I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame. I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame - disappoint not my hope. Though "my soul cleaveth unto the dust" (), it cleaveth still faster to "thy testimonies," so that no business, pleasure, or peril can sever me from them.
Verse Psalms 119:31. _I HAVE STUCK_] דבקתי _dabakti_, I have _cleaved_ to, been _glued_ to, them: the same word as in Psalms 119:25. My _soul cleaves_ as much to _thy testimonies_, as my _life_ has _c...
I HAVE STUCK UNTO THY TESTIMONIES - The word here rendered “stuck” is the same which in Psalms 119:25 is rendered “cleave:” - “My soul cleaveth unto the dust.” It means here that he had adhered to the...
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...
STUCK. cleaved, or adhered....
DISCOURSE: 699 CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE Psalms 119:30. _I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me. I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame! I will run the...
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)....
דָּבַ֥קְתִּי בְ עֵֽדְוֹתֶ֑יךָ יְ֝הוָ֗ה אַל ־תְּבִישֵֽׁנִי׃...
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...
A PRAYER FOR UNDERSTANDING Psalms 119:17 These verses are full of yearning and unsatisfied desire. The soul breaks for longing, cleaves to the dust, and melts for heaviness. We are reminded of the co...
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...
DALETH. These verses compose the fourth part of this divine Psalm. Whether David, the supposed writer of it, thus complains in himself; or whether it means the Son of David, who in another part declar...
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...
I HAVE STUCK UNTO THY TESTIMONIES,.... The word of God, the Scriptures of truth, and the doctrines contained in them. These he closely adhered to, was glued unto them as it were; having firmly believe...
I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame. Ver. 31. _I have stuck unto thy testimonies_] Hitherto I have done so; let me now shrink from them, or hang loose to them, lest I lose...
_I have stuck_, &c. I have resolutely persisted in the practice of thy precepts, in spite of all temptations to the contrary, whether from prosperity or adversity, from honour or dishonour, from healt...
_ Daleth._ The Grace of Being Confirmed in the Truth....
I have stuck unto Thy testimonies, clinging to the revealed truth with all his heart; O LORD, PUT ME NOT TO SHAME, permitting him to become an object of mockery by withholding His strength and help fr...
25-32 While the souls of the children of this world cleave to the earth as their portion, the children of light are greatly burdened, because of the remains of carnal affections in their hearts. It i...
I HAVE STUCK UNTO THY TESTIMONIES; I have resolutely persisted in the practice of thy precepts, in spite of all temptations, reproaches, persecutions, and discouragements, to which I was exposed in an...
Psalms 119:31 cling H1692 (H8804) testimonies H5715 LORD H3068 shame H954 (H8686) stuck -...
Psalms 119:31 It is difficult to tell men what being confounded means, difficult and almost needless, for there are those who know what it means without being told, and those who do not know what it...
By the help of God's Holy Spirit, this psalm may serve for the purposes of self-examination, for we may ask ourselves as we read, «Do I feel in that way? Are my prayers like those of this good man? Is...
Psalms 119:25. _My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word._ «I feel heavy, unhappy, dull: ‘My soul cleaveth unto the dust.' Or I feel worldly, lethargic, lifeless: ‘My sou...
Psalms 119:25. _My soul cleaveth unto the dust:_ «It sticks to it as though it were glued to it; my soul cannot be lifted up, at least by myself, out of its sadness, and its earthiness.» The psalmist...
Psalms 119:9. _Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word._ «Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?» A vital and solemn question. His way is f...
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...
_I have stuck unto Thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame._ THE STICKING TO GOD’S TESTIMONIES I. What the psalmist means by God’s testimonies. 1. The children of God do not cleave to the bare...
_I have chosen the way of truth: Thy judgments have I laid before me._ THE COMMENDABLE PAST AND THE DESIRABLE FUTURE IN LIFE I. The commendable in the past. 1. The best choice has been made. The wa...
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...
1 John 2:28; Acts 11:23; Deuteronomy 10:20; Deuteronomy 4:4; Isaia