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Verse Psalms 119:104. _THROUGH THY PRECEPTS I GET UNDERSTANDING_]
Spiritual knowledge increases while we tread in the path of
_obedience_. Obedience is the grand means of _growth_ and
_instruction_. O...
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THROUGH THY PRECEPTS I GET UNDERSTANDING - A true understanding; a
correct view of things; a knowledge of thee, of myself, of the human
character, of the destiny of man, of the way of salvation - the...
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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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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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Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every
false way.
THROUGH THY PRECEPTS I GET UNDERSTANDING: THEREFORE I HATE EVERY
FALSE WAY - (cf. .) I get understanding not only in the...
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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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מִ פִּקּוּדֶ֥יךָ אֶתְבֹּונָ֑ן עַל
־כֵּ֝֗ן שָׂנֵ֤אתִי...
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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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“THY WORD IS A LAMP, UNTO MY FEET”
Psalms 119:97
The psalmist cries, _O how love I thy law!_ He then proceeds to say
that he has become wiser than his enemies and has more understanding
than all his...
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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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MEM.
Reader! let us listen to these sweet words, as the words of Jesus. Let
us beg of God the Holy Ghost to give us grace to feel and know our
interest in what he here saith, from our interest in him....
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104_By thy statutes I have acquired understanding _The prophet seems
here to invert the order he has just now laid down. He observed that
he had kept his feet from going astray, that he might observe...
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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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THROUGH THY PRECEPTS I GET UNDERSTANDING,.... Of the will of God; of
his worship, the nature and manner of it; of his ordinances, their use
and importance; and of his doctrines, and the excellency of...
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Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false
way.
Ver. 104. _Through thy precepts I get understanding_] Those are the
statutes of heaven; and as men, by studying the statute...
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_How sweet are thy words to my taste!_ Observe, reader, there is such
a thing as a spiritual taste, an inward savour and relish of divine
things; such an evidence of them to ourselves, by experience,...
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_ Mem._ God's Word the Essence of True Wisdom....
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Through Thy precepts, as related to his entire conduct, I GET
UNDERSTANDING, practical knowledge in all matters pertaining to this
world and to the world to come; THEREFORE I HATE EVERY FALSE WAY, he...
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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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Psalms 119:104 precepts H6490 understanding H995 (H8709) hate H8130
(H8804) false H8267 way H734
Through -...
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Psalms 119:89. _For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven._
Other things come, and go, and change, moons wax and wane, tides ebb
and flow, everything earthly is changeable; but «Thy word is set...
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Psalms 119:89. _For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven._
It is not a changeable or vanishing thing: «Thy word is settled,»
settled for ever, settled «for ever in heaven.» As God changes not,...
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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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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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Amos 5:15; Matthew 7:13; Proverbs 14:12; Proverbs 8:13; Psalms 101:3;