Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 119:118
Deceit — Their deceitful devices, shall bring that destruction upon themselves which they design for others.
Deceit — Their deceitful devices, shall bring that destruction upon themselves which they design for others.
Verse Psalms 119:118. _THOU HAST TRODDEN DOWN_] All thy enemies will be finally trodden down under thy feet. _THEIR DECEIT_ IS _FALSEHOOD._] Their elevation is a _lie_. The wicked often become _rich...
THOU HAST TRODDEN DOWN ALL THEM THAT ERR FROM THY STATUTES - Compare the notes at Psalms 119:21. Rather, “Thou hast made light of,” or “thou despisest.” The Hebrew word means properly to suspend in a...
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...
TRODDEN DOWN: or set at naught....
FOR THEIR DECEIT IS FALSEHOOD— _For their falsehood shall prove a lie:_ their falsehood to God, in abandoning his law, shall deceive them. Mudge. Some render the words, _For their cunning is falsehood...
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...
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. THOU HAST TRODDEN DOWN ALL THEM THAT ERR FROM THY STATUTES - ( .) FOR THEIR DECEIT (IS) FALSEHOOD - their...
119:118 nought (b-5) 'trodden under foot.'...
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...
THEIR DECEIT _is_ FALSEHOOD] better, 'their self-deception is a lie.'...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE WORD OF GOD PSALMS 119 JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME" (JOHN 14:15)....
TRODDEN DOWN. — Better, _thou despisest._ So LXX. and Vulg. Aquila, “Thou hast impaled.” Symmachus, “Thou hast convicted.” Literally the word seems to mean to _weigh_ or _value,_ but, from the habit o...
סָ֭לִיתָ כָּל ־שֹׁוגִ֣ים מֵ חֻקֶּ֑יךָ כִּי ־ש
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...
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their (d) deceit [is] falsehood. (d) The crafty practises of them who contemn your law will be brought to nothing....
SAMECH. After the observations which have been proposed upon the foregoing portions of this most blessed Psalm, the Reader will not be surprised, neither, I hope, offended, if I go on to accept this p...
118._Thou hast trodden under foot all those who wander from thy statutes. _By _treading under foot _he means, that God overthrows all the despisers of his law, and casts them down from that loftiness...
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...
THOU HAST TRODDEN DOWN ALL THEM THAT ERR FROM THY STATUTES,.... That wander from the way of the Lord's commandments; that deviate from his precepts, go astray constantly and wilfully; a people that er...
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit [is] falsehood. Ver. 118. _Thou hast trodden down all them, &c._] Thou, as a mighty king or conqueror, hast made use of th...
_Thou hast trodden down all them that err_, &c. Thou hast brought them to ruin, utter and shameful ruin; thou hast made them thy footstool. He seems to speak of those proud persecutors who trampled up...
_ Samech._ The Need of a Firm Stand for the Truth of God's Word....
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from Thy statutes, rather, the Lord despises people of this kind who wander away from the truth of the Word, seeking to establish their own philosophy of relig...
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...
All their crafty and deceitful devices, by which they design to insnare and ruin me, and other good men, shall deceive them and their own expectations, and bring that destruction upon themselves which...
Psalms 119:118 reject H5541 (H8804) stray H7686 (H8802) statutes H2706 deceit H8649 falsehood H8267 trodden -...
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,...
The proper way in which to read these verses is to peruse them in the spirit of prayer, turning every verse into a personal supplication to God. I do trust that many of us may be so in the Spirit toda...
We will read tonight two of the stanzas which make up the 119 th Psalm, beginning at the 105 th verse. Psalms 119:105. _Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path._ God's Word is full...
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...
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 John 2:21; 2 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Timothy 3:13; Ephesians 4:22;...