Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Psalms 119:162
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil - Plunder in a camp; prey; booty: as the hunter or the warrior, when he lights on great and unexpected success.
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil - Plunder in a camp; prey; booty: as the hunter or the warrior, when he lights on great and unexpected success.
Verse 162. _AS ONE THAT FINDETH GREAT SPOIL._] שלל רב _shalal rab_. This appears to refer to such _spoil_ as is acquired by _stripping_ _the dead_ in a field of battle, taking the rich garments of the...
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. Same word as in Psalms 119:11. Some codices with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "words" (plural)...
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...
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. I REJOICE AT THY WORD, AS ONE THAT FINDETH GREAT SPOIL. As the man who found the treasure hid in the field "for joy thereof went and sold al...
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)....
Comp. Isaiah 9:3....
שָׂ֣שׂ אָ֭נֹכִֽי עַל ־אִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ כְּ֝ מֹוצֵ֗א...
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...
JEHOVAH INSPIRES CONTINUAL PRAISE Psalms 119:161 What a noble conclusion we reach in these closing stanzas! _I rejoice at thy word; thy law do I love; seven times a day do I praise thee; let my lips...
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...
SCHIN. Still prosecuting the same subject of suffering, here are the same petitions lodged before the throne. The apostle to the Hebrews was commissioned by the Holy Ghost to teach the church some ver...
162._I have rejoiced at thy word as one who hath found great spoil _No gain, it is well known, brings greater joy than that which conquerors acquire from the spoil of their enemies; for to the gain th...
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...
I REJOICE AT THY WORD, AS ONE THAT FINDETH GREAT SPOIL. At having it, which is a distinguishing blessing; all are not favoured with it; and is an inestimable treasure, a field in which a treasure lies...
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. Ver. 162. _I rejoice at thy word_] _Libenter omnibus omnes opes concesserim, &c., _ I would gladly leave all the wealth in the world to others,...
_SCHIN._ Psalms 119:161. _Princes_ The rulers and prime ministers of thy kingdom; _have persecuted me_ Whom they ought to have used their authority to protect, knowing me to be innocent and injured; _...
_ Schin_ (and _ Sin_) The Believer's Fellowship with God in Prayer....
I rejoice at Thy Word, instead of currying the favor of the wicked princes, he finds his greatest joy in the Word of his Lord, AS ONE THAT FINDETH GREAT SPOIL, being enriched by its possession beyond...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Psalms 119:162 rejoice H7797 (H8801) word H565 finds H4672 (H8802) great H7227 treasure H7998 rejoice -...
Psalms 119:153. _Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law._ As much as if he said, «Lord, I do not forget thee; do not forget me.» Thy grace has kept my memory; let thy g...
Psalms 119:145. _I cried with my whole heart: hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes._ In the time of trouble there is no resort like that of prayer, but it must be intense and earnest. «I cried w...
Psalms 119:145. _I cried with my whole heart; hear me. O LORD: I will keep thy statutes._ It is sweet to look back upon our prayers, if those prayers were uttered with our whole heart, for it is no s...
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 rejoice at Thy Word, as one that findeth great spoil._ GREAT SPOIL How often is this idea repeated in Scripture! It is developed by our Lord in several of His parables, and touches us all very ne...
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 Samuel 30:16; Isaiah 9:3; Jeremiah 15:16; Proverbs 16:19;...