Verse Psalms 119:82. _MINE EYES FAIL_] With _looking up_ for the fulfilment of thy promise, as my heart fails in longing after thy presence....
MINE EYES FAIL FOR THY WORD - The same word in Hebrew as in the previous verse and in Psalms 73:26. The idea here is that of looking out for a thing - of “straining the eyes” - so that their power bec...
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...
FAIL. Same word as "fainteth", in Psalms 119:81....
MINE EYES FAIL— That is with attentively looking around me, to see from whence that promised deliverance will come. _A bottle in the smoke,_ Psalms 119:83 means a bottle of skin or leather, (the only...
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)....
MINE EYES FAIL. — The _failing_ of the eyes is here evidently to be understood of the effort of straining to catch or keep sight of a distant object, not, as so frequently in the Psalms (see Psalms 6:...
כָּל֣וּ עֵ֭ינַי לְ אִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ לֵ֝ אמֹ֗ר מָתַ
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...
THE WORD THAT STANDS FAST Psalms 119:81 They persecute wrongfully; they dig pits; they have almost consumed; they have waited to destroy; but thy Word abides steadfast. The driven soul flees to the...
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...
CAPH. The opening of this portion is also very beautiful, in reference to the Lord Jesus, who waited with longing expectation for the time of his being manifested unto Israel. Hence we find him, in th...
82_My eyes have waxed dim in looking for thy word _This verse is very similar to the preceding, — transforming to the eyes what had been said before concerning the soul. The only difference is, that,...
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...
MINE EYES FAIL FOR THY WORD,.... Either with looking for the Messiah, the essential Word, that was to be, and afterwards was made flesh, and dwelt among men; or for the fulfilment of the word of promi...
_Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?_ Ver. 82. _Mine eyes fail_] God sometimes deferreth to help till men have stopped looking: Luke 18:8, "When the Son of man cometh, sha...
_CAPH._ Psalms 119:81. _My soul fainteth for thy salvation_ With longing desire, earnest expectation, and hope deferred. _Mine eyes fail_ With looking hither and thither, and to thee for help. _I am b...
Mine eyes, strained with gazing for the coming of salvation, FAIL FOR THY WORD, on account of his waiting for the fulfilment of God's promises, SAYING, WHEN WILT THOU COMFORT ME? The assistance which...
_ Caph._ The Consolation of God's Word in the Midst of Great Troubles....
81-88 The psalmist sought deliverance from his sins, his foes, and his fears. Hope deferred made him faint; his eyes failed by looking out for this expected salvation. But when the eyes fail, yet fai...
MINE EYES FAIL, with looking hither and thither, and to thee for help....
Psalms 119:82 eyes H5869 fail H3615 (H8804) word H565 Saying H559 (H8800) comfort H5162 (H8762) ey
Psalms 119:81. _My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word._ The ship rocks, but the anchor holds; the singer is ready to faint, but he is not ready to despair. He knows where his res...
Psalms 119:81. _My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word._ The psalmist was so full of longings, hungerings, thirstings, for God's salvation that he had come even to faintness throu...
In this Psalm we have, as it were, notes from David's pocket book. Psalms 119:73. _Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments._ This is a very...
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...
_My soul fainteth for Thy salvation: but I hope in Thy Word._ PAINFUL SOUL MOODS AND THEIR ANTIDOTES I. Painful moods of soul. 1. Painful yearning (Psalms 119:81). (1) The general objects of this...
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...
Deuteronomy 28:32; Isaiah 38:11; Proverbs 13:12; Psalms 119:123;...