I have sworn, with a solemn oath, and I will perform it, that I will keep Thy righteous judgments, observing with great care all those things which, according to God's righteousness, meet with His approval.
Verse Psalms 119:106. _I HAVE SWORN_] Perhaps this means no more than that he had renewed his covenant with God; he had _bound_ himself to love and serve him only....
I HAVE SWORN - I have solemnly purposed; I have given to this purpose the solemnity and sanction of an oath. That is, I have called God to witness; I have formed the purpose in his presence, and with...
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...
I WILL PERFORM IT. Some codices, with seven early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "I have performed it"; but some codices, with four early printed editions (1 in marg...
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...
I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. I HAVE SWORN, AND I WILL PERFORM IT, THAT I WILL KEEP THY RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS. So the Jews, after their return from Ba...
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)....
PERFORM. — The same verb as in Psalms 119:28 — _strengthen_; often used in Esther for _confirm. _...
נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי וָ אֲקַיֵּ֑מָה לִ֝ שְׁמֹ֗ר מִשְׁפְּטֵ֥י...
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...
“THY WORD IS A LAMP, UNTO MY FEET” Psalms 119:97 The psalmist cries, _O how love I thy law!_ He then proceeds to say that he has become wiser than his enemies and has more understanding than all his...
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 have (b) sworn, and I will perform [it], that I will keep thy righteous judgments. (b) So all the faithful ought to bind themselves to God by a solemn oath and promises to stir up their zeal to emb...
NUN. I pass over several very interesting observations which might be offered on the verses in this portion, (for there is not a part of them but is well calculated to make our meditation sweet); but...
106._I have sworn, and will perform _Here the Psalmist speaks of his own constancy. He had declared a little before, that during the whole course of his life, he had not declined from God’s law, and n...
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 HAVE SWORN, AND I WILL PERFORM [IT],.... Or, "I have performed it" h. The psalmist had not only taken up a resolution in his mind, but he had openly declared with his mouth, and professed in a solem...
I have sworn, and I will perform [it], that I will keep thy righteous judgments. Ver. 106. _I have sworn, and I will perform it_] A religious vow is nothing else but a solemn promise, or rather oath...
_NUN._ Psalms 119:105. _Thy word is a lamp unto my feet_ To direct me in all my doubts and difficulties, and to comfort me in all my fears and distresses. _I have sworn, and will perform it_ I have so...
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 HAVE SWORN; obliged myself by serious purpose and solemn vow, or by a formal oath, which was not unusual amongst God's people, as 2 CHRONICLES 15:15 NEHEMIAH 10:29. WILL PERFORM IT; I do not repent...
Psalms 119:106 sworn H7650 (H8738) confirmed H6965 (H8762) keep H8104 (H8800) righteous H6664 judgments H4941
We will read tonight two of the stanzas which make up the 119 th Psalm, beginning at the 105 th verse. Psalms 119:105. _Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path._ God's Word is full...
Psalms 119:105. _Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path._ We are walkers through the city of this world, and we are often called to go out into its darkness; let us never venture t...
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...
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 have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep Thy righteous judgments._ THE PSALMIST’S SOLEMN RESOLUTION I. The object of the psalmist’s purpose was to keep the righteous judgments of God....
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...
2 Chronicles 15:13; 2 Chronicles 15:14; 2 Corinthians 8:5; 2 Kings 23:3;...