Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Psalms 119:173
Let Thine hand help me, literally, "Be Thy hand for my help"; for I have chosen Thy precepts, thereby placing himself entirely on the side of the Lord, with the right to expect help from Him.
Let Thine hand help me, literally, "Be Thy hand for my help"; for I have chosen Thy precepts, thereby placing himself entirely on the side of the Lord, with the right to expect help from Him.
Verse 173. _LET THINE HAND HELP ME_] Exert thy _power_ in my defence....
LET THINE HAND HELP ME - Do thou help me - the hand being that by which we accomplish anything. FOR I HAVE CHOSEN THAT PRECEPTS - I have chosen them as my comforters and my guide. I have resolved to...
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...
HAND. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_ (App-6); "hand" put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for power exercised by it....
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...
Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. LET THINE HAND HELP ME: FOR I HAVE CHOSEN THY PRECEPTS - as my chief portion, in preference to worldly gains or pleasures. Like Joshua () an...
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)....
תְּהִֽי ־יָדְךָ֥ לְ עָזְרֵ֑נִי כִּ֖י פִקּוּדֶ֣יךָ...
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...
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...
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...
173._Let thy hand be to succor me. _As he had devoted himself to the doctrine of the law, David requests that the hand of God may be stretched forth for his aid. Farther, by these words he declares, t...
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...
LET THINE HAND HELP ME,.... Let thine hand of power help me against mine enemies, and deliver me from them; and let thine hand of providence and grace communicate to me, and supply me with and help me...
Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. Ver. 173. _Let thy hand help me_] To do what I have promised. _ For I have chosen thy precepts_] Refusing Satan's cut-throat kindness....
_TAU._ Psalms 119:172. _My tongue shall speak of_ Shall freely and abundantly, like a fountain, _pour forth_, as תען signifies; _thy word_ The truths, precepts, and other contents of it. _For all thy...
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...
For my guide and companion, and chief joy and treasure....
Psalms 119:173 hand H3027 help H5826 (H8800) chosen H977 (H8804) precepts H6490 Let -...
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...
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...
_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...
_Let Thine hand help me; for I have chosen Thy precepts._ THE CHARACTER AND REQUESTS OF A TRULY GODLY MAN I. His character. 1. His choice is the precepts of God. 2. His object of desire is God’s s...
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 Kings 3:11; 1 Kings 3:12; 2 Corinthians 12:9; Deuteronomy 30:19;...