TZADDI. Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, and upright [are] thy judgments.
Ver. 137. Righteous art thou, O Lord] Essentially and efficiently.
And upright are thy judgments] Which are sometimes secret, but always just, as the Emperor Mauricius also acknowledged, when his wife and children were slain before his eyes by the traitor Phocas.
LETTER צ TSADDI. - _EIGHTEENTH DIVISION_ Verse Psalms 119:137. _RIGHTEOUS_ ART _THOU_] Thou art infinitely holy in thy nature; and therefore thou art _upright in thy judgments _- all thy dispensation...
RIGHTEOUS ART THOU, O LORD ... - This commences a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter _Tsaddiy_ (צ _ts_) - corresponding with “ts.” The thought in this verse is, that God is righ...
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...
RIGHTEOUS, &C. See Psalms 119:7. See also Revelation 16:5; Revelation 16:7....
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...
Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. RIGHTEOUS ART THOU, O LORD, AND UPRIGHT ARE THY JUDGMENTS - (.) The "righteous" is singular, "judgments" plural - i:e., thy judgments are...
119:137 are (d-8) Or 'and upright in.'...
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)....
TZADDI. (137) AND UPRIGHT. — For an interesting historical association with this verse see Gibbon’s account of the death of the Emperor Maurice (chap 46)....
צַדִּ֣יק אַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֑ה וְ֝ יָשָׁ֗ר מִשְׁפָּטֶֽיךָ׃...
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...
WHY LOVE GOD'S WORD? Psalms 119:129 What a beautiful soul this is that utters itself in these stanzas! The psalmist acknowledges his simplicity; is quite content to be among the unknown and despised...
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...
TZADDI. In this portion is that memorable verse which throws a light upon the whole Psalm, and fully authorizes us to apply many parts of it directly to the person of Jesus. The passage is, My zeal ha...
137.O _Jehovah! thou art righteous. _The Prophet yields to God the praise of righteousness, and also acknowledges that it is to be found in his law. Some understand_judgments _as referring to those in...
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...
u, TZADDI.--THE EIGHTEENTH PART. Ver. 137. TZADDI. RIGHTEOUS [ART] THOU, O LORD,.... Essentially, originally, and of himself; naturally, immutably, and universally, in all his ways and works of natur...
_TZADDI._ Psalms 119:137. _Righteous art thou, O Lord_ In thy nature and attributes, and therefore it is impossible that thou shouldest be unjust in any of thy laws or providences. _Thy testimonies th...
Righteous art Thou, O Lord, and upright are Thy judgments, for the right knowledge of God is gained from Scriptures and results in the proper worship of God....
_ Tzaddi._ The Proper Appreciation of the Word of God....
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...
TZADDI Ver. 137. RIGHTEOUS ART THOU, by thine essence and nature, and therefore it is impossible that thou shouldst be unjust in any of thy laws or providences....
Psalms 119:137 Righteous H6662 LORD H3068 upright H3477 judgments H4941 Psalms 99:4,...
Psalms 119:137. _Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments._ It is well to be able to say this when you are being tried, when the hand of God lies heavy upon you; it is hard to kick a...
Psalms 119:129. _Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them._ It is very wonderful that God should speak to us at all, and still more marvellous that he should write to us such a...
Psalms 119:129. _Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them._ Every true believer admires God's Word; and, more than that, it amazes him: «Thy testimonies are wonderful.» View th...
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...
_Righteous art Thou, O Lord, and upright are Thy judgments._ THE TESTIMONY OF A TRIED SAINT I. His testimony concerning God. 1. Concerning the Divine character (verses 137,142). (1) God’s righteou...
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...
Daniel 9:14; Daniel 9:7; Deuteronomy 32:4; Ezra 9:15; Jeremiah 12:1;...