Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Psalms 119:52
Thy judgments of old; thy former and ancient dispensations to the children of men in punishing the ungodly, and protecting and delivering thy faithful servants, whose experience is my encouragement.
Thy judgments of old; thy former and ancient dispensations to the children of men in punishing the ungodly, and protecting and delivering thy faithful servants, whose experience is my encouragement.
Verse Psalms 119:52. _I REMEMBERED THY JUDGMENTS OF OLD_] The word _judgments_ is here taken for _providential dealing_; and indeed _kind treatment_; that which God showed to the Hebrews in bearing wi...
I REMEMBERED - In my troubles. THY JUDGMENTS OF OLD - The word “judgments” here seems to refer to the divine dealings, whether expressed in the law of God, or in the actual administration of his gover...
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...
DISCOURSE: 703 COMFORT UNDER PERSECUTION Psalms 119:51. _The proud have had me greatly in derision; yet have I not declined from thy Law. I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; and have comforted...
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 remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself. I REMEMBERED THY JUDGMENTS OF OLD ... AND HAVE COMFORTED MYSELF. God's past judicial vindications of His people by mighty deliver...
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)....
זָ֘כַ֤רְתִּי מִשְׁפָּטֶ֖יךָ מֵ עֹולָ֥ם ׀ יְהוָ֗ה וָֽ...
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...
I remembered thy (c) judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself. (c) That is, the examples, by which you declare yourself to be judge of the world....
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...
52._I called to mind thy judgments of old, O Jehovah! _In this psalm, _the judgments of God _are generally taken for his statutes and decrees, that is, his _righteousness. _(417) In this place, in con...
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 REMEMBERED THY JUDGMENTS OF OLD, O LORD,.... Either the judgments of God executed on wicked men; as the bringing a flood on the world of the ungodly; the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah; the destructi...
I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself. Ver. 52. _I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord_] This was to have a holy memory, well fraught with profitable matter, such a...
_The proud have had me in derision_ For my fear of thee and trust in thy word; _yet have I not declined from thy law_ From faith in, or obedience to, thy revealed will, in order to avoid that derision...
I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Lord, in this case particularly the decisions of God concerning the condemnation of the godless, AND HAVE COMFORTED MYSELF, since the righteous judgments of the Lo...
_ 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 119:52 remembered H2142 (H8804) judgments H4941 old H5769 LORD H3068 comforted H5162 (H8691) myself remembered -...
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 remembered Thy judgments of old, O Lord; and have comforted myself._ A BLESSED FIELD LOT MEMORY The Divine Word may be looked upon here-- I. As a field for memory. 1. A refreshing field. What f...
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 Peter 2:4; Deuteronomy 1:35; Deuteronomy 1:36; Deuteronomy 4:3;...
Judgments — Thy ancient dispensations to the children of men in punishing the ungodly....