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LETTER ח CHETH. - _EIGHTH DIVISION_
Verse Psalms 119:57. THOU ART _MY PORTION, O LORD_] From the
_fifty-seventh_ to the _sixtieth_ verse may be seen the _progress_ of
the work of grace on the human...
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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...
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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...
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The division is better made thus, dispensing with the supposed
Ellipsis:. have said "Jehovah is my portion, That. might keep Thy
word. ...
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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...
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Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
(THOU ART) MY PORTION, O LORD: I HAVE SAID (MENTALLY, AS MY FIXED
RESOLVE) THAT I WOULD KEEP THY WORDS - (; ; ;...
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119:57 words. (d-13) Or 'Jehovah is my portion. I have said that I
will keep thy words.'...
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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...
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
THE WORD OF GOD
PSALMS 119
JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME" (JOHN 14:15)....
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CHETH.
(57) THOU ART MY PORTION, O LORD. — This rendering is in accordance
with Psalms 16:5; Psalms 73:26. But, even with these passages in view,
a better rendering would be —
“This is my portion, O...
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חֶלְקִ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אָמַ֗רְתִּי לִ
שְׁמֹ֥ר דְּבָרֶֽיךָ׃...
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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...
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COMFORTED BY GOD'S JUDGMENTS
Psalms 119:49
Rays of comfort begin to steal into the psalmist's heart. _Thou hast
caused me to hope; this is my comfort in my affliction; thy statutes
have been my songs...
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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...
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CHETH. [Thou art] my (a) portion, O LORD: I have said that I would
keep thy words.
(a) I am persuaded that to keep your law is a heritage and great gain
for me....
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CHETH.
This eighth part of this lovely Psalm opens most beautifully, in which
we clearly behold Jesus as the speaker. The royal Prophet, under the
Spirit's influence (as Peter was commissioned to expl...
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57._Thou art my portion, O Jehovah! _The meaning of this clause is
doubtful, because the term _Jehovah _may be rendered either in the
nominative or vocative case, and the phrase, _I have said, _may re...
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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...
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x, CHETH.--THE EIGHTH PART.
Ver. 57. CHETH. [THOU ART] MY PORTION, O LORD,.... Which he chose and
preferred to all others; to the riches, honours, and profits of this
world; the grant of which was ma...
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CHETH. [Thou art] my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep
thy words.
Ver. 57. _Thou art my portion, O Lord_] While other men's portion
_sunt divitiae vel deliciae,_ nothing short of God can...
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_CHETH._
Psalms 119:57. _Thou art my portion, O Lord_ Whereas other men place
their portion and happiness in worldly things, I have chosen thee for
my portion and chief treasure: and thou art an all-s...
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57-64 True believers take the Lord for the portion of their
inheritance, and nothing less will satisfy them. The psalmist prayed
with his whole heart, knowing how to value the blessing he prayed for:...
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CHETH Whereas other men place their portion and happiness in worldly
things, I have chosen thee for my portion and chief treasure, as he
said, PSALMS 16:5, PSALMS 73:26, and thou hast an all-sufficien...
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Psalms 119:57 portion H2506 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8804) keep H8104
(H8800) words H1697
my portion -...
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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...
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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...
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_Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep Thy
words._
THE WEALTH OF LIFE
A man’s portion is that which he deliberately chooses as the chief
object of his life, that on which he conc...
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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
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 119:57 MY PORTION. See note on 16:5–6.
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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;...
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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...
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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...
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Deuteronomy 26:17; Deuteronomy 26:18; Jeremiah 10:16; Lamentations
3:24;...
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Said — I have professed and owned it....