An everlasting righteousness; constant and unchangeable, the same in all ages and places, and to all persons, of eternal truth and justice, never to be dispensed with, nor to be made void. The truth; nothing but truth; or as true as truth itself.
Verse Psalms 119:142. _THY RIGHTEOUSNESS_ IS _AN EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS_] The word צדק _tsedek_ is a word of very extensive meaning in the Bible. It signifies, not only God's inherent righteousnes...
THY RIGHTEOUSNESS IS AN EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS - It never changes. The principles of thy law, of thy government, and of thy method of saving people, are the same under all dispensations, in every l...
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...
IS THE TRUTH. is truth (no Art.) Compare John 17:17....
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...
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. THY RIGHTEOUSNESS IS AN EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS - Thy standard of righteousness is an abiding one: though now the ene...
119:142 righteousness, (g-6) Lit. 'a righteousness for ever.' see ver. 144....
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)....
THY... — Better, _Thy righteousness is right for ever, and Thy law is truth._...
צִדְקָתְךָ֣ צֶ֣דֶק לְ עֹולָ֑ם וְֽ תֹורָתְךָ֥...
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...
WHY LOVE GOD'S WORD? Psalms 119:129 What a beautiful soul this is that utters itself in these stanzas! The psalmist acknowledges his simplicity; is quite content to be among the unknown and despised...
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...
TZADDI. In this portion is that memorable verse which throws a light upon the whole Psalm, and fully authorizes us to apply many parts of it directly to the person of Jesus. The passage is, My zeal ha...
142._Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness. _Here the law of God is honored by the additional encomium, that it is everlasting righteousness and truth; as if it had been said, that all oth...
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...
THY RIGHTEOUSNESS [IS] AN EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS,.... Or, "is for ever" z. The rectitude of his nature, his faithfulness in his promises, and his kindness and beneficence to his people; and particu...
Thy righteousness [is] an everlasting righteousness, and thy law [is] the truth. Ver. 142. _Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness_] When all other laws and sentences, though engraven in b...
_Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness_ Constant and unchangeable, the same in all ages and places, and to all persons; of eternal truth and justice never to be dispensed with, nor to be m...
_ Tzaddi._ The Proper Appreciation of the Word of God....
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, outlasting all earthly cavil and enmity, AND THY LAW IS THE TRUTH. Cf John 17:17....
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 119:137. _Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments._ It is well to be able to say this when you are being tried, when the hand of God lies heavy upon you; it is hard to kick a...
Psalms 119:129. _Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them._ It is very wonderful that God should speak to us at all, and still more marvellous that he should write to us such a...
Psalms 119:129. _Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them._ Every true believer admires God's Word; and, more than that, it amazes him: «Thy testimonies are wonderful.» View th...
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...
_Righteous art Thou, O Lord, and upright are Thy judgments._ THE TESTIMONY OF A TRIED SAINT I. His testimony concerning God. 1. Concerning the Divine character (verses 137,142). (1) God’s righteou...
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 Thessalonians 1:6; Daniel 9:24; Ephesians 4:21; Isaiah 51:6;...
Everlasting — The same in all ages and places....