Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
Ver. 123. Mine eyes fail for thy salvation] Not my bodily eyes only, but the eyes of my faith. See Psalms 119:81,82 .
And for the word of thy righteousness] That is, for thy faithful promises, which many times bear a long date.
Verse Psalms 119:123. _MINE EYES FAIL_] See on Psalms 119:82....
MINE EYES FAIL FOR THY SALVATION - See the notes at Psalms 119:81. AND FOR THE WORD OF THY RIGHTEOUSNESS - Thy righteous word - that it may be made known to me, and that I may see its beauty and enjo...
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...
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...
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. MINE EYES FALL FOR THY SALVATION, AND FOR THE WORD OF THY RIGHTEOUSNESS - i:e., for the fulfillment of 'thy Word,' which pro...
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...
FAIL FOR] fail through longing for....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE WORD OF GOD PSALMS 119 JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME" (JOHN 14:15)....
See Psalms 119:82....
עֵ֭ינַי כָּל֣וּ לִֽ ישׁוּעָתֶ֑ךָ וּ לְ אִמְרַ
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...
“TIME FOR THE LORD TO WORK” Psalms 119:113 There is an ineradicable difference between the child of God and evil-doers, and the believer does not want to be involved in their fate. Therefore he bids...
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...
AIN. How sweetly do these words become Christ! but who, except Christ, could ever use them? One might be led to conclude, from the very many similar examples we meet with in the book of Psalms, that t...
123._My eyes have failed for thy salvation. _(6) In the first; place he testifies, that he had been afflicted with severe troubles, and that not for a short time only, but for a period so protracted a...
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...
MINE EYES FAIL FOR THAT SALVATION,.... For temporal salvation or deliverance from oppressors; and for spiritual salvation, for views of an interest in it, the joys and comforts of it; and for the Mess...
_AIN._ Psalms 119:121. _I have done judgment and justice_ That is, just judgment, Ecclesiastes 5:7, namely, toward mine oppressors, whom I have no way injured. _Be surety for thy servant for good_ For...
_ Ain._ The Proper Estimation of God's Word in the Midst of Oppression....
Mine eyes fail, with anxious gazing, FOR THY SALVATION, for the final deliverance promised to all believers, AND FOR THE WORD OF THY RIGHTEOUSNESS, in which the righteousness of the Lord is promised t...
89-96 The settling of God's word in heaven, is opposed to the changes and revolutions of the earth. And the engagements of God's covenant are established more firmly than the earth itself. All the cr...
For the performance of thy righteous, or faithful, or merciful word or promise....
Psalms 119:123 eyes H5869 fail H3615 (H8804) salvation H3444 righteous H6664 word H565...
Psalms 119:119-19. _Thou putteth away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. I have done judgm...
Psalms 119:1. _I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love._ Presumptuous thoughts, erroneous thoughts, wicked thoughts, foolish thoughts,-all three David hated. A good man ought to be a good hater,...
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 have done judgment and justice._ WHAT EVERY MAN SHOULD DO, AND WHAT EVERY MAN REQUIRES I. What every man should do. “I have done judgment and justice.” The whole moral code of the universe may be...
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...
Lamentations 4:17; Psalms 119:81; Psalms 119:82; Psalms 130:6;...
The word — For the performance of thy faithful or merciful promise....