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Psalms 119:140
Thy Word is very pure, like a precious metal which comes out of the assayer's refining without a trace of dross; therefore Thy servant loveth it.
Thy Word is very pure, like a precious metal which comes out of the assayer's refining without a trace of dross; therefore Thy servant loveth it.
Verse Psalms 119:140. _THY WORD_ IS _VERY PURE_] צרופה _tseruphah_, it is _purification_. It is not a _purified thing_, but a _thing_ that _purifies_. "Now ye are _clean_," said Christ, "by the _word_...
THY WORD IS VERY PURE - Margin, “tried or refined.” See the word explained in the notes at Psalms 18:30. THEREFORE THY SERVANT LOVETH IT - Therefore I love it. I love it because it is pure, holy, true...
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...
VERY PURE. refined....
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...
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. THY WORD IS VERY PURE - literally, purified, like gold or silver refined of all dross by the fire (; ). The purer and more precious is the ob...
119:140 pure, (f-5) Or 'well refined,' 'tried,' as Psalms 18:30 ....
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...
VERY PURE] i.e. true metal: cp. Psalms 18:30....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE WORD OF GOD PSALMS 119 JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME" (JOHN 14:15)....
PURE. — More literally, _purged by trial._ LXX. and Vulg., “fired.” It is not only the excellence, but the _proved_ excellence, of the Divine Word, which is the object of love and adoration here....
צְרוּפָ֖ה אִמְרָתְךָ֥ מְאֹ֗ד וְֽ עַבְדְּךָ֥ אֲהֵבָֽהּ׃...
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...
TZADDI. In this portion is that memorable verse which throws a light upon the whole Psalm, and fully authorizes us to apply many parts of it directly to the person of Jesus. The passage is, My zeal ha...
140._Thy word is exceedingly refined. _In this verse he intimates that the cause of his zeal was the love which he bore to heavenly doctrine. For to be displeased with or severely to condemn the conte...
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...
THY WORD IS VERY PURE,.... Or, "exceedingly purified" w: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times, Psalms 12:6; free from, all drossy matter; from any mixtures, or the corruptions a...
Thy word [is] very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. Ver. 140. _Thy word is very pure_] And calleth for purity. Hence wicked men slight it; but saints the rather embrace it, desirous to be confo...
_My zeal hath consumed me_ My zeal toward thy law, which my enemies violate and contemn. “Zeal is a high degree of love; and when the object of that love is ill treated, it vents itself in a mixture o...
PURE: _ Heb._ tried or refined...
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...
VERY PURE; without the least mixture of any falsehood or sin, both which are frequent in the words or precepts of men. THEREFORE; because of that exact purity and holiness of it, for which very reason...
Psalms 119:140 word H565 very H3966 pure H6884 (H8803) servant H5650 loves H157 (H8804) pure - Heb. tried, or refined,...
Psalms 119:137. _Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments._ It is well to be able to say this when you are being tried, when the hand of God lies heavy upon you; it is hard to kick a...
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...
_Righteous art Thou, O Lord, and upright are Thy judgments._ THE TESTIMONY OF A TRIED SAINT I. His testimony concerning God. 1. Concerning the Divine character (verses 137,142). (1) God’s righteou...
_Thy Word is very pure; therefore Thy servant loveth it._ RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS SPRING FROM LOVE TO DIVINE THINGS 1. A love to Divine things for the beauty of their moral excellency is the spring of...
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...
1 Peter 2:2; 2 Peter 1:21; Proverbs 30:5; Psalms 119:128; Psalms 12:6
Pure — Without the least mixture of falsehood....