Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 119:122
Do thou undertake and plead my cause against all mine enemies, as a surety rescues the poor persecuted debtor from the hands of a severe creditor. For good; for my safety and comfort.
Do thou undertake and plead my cause against all mine enemies, as a surety rescues the poor persecuted debtor from the hands of a severe creditor. For good; for my safety and comfort.
Verse Psalms 119:122. _BE SURETY FOR THY SERVANT_] ערב _arob_, give a pledge or token that thou wilt help me in times of necessity. Or, _Be bail_ _for thy servant_. What a word is this! Pledge thysel...
BE SURETY FOR THY SERVANT FOR GOOD - On the meaning of the word here rendered “be surety,” see the notes at Job 17:3, and the notes at Isaiah 38:14, in both which places the same Hebrew word occurs: I...
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...
PROUD. arrogant. This is the only verse in this Psalm which has not one of the "ten words", unless we may include the Living Word Himself, Who is the "surety" for His people. See note on Proverbs 11:1...
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...
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. BE SURETY FOR THY SERVANT FOR GOOD: LET NOT THE PROUD OPPRESS ME - Be my guarantee. Literally, the Hebrew means to interchange, the...
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)....
AIN. (122) BE SURETY. — Just as Judah became surety for the safety of Benjamin (Genesis 43:9), so the psalmist asks God to be answerable for the servant who had been faithful to the covenant, and stan...
עֲרֹ֣ב עַבְדְּךָ֣ לְ טֹ֑וב אַֽל ־יַעַשְׁקֻ֥נִי...
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...
“TIME FOR THE LORD TO WORK” Psalms 119:113 There is an ineradicable difference between the child of God and evil-doers, and the believer does not want to be involved in their fate. Therefore he bids...
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...
(a) Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. (a) Put yourself between me and my enemies, as if you were my pledge....
AIN. How sweetly do these words become Christ! but who, except Christ, could ever use them? One might be led to conclude, from the very many similar examples we meet with in the book of Psalms, that t...
122._Become surety for thy servant for good. _This prayer is almost similar to that of the preceding verse; for I prefer translating the Hebrew verb ערוב, _arob, _by _Become surety for, _to rendering,...
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...
BE SURETY FOR THY SERVANT FOR GOOD,.... The psalmist was, in a like case with Hezekiah, oppressed; and therefore desires the Lord would undertake for him, appear on his side, and defend him, Psalms 38...
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. Ver. 122. _Be surety for thy servant for good_] _Obi vadimonium; _ appear for me, and nonsuit all accusations against me; or, underta...
_AIN._ Psalms 119:121. _I have done judgment and justice_ That is, just judgment, Ecclesiastes 5:7, namely, toward mine oppressors, whom I have no way injured. _Be surety for thy servant for good_ For...
_ Ain._ The Proper Estimation of God's Word in the Midst of Oppression....
Be surety for Thy servant for good, becoming his advocate and so answerable for him against the slurs and accusations of the enemies; LET NOT THE PROUD the arrogant mockers, OPPRESS ME, by making use...
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...
Psalms 119:122 surety H6148 (H8798) servant H5650 good H2896 proud H2086 oppress H6231 (H8799) surety -...
Psalms 119:119-19. _Thou putteth away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. I have done judgm...
Psalms 119:1. _I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love._ Presumptuous thoughts, erroneous thoughts, wicked thoughts, foolish thoughts,-all three David hated. A good man ought to be a good hater,...
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...
_I have done judgment and justice._ WHAT EVERY MAN SHOULD DO, AND WHAT EVERY MAN REQUIRES I. What every man should do. “I have done judgment and justice.” The whole moral code of the universe may be...
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...
Genesis 43:9; Hebrews 7:22; Isaiah 38:14; Philemon 1:18; Philemon 1:19
Surety — Do thou undertake and plead my cause....