I seriously considered both my former counsels and courses, that I might be humbled for my past errors, and might now amend them, and my duty in all my future actions. And finding that my feet had too often swerved from thy rule, I turned them to it. And although the ways of sinful pleasure and advantage were presented to my mind, yet I rejected them, and turned myself wholly to thy ways.
Verse Psalms 119:59. FIRST. - _I THOUGHT ON MY WAYS_] חשבתי _chashabti_, I deeply pondered them; I turned them upside down; I viewed my conduct on all sides. The word, as used here, is a metaphor tak...
I THOUGHT ON MY WAYS - This language most naturally refers to the time of conversion, and may be employed without impropriety to describe the process of a sinner’s turning to God. It would seem to be...
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: 704 SERIOUS AND SPEEDY CONVERSION TO GOD RECOMMENDED Psalms 119:59. _I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments_....
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 thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. I THOUGHT ON MY WAYS - the first step toward repentance, as in the case of the prodigal (Luke 15:17); also that to which the Lord urg...
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 THOUGHT ON. — The Hebrew implies repeated and frequent meditation....
חִשַּׁ֥בְתִּי דְרָכָ֑י וָ אָשִׁ֥יבָה רַ֝גְלַ֗י אֶל...
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 thought on my (b) ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. (b) He shows that no one can embrace the word of God, unless he considers his own imperfections and ways....
CHETH. This eighth part of this lovely Psalm opens most beautifully, in which we clearly behold Jesus as the speaker. The royal Prophet, under the Spirit's influence (as Peter was commissioned to expl...
59._I thought upon my ways _(421) The amount is, that after the prophet had paid due regard to his manner of life, his only aim then was to follow the teaching of the law. In these words he intimates...
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 THOUGHT ON MY WAYS,.... What they were, whether right or wrong; whither they led, what would be the consequences of walking in them: the Septuagint and Arabic versions read, "thy ways"; no doubt the...
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. Ver. 59. _I thought on my ways_] At self-examination beginneth sound conversion, Lam 3:39-40 Haggai 1:5; Haggai 1:7 2 Corinthians 13:5 ....
_I thought on my ways_ I seriously considered both my former conduct, and my duty in all my future actions; _and turned my feet unto thy testimonies_ And finding my feet had too often swerved from the...
57-64 True believers take the Lord for the portion of their inheritance, and nothing less will satisfy them. The psalmist prayed with his whole heart, knowing how to value the blessing he prayed for:...
Psalms 119:59 thought H2803 (H8765) ways H1870 turned H7725 (H8686) feet H7272 testimonies H5713 thought -...
Psalms 119:59 I. Hebrew scholars tell us that when they get to the root of these words, "I thought on my ways," they find a weaver there working at his loom. That is the figure that lies deep beneath...
Psalms 119:59 Such is the history of almost all solid conversion. The great destroyer of the souls of men, which throughout the whole world is so widely wasting, is not so much wilful, deliberate sin...
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 thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto Thy testimonies._ A GODLY LIFE I. The way into a godly life. “I thought.” Wonderful act is this; an act which no creature on earth bug man can perform....
_I entreated Thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to Thy Word._ THE DUTIES WHICH MARK THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN COURSE I. The consideration of our ways. 1. He betak...
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
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 119:59 WHEN I THINK ON MY WAYS. The believer considers his own character and conduct, in order to bring them into greater obedience to God’s commandments....
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 Corinthians 12:21; 2 Corinthians 13:5; Deuteronomy 4:30; Deuteronomy 4:31;...
Thought — I seriously considered both my former courses, and my duty in all my future actions....