Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 119:13
If thou wilt teach me, I will teach others, as I have already done; and so thou shalt have glory, and others benefit by it.
If thou wilt teach me, I will teach others, as I have already done; and so thou shalt have glory, and others benefit by it.
Verse Psalms 119:13. _WITH MY LIPS HAVE I DECLARED_] 10. He should _declare_ to his own heart, and to all his _companions in iniquity_, God's _judgments_ against himself and them; that if his _long-s...
WITH MY LIPS HAVE I DECLARED - That is, I have openly and publicly made thy words known to others; I have defended and vindicated them. ALL THE JUDGMENTS - The word judgments here means the same as st...
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...
LIPS... DECLARED. Figure of speech _Paronomasia._ App-6: _bispatay sipparti._...
WITH MY LIPS, &C.— _With my lips do I recount,_ &c. This means, that he repeats over and learns by heart all God's laws. Mudge. GIMEL....
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...
With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. WITH MY LIPS HAVE I DECLARED ALL THE JUDGMENTS OF THY MOUTH - (.) Though I have "hid thy Word in mine heart" (), yet I do not confine it...
119:13 judgments (b-9) Or 'ordinances.' so throughout....
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)....
WITH MY LIPS. — He has not kept his hidden treasure to himself, but, like the good householder of the Gospels, has brought out things new and old....
בִּ שְׂפָתַ֥י סִפַּ֑רְתִּי כֹּ֝֗ל מִשְׁפְּטֵי ־פִֽיךָ׃...
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...
After the explanation which I endeavored very humbly to offer in the first part, concerning the several words there made use of and which we meet with again here: it will only be necessary to examine...
13._With my lips _In this verse he declares that the law of God was not only deeply engraven on his own heart, but that it was his earnest and strenuous endeavor to gain over many of his fellow-discip...
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...
WITH MY LIPS HAVE I DECLARED ALL THE JUDGMENTS OF THY MOUTH. Not the judgments of his hand, what he executes on an ungodly world; nor the intricate dispensations of his providence; those judgments of...
With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. Ver. 13. _With my lips have I declared_] Heb. have I ciphered up; these have been the matter of my discourse; and out of the good treasure...
_With my lips have I declared_, &c. If thou wilt teach me, I will teach others, as I have already done. _I have rejoiced in thy testimonies_ In the study and practice of them. _I will meditate_, &c. W...
With my lips have I declared, he will solemnly proclaim, ALL THE JUDGMENTS OF THY MOUTH, especially those decisions of God's justice which approve of a righteous life and act as a constant spur to the...
_ Beth._ Of the Distinguishing Signs of an Irreproachable Life....
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...
Psalms 119:13 lips H8193 declared H5608 (H8765) judgments H4941 mouth H6310 I declared - Psalms 119:46,...
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...
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...
Acts 4:20; Matthew 10:27; Matthew 12:34; Psalms 118:17; Psalms 11
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...