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Verse Psalms 119:54. _THY STATUTES HAVE BEEN MY SONGS_] During our
captivity all our consolation was derived from singing thy praises,
and chanting among our fellow-captives portions of thy law, and t...
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THY STATUTES - Thy law; thy commandments.
HAVE BEEN MY SONGS - Have been to me a source of joy; have been my
happiness, my consolation, my delight. I have found pleasure in
meditating on them; I have...
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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...
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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...
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SONGS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for the
theme of my songs....
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IN THE HOUSE OF MY PILGRIMAGE— According to the original, _The house
of my pilgrimages:_ that is, "Whatever places I have wandered to,
during Saul's persecution of me....
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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...
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Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
THY STATUTES HAVE BEEN MY SONGS IN THE HOUSE OF MY PILGRIMAGE. As the
sojourner in a strange land sings the loved songs of his home an...
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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...
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'Melodies have thy statutes been to me in the house of my sojourning,'
i.e. in this brief life: cp. Psalms 39:12....
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
THE WORD OF GOD
PSALMS 119
JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME" (JOHN 14:15)....
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SONGS. — Or, _Thy statutes were my music in the house of my
sojournings._ Possibly with reference to the exile (comp. Psalms
137:4), but with comparison with Psalms 119:9 (see Note), more
probably the...
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זְ֭מִרֹות הָֽיוּ ־לִ֥י חֻקֶּ֗יךָ בְּ
בֵ֣ית מְ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my (e) pilgrimage.
(e) In the course of this life and sorrowful exit....
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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...
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54._Thy statutes have been my songs. _(419) He repeats in different
words what he had formerly mentioned, that the law of God was his sole
or special delight during all his life. Singing is an indicat...
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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...
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THY STATUTES HAVE BEEN MY SONGS IN THE HOUSE OF MY PILGRIMAGE. Meaning
either his unsettled state, fleeing from place to place before Saul;
or, literally, his house of cedar, his court and palace, whi...
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Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
Ver. 54. _Thy statutes have been my songs_] Thy promises, which bind
thee by grace, as statutes do us by duty, and are every whit as sur...
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_Thy statutes have been my songs_ The matter of my songs, my delight
and recreation; _in the house of my pilgrimage_ In this present world,
wherein I am a pilgrim, as all my fathers were. _I have reme...
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_ Zain._ Patience in Persecution and Crosses....
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Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage, that
is, while the godless jeer with songs of mockery, he will uphold his
courage with hymns of praise as long as he is in this earthly h...
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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...
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Psalms 119:54 statutes H2706 songs H2158 house H1004 pilgrimage H4033
Psalms 89:1,...
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Psalms 119:19 , PSALMS 119:54
Taken together, these words set forth our condition as strangers and
pilgrims on the earth, and God's bountiful provision for meeting that
condition in Christ.
I. The fa...
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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...
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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...
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_Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage._
OBLIGATION A PRIVILEGE
When the Eastern traveller takes shelter from the scorching heat of
noon, or halts for the night in some inn or...
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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
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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;...
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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...
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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...
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Genesis 47:9; Hebrews 11:13; Psalms 1:1; Psalms 89:1...
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The house — In this world, wherein I am a stranger and pilgrim, as
all my fathers were....