George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 119:2
Tongue. From the Babylonians, who seek to delude me, (Calmet) and from detraction, which is most dangerous. (Worthington)
Tongue. From the Babylonians, who seek to delude me, (Calmet) and from detraction, which is most dangerous. (Worthington)
BLESSED ARE THEY THAT KEEP HIS TESTIMONIES - His commandments or laws, considered as what he bears witness to concerning that which is just, wise, good. Every law of a parent is to his children a test...
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...
BLESSED. This Psalm, begins with. double Beatitude. See App-63. KEEP. guard. TESTIMONIES. The second in order of the ten words. See App-73....
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...
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. BLESSED ARE THEY THAT KEEP HIS TESTIMONIES. Eight terms are used for the Word of God in this psalm, all of which...
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)....
אַ֭שְׁרֵי נֹצְרֵ֥י עֵדֹתָ֗יו בְּ כָל ־לֵ֥ב יִ
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...
GOD'S WORD AN INNER POWER Psalms 119:1 This long and noble psalm is devoted to the praise of God's Word, which is mentioned in every verse but one, Psalms 119:122. Probably if we were to substitute _...
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 beg the Reader very particularly to remark the alteration here made in the manner of expression, from what it was before. Here it is said, Blessed are they that keep his testimonies: implying number...
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...
BLESSED [ARE] THEY THAT KEEP HIS TESTIMONIES,.... The whole word of God, the Scriptures of truth, are his testimonies: they testify of the mind of God, and of his love and grace in the method of salva...
Blessed [are] they that keep his testimonies, [and that] seek him with the whole heart. Ver. 2. _Blessed are they that keep his testimonies_] Angels do so, and are blessed, Revelation 22:9 . _ And t...
_ALEPH._ Psalms 119:1. _Blessed are the undefiled_ Hebrew, תמימי, _temimee_, the _perfect_, or _sincere_, as the word properly and most frequently signifies; namely, those whose hearts and lives agree...
THE CHRISTIAN'S GOLDEN ABC OF THE PRAISE, POWER, AND VALUE OF GOD'S WORD. This beautiful psalm, whose writer is not known, is divided into twenty-two sections of eight verses each. All the verses in t...
Blessed are they that keep His testimonies, the Word in which He testifies of Himself, for the truth and against sin, AND THAT SEEK HIM WITH THE WHOLE HEART, desiring to have such a perfect knowledge...
1-8 This psalm may be considered as the statement of a believer's experience. As far as our views, desires, and affections agree with what is here expressed, they come from the influences of the Holy...
THAT KEEP, in mind and heart, that carefully and diligently observe, HIS TESTIMONIES; his precepts. For the reason of this and the other titles of God's word, see the argument or preface to this Psalm...
Psalms 119:2 Blessed H835 keep H5341 (H8802) testimonies H5713 seek H1875 (H8799) heart H3820 keep -...
Psalms 119:2 I. It must be at once apparent that seeking God is a right thing a thing fitting and becoming for man, as the creature and the child of God, to do. Whom or what should he seek if he seek...
It is not easy to see the special subjects that are spoken of by David in each of the short portions of eight verses, yet I do not doubt that if each portion were very carefully examined, we should se...
The first eight verses of this Psalm, in the Hebrew, begin with the letter A, and the second eight begin with the letter B. The whole Psalm is the good man's alphabet; the Holy Spirit condescended to...
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...
_Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord._ MORAL LAW I. There is a Divine moral law for the regulation of moral life. The Creator has given a law to every creature He h...
_Blessed are they that keep His testimonies, and that seek Him with the whole heart._ THE BEST PURSUIT I. The pursuit specified. 1. The object proposed. They “seek” God--His enlightening truth--His...
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
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 119:2 SEEK. See vv. Psalms 119:10, Psalms 119:45,...
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 3:20; 1 Kings 2:3; 2 Chronicles 31:21; Deuteronomy 4:29;...
THE WONDERFUL WORD Psalms 119:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When we hold the Bible in our hands we are holding a Book that is distinct from any and every other book the world has ever known. 1. IT IS DISTIN...