Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 119:44
So shall I be obliged and encouraged to the constant and perpetual study and observation of thy laws.
So shall I be obliged and encouraged to the constant and perpetual study and observation of thy laws.
SO SHALL I KEEP THY LAW CONTINUALLY FOREVER AND EVER - At all times and in all places; in this world and the world to come. This indicates a purpose to do it, and an assurance that he would do it, if...
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...
FOR EVER AND EVER. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Whole), App-6, for. part: i.e. the rest of his life....
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...
So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. SO SHALL I KEEP THY LAW. "So" - in gratitude for thy goodness. CONTINUALLY FOREVER AND EVER. The accumulation of words expresses the intens...
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)....
וְ אֶשְׁמְרָ֖ה תֹורָתְךָ֥ תָמִ֗יד לְ עֹולָ֥ם...
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...
LOVE FOR GOD'S COMMANDS Psalms 119:33 Twice over the psalmist says, “thy commandments which I have loved,” and then proceeds to give the key to perfect love of them in the words, “I will _meditate_ i...
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...
V A U. The Reader will not need information that Jesus is Jehovah's salvation unto the ends of the earth; Isaiah 49:6. And the answers of Jesus to those that reproached him, are fully set forth in the...
44._I will keep thy law continually _He resolves to devote himself to the study of the law, not for a short time only, but even to the termination of his life. The employing of three synonymous words,...
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...
SO SHALL I KEEP THY LAW CONTINUALLY,.... Which denotes not the perfection of keeping the law, but the constancy of it: the psalmist was persuaded, that so long as he had the word of truth in his mouth...
So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. Ver. 44. _So shall I keep thy law continually_] If thou please to give me to believe with the heart, and to confess with the mouth, I shall sure...
_VAU._ Psalms 119:41. _Let thy mercies_, &c. Let thy promised mercies be performed to me. _So shall I answer him that reproacheth me_ That chargeth me with folly for my piety and trust in thy promises...
_ Vau._ The Need of a Fearless Confession of the Divine Truth....
So shall I keep Thy Law, cling to the instruction of God's Word in the strength given by the Word, CONTINUALLY, FOREVER AND EVER....
41-48 Lord, I have by faith thy mercies in view; let me by prayer prevail to obtain them. And when the salvation of the saints is completed, it will plainly appear that it was not in vain to trust in...
Psalms 119:44 keep H8104 (H8799) law H8451 continually H8548 Forever H5769 ever H5703 keep -...
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...
_So shall I keep Thy law continually for ever and ever._ A NOBLE RESOLUTION I. To be constantly obedient (verse 44). What is obedience? Not conformity to the letter of the law, but the incarnation o...
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...
Psalms 119:33; Psalms 119:34; Revelation 22:11; Revelation 7:15...