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LET MY SUPPLICATION COME BEFORE THEE - The word here rendered
“supplication” properly means “favor, mercy, pity,” Joshua
11:20; Ezra 9:8; then, that by which favor or mercy is sought - prayer
or petit...
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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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DELIVER. Rescue. Hebrew. _nazal,_ to pluck out of the hands of an
enemy; recover. Not the same word as in verses: Psalms 119:134; Psalms
119:153; Psalms 119:154....
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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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Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding
according to thy word.
LET MY CRY COME NEAR BEFORE THEE, O LORD: GIVE ME UNDERSTANDING
ACCORDING TO THY WORD. LET MY SUPPLICATION COM...
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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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תָּבֹ֣וא תְּחִנָּתִ֣י לְ פָנֶ֑יךָ
כְּ֝ אִמְרָתְךָ֗...
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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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JEHOVAH INSPIRES CONTINUAL PRAISE
Psalms 119:161
What a noble conclusion we reach in these closing stanzas! _I rejoice
at thy word; thy law do I love; seven times a day do I praise thee;
let my lips...
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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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TAU.
There is but little variation in this portion from the former. Jesus
taught his disciples, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint,
Luke 18:1; and here he sets the example. I do not think...
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170._Let my prayer come into thy presence. _After having made
supplication that the gift of right understanding might be imparted to
him, the Psalmist now implores God for deliverance, by which he
ack...
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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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LET MY SUPPLICATION COME BEFORE THEE,.... The same with his "cry" in
Psalms 119:169; only expressed by another word, signifying a petition
for grace and favour, in an humble and submissive manner; whi...
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Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy
word.
Ver. 170. _Let my supplication, &c._] The same again; neither is this
battology, _a_ but fervency in begging audience.
_ a_ A...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Psalms 119:170 supplication H8467 come H935 (H8799) before H6440
Deliver H5337 (H8685) word H565
deliver me -...
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Psalms 119:153. _Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do
not forget thy law._
As much as if he said, «Lord, I do not forget thee; do not forget
me.» Thy grace has kept my memory; let thy g...
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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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_Let my cry come near before Thee, O Lord: give me understanding
according to Thy Word._
A MODEL PRAYER
I. The earnestness it breathes. “Let my cry come near before Thee, O
Lord.” This prayer is not...
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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 Samuel 7:25; Genesis 32:9; Psalms 119:41; Psalms 89:20...