Let, I pray Thee, Thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, to sustain him in the trials which his weak and sinful nature found so hard to endure, according to Thy Word unto Thy servant, another reminder of God's faithful promises, upon which he relies absolutely.
Verse Psalms 119:76. _THY MERCIFUL KINDNESS_] Let me derive my comfort and happiness from a diffusion of thy love and mercy, חסדך _chasdecha_, thy exuberant goodness, through my soul....
LET, I PRAY THEE, THY MERCIFUL KINDNESS BE FOR MY COMFORT - Margin, as in Hebrew, “to comfort me.” The word rendered merciful-kindness means mercy, favor, grace, kindness; and the idea is, that all hi...
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...
MERCIFUL KINDNESS. lovingkindness, or grace....
DISCOURSE: 707 THE LOVING-KINDNESS OF GOD Psalms 119:76. _Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant._ THE peculiar construction of this psalm f...
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, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. LET, I PRAY THEE, THY MERCIFUL KINDNESS BE FOR MY COMFORT, ACCORDING TO THY WORD UNTO THY SERVANT...
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)....
יְהִי ־נָ֣א חַסְדְּךָ֣ לְ נַחֲמֵ֑נִי כְּ אִמְ
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...
PROFITING FROM AFFLICTION Psalms 119:65 _ Before I was afflicted, I went astray; it is good for me that I have been afflicted; thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me_. Here is the far-off interest of...
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...
JOD. With most peculiar reference to the ever-blessed Jesus must we read the opening of this portion. A body hast thou prepared me, was said by Christ when beholding the redemption work he came to per...
76_I beseech thee let thy goodness be for my consolation. _Although he has acknowledged that he had been justly humbled, yet he desires that his sorrow may be alleviated by some consolation. He implor...
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, I PRAY THEE, THY MERCIFUL KINDNESS BE FOR MY COMFORT,.... Shown in the provision and promise of a Saviour; in the forgiveness of sins through him; a discovery and application of which yields comf...
Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. Ver. 76. _Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness_] That I faint not, neither sink under the heavies...
_I know, O Lord_ By the convictions of my own conscience, and by experience; _that thy judgments are right_ That thy corrections, as the next clause explains this, are just and proper, and that _thou,...
FOR MY COMFORT: _ Heb._ to comfort me...
73-80 God made us to serve him, and enjoy him; but by sin we have made ourselves unfit to serve him, and to enjoy him. We ought, therefore, continually to beseech him, by his Holy Spirit, to give us...
Yet in judgment remember mercy, and give me that comfort and assistance in, and that deliverance out of, my troubles which thou hast promised me....
Psalms 119:76 kindness H2617 comfort H5162 (H8763) word H565 servant H5650 merciful - Psalms 86:5,...
In this Psalm we have, as it were, notes from David's pocket book. Psalms 119:73. _Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments._ This is a very...
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...
_They that fear Thee will be glad when they nee me; because I have hoped in Thy Word._ THE GOOD MAN I. The spiritual interest of the good in each other (verse 74). In what, concerning each other, ar...
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 119:76 STEADFAST LOVE... MERCY. See Exodus 34:6....
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 1:3; Psalms 1:1; Psalms 86:5...