Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 119:26
My ways; my sins, in way of confession; and all my cares, and fears, and troubles, and concerns, in way of humble petition to thee, as appears from God's answer.
My ways; my sins, in way of confession; and all my cares, and fears, and troubles, and concerns, in way of humble petition to thee, as appears from God's answer.
Verse Psalms 119:26. _I HAVE DECLARED MY WAYS_] ספרתי _sipparti_, "I have numbered my ways," I have searched them out; I have investigated them. And that he had earnestly prayed for pardon of what was...
I HAVE DECLARED MY WAYS - That is, I have declared or recounted them to thee. I have made mention of my cares, troubles, anxieties, purposes. I have laid them all before thee, reserving or keeping bac...
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...
I HAVE DECLARED MY WAYS— _I recount over my ways when thou afflictest me._ Mudge. Affliction made him reflect on his ways, and gave him sufficient reason to pray to God to teach him his ordinances....
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...
I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes. I HAVE DECLARED MY WAYS, AND THOU HEARDEST ME - namely, in my prayer under affliction (; ). "My ways" are here, my whole case ...
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)....
I HAVE DECLARED. — Or, _recounted._ MY WAYS. — Or, as we should say, my _courses,_ my _past life,_ including, as the context shows, confession of sins and prayer for pardon....
דְּרָכַ֣י סִ֭פַּרְתִּי וַֽ תַּעֲנֵ֗נִי לַמְּדֵ֥נִי חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃...
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...
A PRAYER FOR UNDERSTANDING Psalms 119:17 These verses are full of yearning and unsatisfied desire. The soul breaks for longing, cleaves to the dust, and melts for heaviness. We are reminded of the co...
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...
I have (b) declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes. (b) I have confessed my offences and now depend wholly on you....
DALETH. These verses compose the fourth part of this divine Psalm. Whether David, the supposed writer of it, thus complains in himself; or whether it means the Son of David, who in another part declar...
26._I have declared my ways. _In the first part of this verse he affirms he had prayed sincerely, and had not imitated the proud, who, trusting to their own wisdom, fortitude, and opulence, make not G...
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...
I HAVE DECLARED MY WAYS,.... That is, to the Lord; either the ways he had chose and desired to walk in, and not wander from, and therefore entreated help and assistance, guidance and direction, in the...
I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes. Ver. 26. _I have declared my ways_] My sins and troubles; those thou hast remitted, and these thou hast remedied. _ Teach me thy...
_I have declared my ways_ My manner of life, my sins, my temptations, my sorrows, my wants, dangers, fears, cares, and concerns; my designs, undertakings, and pursuits: I have spread them all before t...
_ Daleth._ The Grace of Being Confirmed in the Truth....
I have declared my ways, stating that he would follow the paths of God's Word, AND THOU HEARDEST ME, accepting his promise as a prayer for assistance; TEACH ME THY STATUTES, for it is at such a time t...
25-32 While the souls of the children of this world cleave to the earth as their portion, the children of light are greatly burdened, because of the remains of carnal affections in their hearts. It i...
Psalms 119:26 declared H5608 (H8765) ways H1870 answered H6030 (H8799) Teach H3925 (H8761) statutes H2706...
By the help of God's Holy Spirit, this psalm may serve for the purposes of self-examination, for we may ask ourselves as we read, «Do I feel in that way? Are my prayers like those of this good man? Is...
Psalms 119:25. _My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word._ «I feel heavy, unhappy, dull: ‘My soul cleaveth unto the dust.' Or I feel worldly, lethargic, lifeless: ‘My sou...
Psalms 119:25. _My soul cleaveth unto the dust:_ «It sticks to it as though it were glued to it; my soul cannot be lifted up, at least by myself, out of its sadness, and its earthiness.» The psalmist...
Psalms 119:21. _Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments._ Wherever there is pride in the heart, there is sure to be error in the life. A proud man is wrong, to...
Psalms 119:17. _Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word._ O Lord, I am thy servant; yet, I pray thee, do not pay me wages according to my deserts, but according to the g...
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...
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 declared my ways, and Thou heartiest me: teach me Thy statutes._ A MAN OF GOD ALONE WITH GOD The first lesson for man is, to know his God; the second is, to know himself; and as the unbelieve...
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 Kings 8:36; Proverbs 28:13; Psalms 119:106; Psalms 119:12;...
My ways — My sins; and all my cares, and fears, and troubles....