Thou art good; gracious and bountiful in thy nature. And doest good to all men, both good and bad, Matthew 5:45, and in all things, yea, even when thou afflictest. Teach me thy statutes; which is the good that I desire above all things.
Verse Psalms 119:68. _THOU_ ART _GOOD_] And because thou art good, _thou doest_ _good_; and because thou delightest to do good, _teach me thy_ _statutes_....
THOU ART GOOD - See the Psalms 100:5, note; Psalms 107:1, note. AND DOEST GOOD - As the expression or manifestation of goodness. The goodness of God is not a mere sentiment; not mere feeling; not an i...
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...
GOOD. kind. doest good. actest kindly....
DISCOURSE: 705 THE GOODNESS OF GOD Psalms 119:68. _Thou art good, and doest good: teach me thy statutes_. THE perfections of God, if considered only in a speculative view, must excite our admiration;...
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...
Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. THOU ART GOOD, AND DOEST GOOD. To be good and to do good are God's grand characteristics (). So Jesus, ....
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)....
It is characteristic of this psalm that the higher the conception of the Divine nature, the more earnest becomes the prayer for knowledge of His will in relation to conduct....
טֹוב ־אַתָּ֥ה וּ מֵטִ֗יב לַמְּדֵ֥נִי חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃...
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...
PROFITING FROM AFFLICTION Psalms 119:65 _ Before I was afflicted, I went astray; it is good for me that I have been afflicted; thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me_. Here is the far-off interest of...
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...
TETH. As the first verse of the foregoing portion proved that Jesus was the speaker; so the last verse of this portion as plainly points to the same. None but the ever-blessed Jesus had such testimony...
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...
THOU [ART] GOOD, AND DOEST GOOD,.... Essentially, originally, and only good, and the fountain of all goodness to his creatures; who does good to all men in a providential way, and especially to his ow...
Thou [art] good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. Ver. 68. _Thou art good, and doest good_] Good in thyself (indeed there is none good but thyself) and good to thy creatures, inexpressibly boun...
_Before I was afflicted I went astray_ As men too generally do in their prosperity. _Thou art good_ Gracious and bountiful in thy nature; _and dost good_ To all men, both good and bad, (Matthew 5:45,)...
_ Teth._ The Realization that God's Humiliation of Man is Salutary....
Thou art good and doest good, even when God lays upon His children the burden of suffering, since His purpose is always one of kindness and mercy, TEACH ME THY STATUTES for tribulation drives the beli...
65-72 However God has dealt with us, he has dealt with us better than we deserve; and all in love, and for our good. Many have knowledge, but little judgment; those who have both, are fortified again...
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Psalms 119:64. _The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word. Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have...
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...
_Thou art good and doest good._ GOD GOOD IN BEING AND GOOD IN ACTION I. God good in being. “Thou art good.” Good in the sense of kindness and in the sense of moral perfection,--the primal Font of al...
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...
Exodus 33:18; Exodus 33:19; Exodus 34:6; Exodus 34:7; Isaiah 63:7;...