Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 119:169
TAU Ver. 169. Near before thee; which at present thou seemest to shut out, as the church complained, Lamentations 3:8. Understanding; whereby I may both know and perform my duty in all particulars.
TAU Ver. 169. Near before thee; which at present thou seemest to shut out, as the church complained, Lamentations 3:8. Understanding; whereby I may both know and perform my duty in all particulars.
LETTER ת TAU. - _TWENTY-SECOND DIVISION_ Verse 169. _LET MY CRY COME NEAR BEFORE THEE_] This is really a fine image; it is of frequent occurrence, and is little heeded. Here the psalmists cry for de...
LET MY CRY COME NEAR BEFORE THEE, O LORD - This commences a new division of the psalm, indicated by the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet, the letter _Tau_ (ט _ṭ_), corresponding to our “t,” or “th....
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...
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...
Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word. LET MY CRY COME NEAR BEFORE THEE, O LORD: GIVE ME UNDERSTANDING ACCORDING TO THY WORD. LET MY SUPPLICATION COM...
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)....
תִּקְרַ֤ב רִנָּתִ֣י לְ פָנֶ֣יךָ יְהוָ֑ה כִּ ד
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...
JEHOVAH INSPIRES CONTINUAL PRAISE Psalms 119:161 What a noble conclusion we reach in these closing stanzas! _I rejoice at thy word; thy law do I love; seven times a day do I praise thee; let my lips...
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...
TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding (a) according to thy word. (a) As you have promised to be the schoolmaster to all who depend on you....
TAU. There is but little variation in this portion from the former. Jesus taught his disciples, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint, Luke 18:1; and here he sets the example. I do not think...
169._Let my cry come _(38) _near into thy presence. _The Psalmist repeats the same sentiment which has already come under our notice — that his chief desire, and what he, most of all pressed after, re...
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...
t, TAU.--THE TWENTY-SECOND AND LAST PART. Ver. 169. TAU. LET MY CRY COME NEAR BEFORE THEE, O LORD,.... Not "my praise", as the Syriac version; but "my prayer", put up in great distress, and with grea...
TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word. Ver. 169. _Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord_] That is, as some will have it, let this whole precedi...
Let my cry come near before Thee, O Lord, with no obstructions to hinder it in its course; GIVE ME UNDERSTANDING ACCORDING TO THY WORD, since the Word alone is the source of all true knowledge....
_ Tau._ Concluding Appeal....
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 119:169 cry H7440 come H7126 (H8799) before H6440 LORD H3068 understanding H995 (H8685) word...
Psalms 119:153. _Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law._ As much as if he said, «Lord, I do not forget thee; do not forget me.» Thy grace has kept my memory; let thy g...
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...
_Let my cry come near before Thee, O Lord: give me understanding according to Thy Word._ A MODEL PRAYER I. The earnestness it breathes. “Let my cry come near before Thee, O Lord.” This prayer is not...
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...
1 Chronicles 22:12; 2 Chronicles 1:10; 2 Chronicles 30:27; Daniel 2:21;...