Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 119:49
ZAIN The word; thy promises. Caused me to hope, by thy command requiring it of me, and by thy grace working it in me.
ZAIN The word; thy promises. Caused me to hope, by thy command requiring it of me, and by thy grace working it in me.
LETTER ז ZAIN. - _SEVENTH DIVISION_ Verse Psalms 119:49. _REMEMBER THE WORD_] Thou hast _promised_ to redeem us from our captivity; on that _word_ we have built our _hope_. _Remember_ that thou hast...
REMEMBER THE WORD UNTO THY SERVANT - This commences a new division of the psalm, in which each verse begins with the Hebrew letter _Zayin_ (ז _z_) - answering to our “z.” There is nothing special in t...
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...
UPON WHICH. This is supported by the Septuagint and Vulgate. In Deuteronomy 29:25 it is rendered "Because". CAUSED ME TO HOPE. Our hope is based on believing what we have "heard" from God. Compare Heb...
REMEMBER THE WORD UNTO THY SERVANT— i.e. "Be pleased, therefore, in due time to perform the promise which thou hast long ago made me, and concerning the performance whereof thou hast given me an assur...
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...
Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. REMEMBER THE WORD UNTO THY SERVANT, UPON WHICH THOU HAST CAUSED ME TO HOPE - (Psalms 119:38; Psalms 119:74;...
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)....
זְכֹר ־דָּבָ֥ר לְ עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ עַ֝֗ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִ
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...
COMFORTED BY GOD'S JUDGMENTS Psalms 119:49 Rays of comfort begin to steal into the psalmist's heart. _Thou hast caused me to hope; this is my comfort in my affliction; thy statutes have been my songs...
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...
ZAIN. Remember (a) the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. (a) Though he feels God's hand still lies on him, yet he rests on his promise, and comforts himself in it....
ZAIN. While we contemplate the ever-blessed Jesus thus hanging upon the promises of the Father, we may in him, and through him, humbly adopt the same language, and remind God our Father of all his cov...
49._Remember thy word. He _prays that God would really perform what he promised; for the event proves that he does not forget his word. That he is speaking of the promises we infer from the end of the...
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...
z, ZAIN.--THE SEVENTH PART. Ver. 49. ZAIN. REMEMBER THE WORD UNTO THY SERVANT,.... The word of promise made unto him, concerning establishing his house and kingdom for ever; which he desires God woul...
ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. Ver. 49. _Remember thy word_] God is not unrighteous to forget, Hebrews 6:10, yet we must, as his remembrancers, Isai...
_ZAIN._ Psalms 119:49. _Remember the word_ That is, thy promises; _upon which thou hast caused me to hope_ By thy command requiring it of me, and by thy grace working it in me. _This_ Namely, thy word...
Remember the word unto Thy servant, the reference being to any of the wonderful promises of God in which He assures His servants of His assistance, UPON WHICH THOU HAST CAUSED ME TO HOPE. This is the...
_ Zain._ Patience in Persecution and Crosses....
49-56 Those that make God's promises their portion, may with humble boldness make them their plea. He that by his Spirit works faith in us, will work for us. The word of God speaks comfort in afflict...
Psalms 119:49 Remember H2142 (H8798) word H1697 servant H5650 hope H3176 (H8765) Remember -...
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...
_Remember the Word unto Thy servant, upon which Thou hast caused me to hope._ PLEADING PRAYER I admire in this psalm very greatly the singular amalgam that we have of testimony, of prayer, and of pra...
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 Peter 1:13; 1 Peter 1:21; 2 Samuel 5:2; 2 Samuel 7:25; Genesis 32:9;...
Thy word — Thy promises....