JOD I am thy creature, and therefore obliged to serve and obey thee with all my might; which that I may do aright I beg thy instruction or assistance. Or, thou hast made me once, make me a second time, and renew thy decayed image in me, that I may know and serve thee better; and that as I was made by thee, so I may be guided by thy grace to serve and glorify my Creator.
LETTER י YOD. - _TENTH DIVISION_ Verse Psalms 119:73. _THY HANDS HAVE MADE ME_] Thou hast formed the _mass_ out of which I was made; and _fashioned me _- thou hast given me that particular _form_ tha...
THY HANDS HAVE MADE ME - This commences a new division of the psalm, in which each verse begins with the Hebrew letter _Jod_ (י _y_) - or “i” - the smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet, called in Ma...
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...
FASHIONED. formed. Compare Job 31:15. also Deuteronomy 32:18....
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...
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. THY HANDS HAVE MADE ME AND FASHIONED ME. Israel saith this, in conformity with what Moses said to he...
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)....
JOD. (73) FASHIONED. — Literally, _fixed, established. _...
יָדֶ֣יךָ עָ֭שׂוּנִי וַֽ יְכֹונְנ֑וּנִי הֲ֝בִינֵ֗נִי וְ...
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...
JOD. Thy hands have (a) made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. (a) Because God does not leave his work that he has begun, he desires a new grace: that is,...
JOD. With most peculiar reference to the ever-blessed Jesus must we read the opening of this portion. A body hast thou prepared me, was said by Christ when beholding the redemption work he came to per...
73._Thy hands have made and fashioned me. _The avowal of the prophet, that he had been created by the hand of God, greatly contributed to inspire him with the hope of obtaining the favor which he supp...
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...
y, JOD.--THE TENTH PART. Ver. 73. JOD. THY HANDS HAVE MADE ME AND FASHIONED ME,.... Not the psalmist himself, nor his parents, but the Lord alone: for though parents are fathers of our flesh, they ar...
JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. Ver. 73. _Thy hands have made me and fashioned me_] _Plasmaverunt,_ which Basil interpreteth of...
_JOD._ Psalms 119:73. _Thy hands have made me_, &c. Desert not then thy own workmanship, that neither has nor hopes for any thing but from thy almighty power. Being thy creature, I know that, as such...
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me, the special creation of man being referred to here, and the implication being that God will not destroy His noblest creature. GIVE ME UNDERSTANDING, leading th...
_ Jod._ The Consolation of God's Providence and Government....
73-80 God made us to serve him, and enjoy him; but by sin we have made ourselves unfit to serve him, and to enjoy him. We ought, therefore, continually to beseech him, by his Holy Spirit, to give us...
Psalms 119:73 hands H3027 made H6213 (H8804) fashioned H3559 (H8787) understanding H995 (H8685) learn H3925 ...
Psalms 119:73 , PSALMS 119:116 I. Consider the care of the Creator for the lower creatures of His hand. The lower creatures have instincts given to them by God for their preservation. These instincts...
In this Psalm we have, as it were, notes from David's pocket book. Psalms 119:73. _Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments._ This is a very...
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...
_Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding._ THE RIGHT ATTITUDE OF MAN IN RELATION TO GOD I. Recognizing God as the author of his existence. “Thy hands.” I am not the creature o...
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...
1 Chronicles 22:12; 1 John 5:20; 2 Chronicles 2:12; 2 Timothy 2:7;...