmist's prayerfulness. He calls
with his whole heart; he awakes before the dawn and continues long
after the fall of ni...
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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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KOPH.
These verses give us an interesting view of Jesus, and are descriptive
of some of those conflicts, under which he was constrained to lift up
his voice to God his Father, with strong cryings and...
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151._Thou, O Jehovah! art near. _He encourages himself from the
consolatory consideration, that God, when he sees his own people sore
pressed, comes forward, seasonably to afford them succor; even as...
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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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THOU [ART] NEAR, O LORD,.... This was the comfort of the psalmist,
that though his enemies drew nigh with a mischievous design upon him,
yet his God was also near, and nearer than they; he was near as...
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Thou [art] near, O LORD; and all thy commandments [are] truth.
Ver. 151. _Thou art near, O Lord_] To counterwork and control the
enemy; as also to safeguard and support thy people....
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_Thou art near, O Lord_ Namely, to me. Thou art as ready and present
to succour me, as they are to molest me. _And all thy commandments are
truth_ Considered with the promises and threatenings which b...
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_ Koph._ Constant Prayer for Faithfulness over against Opposition....
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Thou art near, O Lord, with His help stepping between the psalmist and
the enemies seeking to hurt him, AND ALL THY COMMANDMENTS ARE TRUTH,
especially those promises of the Word which proclaim deliver...
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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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THOU ART NEAR to me. Thou art as ready and present to succour me as
they are to molest me. THY COMMANDMENTS; considered with the promises
and threatenings, which are frequently annexed to them. Or, th...
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Psalms 119:151 near H7138 LORD H3068 commandments H4687 truth H571
near - Psalms 46:1,...
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Psalms 119:137. _Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy
judgments._
It is well to be able to say this when you are being tried, when the
hand of God lies heavy upon you; it is hard to kick a...
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Psalms 119:145. _I cried with my whole heart; hear me. O LORD: I will
keep thy statutes._
It is sweet to look back upon our prayers, if those prayers were
uttered with our whole heart, for it is no s...
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Psalms 119:145. _I cried with my whole heart: hear me, O LORD: I will
keep thy statutes._
In the time of trouble there is no resort like that of prayer, but it
must be intense and earnest. «I cried w...
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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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_Thou art near, O Lord._
THE NEARNESS OF GOD
I. God is near us in the hour of human desertion. We are never in
reality alone, never in reality deserted. On our right hand and on our
left the Invisib...
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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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Deuteronomy 4:7; Matthew 1:23; Psalms 139:2; Psalms 145:18; Psalms 46