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Psalms 119:41

PSALM—NOTE ON Psalms 119:41 steadfast love. A recurring theme of the psalm (vv. Psalms 119:64, Psalms 119:76, Psalms 119:88, Psalms 119:124, Psalms 119:149, Psalms 119:159). It is the genuine experience of God’s grace and mercy that inspires the faithful to seek his moral guidance (see notes on 25:6–7; 25:8–11). salvation. See note on 3:2.

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See also Psalms 119:41 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    LETTER ו VAU. - _SIXTH DIVISION_ Verse Psalms 119:41. _LET THY MERCIES COME_] Let me speedily see the accomplishment of all my prayers! Let me have _thy salvation_-such a deliverance as it becomes th...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    LET THY MERCIES COME ALSO UNTO ME, O LORD - This commences a new portion of the psalm, in which each verse begins with the letter _Vau_ (ו _v_, or “v”). There are almost no words in Hebrew that begin...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MERCIES. lovingkindnesses....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word. LET THY MERCIES COME ALSO UNTO ME, O LORD, (EVEN) THY SALVATION, ACCORDING TO THY WORD. SO SHALL I HAVE WHEREWI...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE WORD OF GOD PSALMS 119 JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME" (JOHN 14:15)....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וִֽ יבֹאֻ֣נִי חֲסָדֶ֣ךָ יְהוָ֑ה תְּ֝שֽׁוּעָתְךָ֗ כְּ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    LOVE FOR GOD'S COMMANDS Psalms 119:33 Twice over the psalmist says, “thy commandments which I have loved,” and then proceeds to give the key to perfect love of them in the words, “I will _meditate_ i...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    VAU. Let thy (a) mercies come also unto me, O LORD, [even] thy salvation, according to thy word. (a) He shows that God's mercy and love is the first reason for our salvation....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    V A U. The Reader will not need information that Jesus is Jehovah's salvation unto the ends of the earth; Isaiah 49:6. And the answers of Jesus to those that reproached him, are fully set forth in the...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    41._Let thy mercies come to me _There can be no doubt, that, in mentioning the _mercy of God _first, and afterwards _his salvation, _the Psalmist, according to the natural order, puts the cause before...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    w, VAU.--THE SIXTH PART. Ver. 41. VAU. LET THY MERCIES COME ALSO UNTO ME, O LORD,.... Meaning not his providential mercies, but his special mercies and favours; his mercies of old, which were upon hi...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, [even] thy salvation, according to thy word. Ver. 41. _Let thy mercies come also unto me_] Let them come to me, or else I shall never come to them. 1 P...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _VAU._ Psalms 119:41. _Let thy mercies_, &c. Let thy promised mercies be performed to me. _So shall I answer him that reproacheth me_ That chargeth me with folly for my piety and trust in thy promises...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Let Thy mercies, the many manifestations of grace which every believer experiences, COME ALSO UNTO ME, O LORD, EVEN THY SALVATION, the full deliverance which the Lord has promised to His believers, AC...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    _ Vau._ The Need of a Fearless Confession of the Divine Truth....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    41-48 Lord, I have by faith thy mercies in view; let me by prayer prevail to obtain them. And when the salvation of the saints is completed, it will plainly appear that it was not in vain to trust in...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    VAU Let promised mercies be performed to me....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 119:41 mercies H2617 come H935 (H8799) salvation H8668 word H565 Psalms 119:58,...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Let Thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, even Thy salvation, according to Thy Word._ A GRACIOUS PRAYER 1. It is in itself a very gracious prayer. (1) It is offered on right grounds. There is no...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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;...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Psalms 106:4; Psalms 106:5; Psalms 69:16; Luke 2:28...

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