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Verse Psalms 119:72. _THE LAW OF THY MOUTH_ IS _BETTER_] Who can say
this? Who _prefers_ the law of his God, the Christ that bought him,
and the heaven to which he hopes to go, when he can live no lo...
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THE LAW OF THY MOUTH - The law which proceeds out of thy mouth, or
which thou hast spoken.
IS BETTER UNTO ME - The Hebrew is, “Good to me is the law of thy
mouth above thousands of gold and silver.”...
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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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GOLD AND SILVER. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6,
for coins made from these metals.
JOD. This is the small letter referred to in Matthew 5:18....
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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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The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and
silver.
THE LAW OF THY MOUTH IS BETTER UNTO ME THAN THOUSANDS OF GOLD AND
SILVER - (; .) Rabbi Joseph alleged this verse as his ple...
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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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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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BETTER UNTO ME — _i.e._, better for me.
THOUSANDS OF. — We must supply _shekels_ or _pieces._...
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טֹֽוב ־לִ֥י תֹֽורַת ־פִּ֑יךָ מֵ֝
אַלְפֵ֗י זָה
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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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THE LAW OF THY MOUTH [IS] BETTER UNTO ME THAN THOUSANDS OF GOLD AND
SILVER. The word of God, the doctrines contained in it; which, coming
out of the mouth of God, and spoken by him, carries in it weig...
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The law of thy mouth [is] better unto me than thousands of gold and
silver.
Ver. 72. _The law of thy mouth is better unto me, &c._] For what is
all this trash to that true treasure, those lively and...
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_It is good for me_ Necessary and very beneficial; _that I have been
afflicted_ He repeats what, in effect, he said before, (Psalms
119:67,) partly to intimate the certainty and importance of this
tru...
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_ Teth._ The Realization that God's Humiliation of Man is Salutary....
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The Law of Thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and
silver; for he has now learned that all the wealth of the world cannot
compare with the precious content of the Word, which is the tru...
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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 119:72 law H8451 mouth H6310 better H2896 thousands H505 gold
H2091 silver H3701
better -...
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Psalms 119:72
This is a very hard thing to believe. We are to prove that the Bible
is a better thing than heaps of money taken by themselves. The Bible
can give you better things than money can ever...
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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...
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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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_The law of Thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and
silver._
THE BIBLE BETTER THAN MONEY
I. Because it gives us better food. It is well designated the “word
of life,” because by it th...
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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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Psalms 19:10; Matthew 13:44; Proverbs 16:16; Proverbs 3:14;...