Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 119:11
Hid — I have laid it up in my mind like a choice treasure, to be ready upon all occasions to counsel, quicken or caution me.
Hid — I have laid it up in my mind like a choice treasure, to be ready upon all occasions to counsel, quicken or caution me.
Verse Psalms 119:11. _THY WORD HAVE I HID IN MY HEART_] 7. He must _treasure_ up those portions of _God's word_ in his mind and heart which speak against uncleanness of every kind; and that recommend...
THY WORD HAVE I HID IN MINE HEART - Compare the notes at Psalms 37:31. The word rendered “hid” means properly to conceal, so that a thing may be secret, private, inaccessible; then, to lay up in priva...
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...
WORD. the mode, or purport of what is said. The fifth in order of the ten words of this Psalm. See App-73. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read...
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 word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. THY WORD HAVE I HID IN MINE HEART, THAT I MIGHT NOT SIN AGAINST THEE - the sure preservative against falling (). So the Virgin...
119:11 *word (k-2) It may be well to notice the distinction between _ Dabar_ and _ Imrah_ , so frequent in this Psalm. _ Dabar_ is 'word,' agreeing with _ Logos_ in the New Testament; _ Omer_ and _ I...
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)....
THY WORD. — A different term to that in Psalms 119:9. The two are interchanged throughout the psalm. HID... — As the Oriental hid treasures. (Comp Matthew 13:44.) IN MINE HEART, THAT I MIGHT NOT SIN...
בְּ֭ לִבִּי צָפַ֣נְתִּי אִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ לְ֝מַ֗עַן לֹ֣א...
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...
GOD'S WORD AN INNER POWER Psalms 119:1 This long and noble psalm is devoted to the praise of God's Word, which is mentioned in every verse but one, Psalms 119:122. Probably if we were to substitute _...
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...
Thy word have I (b) hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. (b) If God's word is carved in our hearts, we will be more able to resist the assaults of Satan: and therefore the prophet de...
After the explanation which I endeavored very humbly to offer in the first part, concerning the several words there made use of and which we meet with again here: it will only be necessary to examine...
11._I have hid thy word in my heart. _This psalm not being composed for the personal and peculiar use of the author only, we may therefore understand, that as frequently as David sets before us his ow...
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...
THY WORD HAVE I HID IN MINE HEART,.... Not only heard and read it, but received it into his affections; mixed it with faith, laid it up in his mind and memory for future use; preserved it in his heart...
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Ver. 11. _Thy word have I hid in my heart_] _Ut peculium in apotheca; _ as treasure; or as an amulet in a case or chest; as the p...
_With my whole heart have I sought thee_ Deny me not that aid of thy grace which I have so sincerely and earnestly desired and laboured to obtain. _O let me not wander_ Hebrew, אל תשׁגני, _do not make...
_ Beth._ Of the Distinguishing Signs of an Irreproachable Life....
Thy Word, all that God had said in revealing Himself and His holy will to men, HAVE I HID IN MINE HEART, like a precious treasure which fills his entire inner life, THAT I MIGHT NOT SIN AGAINST THEE,...
9-16 To original corruption all have added actual sin. The ruin of the young is either living by no rule at all, or choosing false rules: let them walk by Scripture rules. To doubt of our own wisdom...
I have not contented myself with bare hearing or reading thy word, but have received it in the love of it, have diligently pondered it, and laid it up in my mind and memory like a choice treasure, to...
Psalms 119:11 word H565 hidden H6845 (H8804) heart H3820 sin H2398 (H8799) Thy word -...
Psalms 119:9. _Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word._ «Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?» A vital and solemn question. His way is f...
It is not easy to see the special subjects that are spoken of by David in each of the short portions of eight verses, yet I do not doubt that if each portion were very carefully examined, we should se...
The first eight verses of this Psalm, in the Hebrew, begin with the letter A, and the second eight begin with the letter B. The whole Psalm is the good man's alphabet; the Holy Spirit condescended to...
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 Word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against Thee._ GOD’S WORD IN THE HEART Such was David’s wise precaution against temptation, but we have a far higher example of the use of such...
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...
Colossians 3:16; Isaiah 51:7; Jeremiah 15:16; Job 22:22; Luke 2:19;...
THE WONDERFUL WORD Psalms 119:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When we hold the Bible in our hands we are holding a Book that is distinct from any and every other book the world has ever known. 1. IT IS DISTIN...