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DEAL WITH THY SERVANT ACCORDING UNTO THY MERCY - Not according to
justice - for, sinners as we are, we can never urge that as a plea
before God. No man who knows himself could ask of God to deal with...
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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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MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace....
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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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Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy
statutes.
DEAL WITH THY SERVANT ACCORDING UNTO THY MERCY - (.)
AND TEACH ME THY STATUTES - his chief prayer: therefore often
repe...
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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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עֲשֵׂ֖ה עִם ־עַבְדְּךָ֥ כְ חַסְדֶּ֗ךָ
וְ חֻקּ
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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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“TIME FOR THE LORD TO WORK”
Psalms 119:113
There is an ineradicable difference between the child of God and
evil-doers, and the believer does not want to be involved in their
fate. Therefore he bids...
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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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Deal with thy (b) servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy
statutes.
(b) He does not boast that he is God's servant, but by this reminds
God that as he made him his by his grace, so he woul...
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AIN.
How sweetly do these words become Christ! but who, except Christ,
could ever use them? One might be led to conclude, from the very many
similar examples we meet with in the book of Psalms, that t...
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124._Deal with thy servant according to thy goodness. _The two clauses
of this verse must be read correctly; for he does not first separately
desire God to deal well with him, and next desire him to b...
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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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DEAL WITH THY SERVANT ACCORDING UNTO THY MERCY,.... Which is either
general and providential, and reaches to all his creatures; and
according to which David had been dealt with all his days, and which...
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Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy
statutes.
Ver. 124. _Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy_] _i.e._ Show
me so much mercy as to teach me thy statutes. _Cathedr...
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_AIN._
Psalms 119:121. _I have done judgment and justice_ That is, just
judgment, Ecclesiastes 5:7, namely, toward mine oppressors, whom I
have no way injured. _Be surety for thy servant for good_ For...
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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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Not according to strict justice, nor according to my sins....
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Psalms 119:124 Deal H6213 (H8798) servant H5650 mercy H2617 teach
H3925 (H8761) statutes H2706
Deal -...
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Psalms 119:119-19. _Thou putteth away all the wicked of the earth like
dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. My flesh trembleth for fear
of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. I have done judgm...
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Psalms 119:1. _I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love._
Presumptuous thoughts, erroneous thoughts, wicked thoughts, foolish
thoughts,-all three David hated. A good man ought to be a good hater,...
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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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_Deal with Thy servant according unto Thy mercy._
In these words we have a prayer
I. For merciful treatment.
1. Not according to Thy justice. This would involve our ruin.
2. Not according to the m...
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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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2 Timothy 1:16; Psalms 103:10; Psalms 130:3; Psalms 130:4; Psa