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Verse Psalms 119:88. _QUICKEN ME_] Make and keep me _alive_.
_SO SHALL I KEEP_] Without the spiritual _life_ there is no
_obedience_; we must therefore rise from the _dead_, and be
_quickened_ by the...
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QUICKEN ME - Cause me to live; revive me. See Psalms 71:20, note;
Ephesians 2:1, note. Compare Psalms 80:18; Rom 8:11;...
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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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כְּ חַסְדְּךָ֥ חַיֵּ֑נִי וְ֝
אֶשְׁמְרָ֗ה עֵד֥וּת...
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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 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...
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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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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...
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88._Quicken me according to thy goodness _This verse contains nothing
new. In the beginning of it David represents his life as depending on
God’s mercy, not only because he was conscious of human frai...
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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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QUICKEN ME AFTER THY LOVINGKINDNESS,.... According to it, and with it;
let me have some discoveries of it, and of interest in it; and that
will quicken me, revive and comfort me, under all the reproac...
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Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of
thy mouth.
Ver. 88. _Quicken me after thy lovingkindness_] David under long
affliction had his dumps and dullnesses; as the best...
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_The proud have digged pits for me_ Have sought to destroy me by
deceit and treachery, as well as by violence; _which are not after thy
law_ Which pits, that is, which insidious designs against an inn...
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Quicken me after Thy loving-kindness, giving him new spiritual life
and strength, both for enduring persecutions and for overcoming his
enemies; SO SHALL I KEEP THE TESTIMONY OF THY MOUTH, for every n...
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_ Caph._ The Consolation of God's Word in the Midst of Great Troubles....
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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...
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Heb. _and I will keep_. I will testify my gratitude to thee by my
obedience....
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Psalms 119:88 Revive H2421 (H8761) lovingkindness H2617 keep H8104
(H8799) testimony H5715 mouth H6310
Quicken -...
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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...
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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...
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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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_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...
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_Quicken me after Thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of
Thy mouth._
GRAPPLING IRONS
I. His intense desire that he might keep the testimony of God’s
mouth.
1. This desire was founded i...
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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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Psalms 119:146; Psalms 119:159; Psalms 119:2; Psalms 119:25;...