Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? When will it be possible for a young person, surrounded with the many temptations of youth, 2 Timothy 2:22, to be and remain clean in his conduct? By taking heed thereto according to Thy Word, by watching carefully over every step and applying the rule of God's Word to every situation with which he is confronted. The state of mind of such an earnest seeker after truth and holiness is now described.
LETTER: ב BETH - _SECOND DIVISION_ Verse Psalms 119:9. _A YOUNG MAN CLEANSE HIS WAY_] ארח _orach_, which we translate _way_ here, signifies a _track_, a _rut_, such as is made by the wheel of a cart...
WHEREWITHAL - This begins the second portion of the psalm, extending to Psalms 119:16, in which all the verses begin with the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet (ב _b_), indicated in our translation...
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...
A YOUNG MAN. The writer not necessarily. youth. WAY. path. Not the same word as in Psalms 119:1. BY TAKING. So as to take. Put interrogation at end of the second line instead of the first. WORD. the...
DISCOURSE: 696 GOD’S WORD THE MEANS OF SANCTIFICATION Psalms 119:9. _Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word._ THERE is much despondency in the hum...
WHEREWITHAL SHALL A YOUNG MAN— Or, _Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way, that he may observe thy word?_ The original word זכה _zakkah,_ rendered, _cleanse,_ signifies to _make clean, purify._...
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...
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. WHEREWITHAL SHALL A YOUNG MAN CLEANSE HIS WAY? The lusts of young men are naturally strong, and prone t...
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)....
BETH. (9) WHEREWITHAL. — There can be little question that the right rendering of this verse is _By what means can a young man purify his way, so as to keep it according to Thy word?_ but from Joshua...
בַּ מֶּ֣ה יְזַכֶּה ־נַּ֭עַר אֶת ־אָרְחֹ֑ו לִ֝
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...
GOD'S WORD AN INNER POWER Psalms 119:1 This long and noble psalm is devoted to the praise of God's Word, which is mentioned in every verse but one, Psalms 119:122. Probably if we were to substitute _...
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...
BETH. Wherewithal shall a (a) young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [thereto] according to thy word. (a) Because youth is most given to licentiousness, he chiefly warns them to frame their lives...
BETH. Psalms 119:9 The question here put, and with which this second part opens, is not simply intended for the youthful part, but for all. And the answer, in referring to Christ the uncreated word,...
9._Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? _In this place he repeats, in different words, the same truth which he formerly advanced, That, however much men may pique themselves upon their own wor...
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...
b, BETH.--THE SECOND PART. Ver. 9. BETH. WHEREWITH SHALL A YOUNG MAN CLEANSE HIS WAY?.... Some think David means himself, and that he was a young man when he wrote this psalm; and which they think is...
BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [thereto] according to thy word. Ver. 9. _Wherewithal shall a young man_] _Semipuer,_ a lad, a stripling, who hath his name in Hebr...
_BETH._ Psalms 119:9. _Wherewith shall a young man_ Or, any man. But he names the _young man_, because such are commonly void of wisdom and experience, and exposed to many and great temptations. _Clea...
9-16 To original corruption all have added actual sin. The ruin of the young is either living by no rule at all, or choosing false rules: let them walk by Scripture rules. To doubt of our own wisdom...
BETH YOUNG MAN; or, any man. But he names the YOUNG MAN, because such are commonly void of wisdom and experience, heady and wilful, and impatient of admonition, full of violent passions and strong lus...
Psalms 119:9 man H5288 cleanse H2135 (H8762) way H734 heed H8104 (H8800) word H1697 shall -...
Psalms 119:9 I. The Bible makes a great deal in its teaching about the ways of men. And nothing is plainer than that it contemplates as great a variety of ways as there are kinds of men. "Wherewithal...
Psalms 119:9. _Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word._ «Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?» A vital and solemn question. His way is f...
It is not easy to see the special subjects that are spoken of by David in each of the short portions of eight verses, yet I do not doubt that if each portion were very carefully examined, we should se...
The first eight verses of this Psalm, in the Hebrew, begin with the letter A, and the second eight begin with the letter B. The whole Psalm is the good man's alphabet; the Holy Spirit condescended to...
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...
_Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?_ by taking heed thereto according to Thy Word. HOW A YOUNG MAN MAY CLEANSE HIS WAY I. This is the great practical problem for life. It is more especi...
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...
2 Timothy 2:22; 2 Timothy 3:15; Deuteronomy 17:18; Deuteronomy 6:6;...
THE WONDERFUL WORD Psalms 119:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When we hold the Bible in our hands we are holding a Book that is distinct from any and every other book the world has ever known. 1. IT IS DISTIN...
A young man — Or, any man. But he names the young man, because such are commonly void of wisdom and experience, and exposed to many and great temptations. Cleanse — Purge himself from all filthiness o...