The entrance of Thy words giveth light, that is, the opening, the unfolding, of His Word, as His Holy Spirit explains it to the heart of man, makes the words of divine wisdom clear; it giveth understanding unto the simple, to those without any pretense or show of learning in this world's wisdom, for that is not essential for the understanding of the fundamental divine truths.
Verse Psalms 119:130. _THE ENTRANCE OF THY WORDS GIVETH LIGHT_] פתח _pethach_, the _opening_ of it: when I open my Bible to read, light springs up in my mind. Every sermon, every prayer, every act of...
THE ENTRANCE OF THY WORDS GIVETH LIGHT - The Septuagint translates this, “the manifestation (or declaration) - ἡ δήλωσις _hē_ _dēlōsis_ - of thy words enlightens.” So the Vulgate. Luther renders...
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...
ENTRANCE. doorway; which was always an open way for the light, in the absence of windows. SIMPLE. sincere, as opposed to crafty....
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 entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. THE ENTRANCE OF THY WORDS GIVETH LIGHT - like the sun's beam entering through an aperture into a dark room. So "the...
119:130 entrance (f-2) Or 'opening,' 'declaration.'...
THE ENTRANCE] RV 'the opening,' i.e. the unfolding....
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)....
PE. (130) ENTRANCE. — Literally, _opening,_ which the LXX. and Vulg. better represent by “manifestation,” “declaration.” (Comp. “opening and alleging,” Acts 17:3.)...
פֵּ֖תַח דְּבָרֶ֥יךָ יָאִ֗יר מֵבִ֥ין פְּתָיִֽים׃...
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...
WHY LOVE GOD'S WORD? Psalms 119:129 What a beautiful soul this is that utters itself in these stanzas! The psalmist acknowledges his simplicity; is quite content to be among the unknown and despised...
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...
The entrance of thy (b) words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. (b) The simple idiots that submit themselves to God have their eyes opened and their minds illuminated, as soon as...
PE. The verses in this portion form a beautiful reduplication of the same delightful truths. It is Jesus speaking through the whole of them, in his human nature, as the Head and Representative of his...
130._The entrance of thy word is light. _The amount is, that the light of the truth revealed in God’s word, is so distinct that the very first sight of it illuminates the mind. The word פתח _pethach,...
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...
THE ENTRANCE OF THY WORDS GIVETH LIGHT,.... The beginning of them; the first three Chapter s in Genesis, what light do they give into the origin of all things; the creation of man, his state of innoce...
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. Ver. 130. _The entrance of thy words giveth light_] So soon as men are over the threshold of thy house, _sese lux quae...
_The entrance of thy words_ Into the heart of man; that is, the receiving of them in faith, and love, and meekness; _giveth light_ To those that were before in darkness, even the light of true and sav...
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...
THE ENTRANCE OF THY WORDS; the very beginnings and rudiments of them; the first discoveries of those sacred mysteries; and much more the depths of them, in which their chief excellency consists. Or, a...
Psalms 119:130 entrance H6608 words H1697 light H215 (H8686) understanding H995 (H8688) simple H6612 entrance -...
Psalms 119:130 I. There is no book by the perusal of which the mind is so much strengthened and so much enlarged as it is by the perusal of the Bible. There is nothing so likely to elevate and endow w...
Psalms 119:129. _Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them._ It is very wonderful that God should speak to us at all, and still more marvellous that he should write to us such a...
Psalms 119:129. _Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them._ Every true believer admires God's Word; and, more than that, it amazes him: «Thy testimonies are wonderful.» View th...
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...
_Therefore I love Thy commandments above gold._ GOD’S WORD God’s Word is here revealed in several aspects-- I. As a prize. It is “above gold.” 1. It is intrinsically more valuable than gold. It co...
_The entrance of Thy words giveth light: it giveth understanding unto the._ THE POWER OF THE WORD I. The entrance of the word. 1. Generally “Thy Word,” as used in the text, includes the whole of Di...
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 119:130 THE UNFOLDING OF YOUR WORDS. As they are pondered, explained, and understood, they give insight and understanding. ⇐
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 Corinthians 4:4; 2 Corinthians 4:6; 2 Peter 1:19; 2 Timothy 3:15;...