I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
I (am) thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts - I belong to thee, and give myself up wholly to thee (literally, I to thee), to thy Word, and thy will; save me therefore.
Verse Psalms 119:94. _I_ AM _THINE, SAVE ME_] He who can say this need fear no evil. In all trials, temptations, dangers, afflictions, persecutions, I am thine. Thy enemies wish to destroy me! Lord, l...
I AM THINE - All that he had, and was, belonged to God. This is an expression of a fact, and of a purpose: a fact about which he had no doubt; a purpose ever to be the Lord’s. This is indicative of th...
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...
SOUGHT. inquired into, or studied. Compare Psalms 105:4....
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)....
לְֽךָ ־אֲ֭נִי הֹושִׁיעֵ֑נִי כִּ֖י פִקּוּדֶ֣יךָ דָרָֽשְׁתִּי׃...
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...
I [am] (c) thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts. (c) He proves by effect that he is God's child, because he seeks to understand his word....
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...
_SALVATION_ ‘I am Thine, O save me: for I have sought Thy commandments.’ Psalms 119:94 (Prayer Book Version) We notice as we read this psalm that there is one thought that occurs in every single ve...
94._I am thine, save me. _In the first place, he takes encouragement to pray from the consideration, that he is one of God’s own stamp and coinage, as we speak. In the second place, he proves that he...
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 [AM] THINE, SAVE ME,.... From all troubles and afflictions; from all enemies, temporal and spiritual; from Satan, and his principalities and powers, from sin, and all the wretched consequences of it...
I [am] thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts. Ver. 94. _I am thine, save me_] Every man will see to his own, unless he be worse than an infidel; and shall not God? _ For I have sought thy p...
_Unless thy law had been my delight_ Unless I had known, believed, and delighted in it, as the subject of my meditation; _I should then _ At the very instant; _have perished in mine affliction_ My hea...
I am Thine, save me, delivering him from the difficulties which beset him; FOR I HAVE SOUGHT THY PRECEPTS, endeavoring earnestly to live up to all the directions which the Lord has laid down for the c...
_ Lamed._ The Imperishable Nature of the Divine Word....
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...
I AM THINE by creation and redemption, and manifold obligations, as also by my own choice and designation. I have devoted myself to thy service, and committed myself to thy care....
Psalms 119:94 save H3467 (H8685) sought H1875 (H8804) precepts H6490 I am thine - Psalms 86:2;...
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...
Psalms 119:33 , PSALMS 119:94 I. There are too many people in the world who pray to God to help them when they are in difficulties, or in danger, or in fear of death and of hell, but never pray at any...
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...
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,...
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...
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 am Thine, save me; for I have sought Thy precepts._ GOD THE OWNER AND SAVIOUR OF MAN I. Owner. 1. All men are His by necessity-- (1) Absolutely. (2) Indefeasibly. (3) For ever. 2. All good m...
_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...
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...
Acts 27:23; Acts 27:24; Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 44:2; Isaiah 44:5;...