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Verse Psalms 119:91. _THEY CONTINUE THIS DAY_] This verse should be
thus read: _All are thy servants; therefore, they continue this day_
_according to thy ordinances_. "All the celestial bodies are go...
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THEY CONTINUE THIS DAY ACCORDING TO THINE ORDINANCES - According to
thy judgments (Hebrew); that is, thy commands. They “stand”
(Hebrew) as thou hast appointed; they are what thou didst design them
to...
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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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THEY: i.e. heaven and earth.
CONTINUE. stand, as in Psalms 119:90.
THIS DAY. [to] this day, or to-day.
ORDINANCES. regulations. Hebrew. _mishpat._ The seventh of the ten
words. App-73. Compare Psal...
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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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119:91 things (d-10) Strictly, 'all,' 'the whole.'...
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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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THEY] i.e. the heavens and the earth....
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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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THEY (the heavens and the earth) CONTINUE TO THIS DAY ACCORDING TO
THINE ORDINANCES: FOR ALL (_i.e.,_ all creation) ARE THY SERVANTS. —
In Hebrew _the all, i.e.,_ the universe. The parallelism is in t...
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לְֽ֭ מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ עָמְד֣וּ הַ יֹּ֑ום
כִּ֖י ה
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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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They (b) continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all
[are] thy servants.
(b) Seeing the earth and all creatures remain in that estate in which
you have created them, much more your truth...
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LAMED.
Here is a beautiful address to Jehovah, in contemplation of his own
eternal nature, the everlasting purposes and unchangeableness of his
councils, and all his ordinances, providences, and dispe...
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91._By thy judgments they continue to this day. _The word, היום,
_hayom, _which, following other interpreters, I have translated _to
this days might _not improperly _rendered daily, or every day. _In...
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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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THEY CONTINUE THIS DAY ACCORDING TO THINE ORDINANCES,.... That is, the
heavens and the earth do, before mentioned, just as they were from the
beginning of the creation. The heavenly bodies have the sa...
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They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all [are]
thy servants.
Ver. 91. _They continue this day_] God never brake promise with them,
Jeremiah 33:20; Jeremiah 33:25, much less will...
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_LAMED._
Psalms 119:89. _For ever, O Lord, thy word_, &c. The Hebrew may be
rendered, _thou art for ever, O Lord, thy word_, &c. Or, _thy word, O
Lord_, _is for ever; firmly fixed in heaven._ God's tr...
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They continue this day according to Thine ordinances, the earth and
all it contains being subject to His Word, obliged to carry out the
dictates of His will; FOR ALL ARE THY SERVANTS, humbly obeying H...
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_ Lamed._ The Imperishable Nature of the Divine Word....
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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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THEY CONTINUE; the heaven and the earth last mentioned. ACCORDING TO
THINE ORDINANCES; as thou hast appointed, and by virtue of thine
appointment. ALL ARE THY SERVANTS; all things are subject to thy p...
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Psalms 119:91 continue H5975 (H8804) day H3117 ordinances H4941
servants H5650
They continue this - Psalms 148:5-6;
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Psalms 119:89
I. In the Bible usually the Word of the Lord means not only the
message which God sends, but Him by whom God sends it. The Word of
God, Word of the Lord, is spoken of again and again not...
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Psalms 119:89. _For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven._
It is not a changeable or vanishing thing: «Thy word is settled,»
settled for ever, settled «for ever in heaven.» As God changes not,...
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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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Psalms 119:89. _For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven._
Other things come, and go, and change, moons wax and wane, tides ebb
and flow, everything earthly is changeable; but «Thy word is set...
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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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_For ever, O Lord, Thy Word is settled in heaven._
MY SOLACE IN AFFLICTION
I. Here we have strong consolation in certain facts which he
remembered. Fly ye to the mountains when the enemy invades the...
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_All are Thy servants._
ALL THINGS ARE THY SERVANTS
The psalmist finds God’s Word in nature, in the whole physical
universe. To him the universal order spoke of One who ordered all
things according t...
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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 4:19; Genesis 8:22; Isaiah 48:13; Jeremiah 33:25; Jo
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They — The heaven and the earth. Ordinances — As thou hast
appointed. For — All things are subject to thy power and pleasure....