Probably by Hezekiah. See App-67, Psalms 123:3, and notes below. An Acrostic Psalm (App-63), in which each verse in each of the twenty-two sections commences with the twenty-two successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet: i.e. the first eight begin with _Aleph_ (= A), the second eight with _Beth_ (=... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED. This Psalm, begins with. double Beatitude. See App-63. KEEP. guard. TESTIMONIES. The second in order of the ten words. See App-73.... [ Continue Reading ]
INIQUITY. perversity. Hebrew. _'aval_. App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRECEPTS. The third in order of the ten words. See App-73.... [ Continue Reading ]
STATUTES. The ninth in order of the ten words. See App-73.... [ Continue Reading ]
ASHAMED. put to shame; not shame of conscience. COMMANDMENTS. The tenth in order of the ten words. See App-73.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRAISE. give thanks, as in Psalms 92:1, &c. RIGHTEOUS. righteousness: i.e. judgments of Thy righteousness. The eighth in order of the ten words. See App-73. JUDGMENTS. The seventh in order of the ten words. See App-73.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT UTTERLY. not in any wise. Compare Psalms 119:43.... [ Continue Reading ]
A YOUNG MAN. The writer not necessarily. youth. WAY. path. Not the same word as in Psalms 119:1. BY TAKING. So as to take. Put interrogation at end of the second line instead of the first. WORD. the articulate subject-matter of what is said. The tenth in order of the ten words of this Psalm. See... [ Continue Reading ]
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 "words" (plural) HID. treasured up. SIN. Hebrew. _chata'_. App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIPS... DECLARED. Figure of speech _Paronomasia._ App-6: _bispatay sipparti._... [ Continue Reading ]
WORD. Same word as in Psalms 119:9 (not Psalms 119:11): but some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "words" (plural)... [ Continue Reading ]
OPEN. Unveil. behold. discern, or see clearly.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRANGER. foreigner sojourning.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. BREAKETH FOR. hath broken owing to. Occurring again only in Lamentations 3:16. LONGING. fervent desire; same word as verses: Psalms 119:40; Psalms 119:174, but not Psalms 119:131.... [ Continue Reading ]
ERR. go far astray (through wine or passion). Same word as "wander" (Psalms 119:10), and "err" (Psalms 119:118). Hebrew. _shagah_ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
REPROACH AND CONTEMPT. Compare Psalms 123:3; Psalms 123:4, confirming Hezekiah's suggested authorship.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO. nevertheless. See Psalms 129:2. MY COUNSELLORS. men (Hebrew. _'ish,_ App-14) of my counsel.... [ Continue Reading ]
DUST. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the dead, as in Psalms 30:9; Ecclesiastes 12:7. QUICKEN... ME. Give me life, or keep me alive. The first of nine prayers for quickening (Imperative), verses: Psalms 119:37; Psalms 119:40; Psalms 119:88; Psalms 119:107; Psalms 119:149;... [ Continue Reading ]
TALK. meditate.... [ Continue Reading ]
MELTETH. weepeth. Occurs only here. Job 16:20; Ecclesiastes 10:18. WORD. As in Psalms 119:9. Some codices read plural; but other codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "by (or in) thy words" (plural)... [ Continue Reading ]
LAID. set.... [ Continue Reading ]
STUCK. cleaved, or adhered.... [ Continue Reading ]
ENLARGE MY HEART. set my heart at liberty, as in Isa 60:5. 2 Corinthians 6:11; 2 Corinthians 6:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
TEACH ME. Show, or make me to see.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAY. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, and Syriac, read "ways" (plural)... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO IS DEVOTED TO THY FEAR. Supply Ellipsis thus: "Which [leadeth to] reverence of Thee"; or, "Which [pertaineth to]", &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
FEAR. dread.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN: or by. RIGHTEOUSNESS. Hebrew. _zedakah._ See App-73.... [ Continue Reading ]
MERCIES. lovingkindnesses.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREWITH. a word. Hebrew. _dabar_ as in Psalms 119:9. See App-73. REPROACHETH. See note on "contempt", Psalms 123:3. TRUST IN. confide in. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69. WORD. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "words" (plural)... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR EVER AND EVER. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Whole), App-6, for. part: i.e. the rest of his life.... [ Continue Reading ]
AT LIBERTY. at large. Compare Psalms 118:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
KINGS. So Hezekiah testified, doubtless, when kings sent presents and embassies to him (2 Chronicles 32:22; 2 Chronicles 32:23). No occasion to suggest. later date for this Psalm.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVE LOVED. love. Septuagint adds "much".... [ Continue Reading ]
MY HANDS, &C. Hebrew idiom. to swear by, as in Genesis 14:22.Exodus 6:8 (margin) Deuteronomy 32:40; Ezekiel 20:5; Ezekiel 20:6; Ezekiel 36:7. See note on Exodus 17:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
UPON WHICH. This is supported by the Septuagint and Vulgate. In Deuteronomy 29:25 it is rendered "Because". CAUSED ME TO HOPE. Our hope is based on believing what we have "heard" from God. Compare Hebrews 11:1 with Romans 10:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMFORT. The word occurs (as. noun) elsewhere only in Job 6:10. QUICKENED ME. kept me alive. See note on Psalms 119:25. PROUD. insolent (like Rabshakeh).... [ Continue Reading ]
HORROR. Indignation. WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha'._... [ Continue Reading ]
SONGS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for the theme of my songs.... [ Continue Reading ]
NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS. Supply Ellipsis (App-6) thus: "This [comfort]. had".... [ Continue Reading ]
The division is better made thus, dispensing with the supposed Ellipsis:. have said "Jehovah is my portion, That. might keep Thy word. ... [ Continue Reading ]
FAVOUR. Hebrew face; put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for what is indicated by it. MERCIFUL. gracious.... [ Continue Reading ]
ROBBED. surrounded. Compare Sennacherib's investment of Hezekiah. See App-67.... [ Continue Reading ]
COMPANION. fellow of the same party. FEAR. revere.... [ Continue Reading ]
MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE. If we begin this verse with the word "Till", and Psalms 119:71 with '"Tis", then each verse in this section will commence with "T", as it does in the Hebrew. AFFLICTED. oppressed. BUT NOW. Compare Hebrews 12:6, and references there.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOOD. kind. doest good. actest kindly.... [ Continue Reading ]
IT IS. See note on Psalms 119:67. GOOD. right, or fitting.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOLD AND SILVER. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for coins made from these metals. JOD. This is the small letter referred to in Matthew 5:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
FASHIONED. formed. Compare Job 31:15. also Deuteronomy 32:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
FEAR. revere.... [ Continue Reading ]
RIGHT. righteousness, as in Psalms 119:7. AFFLICTED. humbled.... [ Continue Reading ]
MERCIFUL KINDNESS. lovingkindness, or grace.... [ Continue Reading ]
TENDER MERCIES. compassions. FOR, &C. This is the ground of his prayer. DELIGHT. Plural as in Psalms 119:92. great delight.... [ Continue Reading ]
PROUD. insolent, or arrogant. PERVERSELY. with falsehood. WITHOUT. CAUSE. Compare John 15:25 with Romans 3:24 ("freely").... [ Continue Reading ]
THOSE THAT HAVE KNOWN. Some codices read "and they shall know".... [ Continue Reading ]
SOUND. thorough.... [ Continue Reading ]
FAIL. Same word as "fainteth", in Psalms 119:81.... [ Continue Reading ]
BOTTLE. wine-skin: i.e. black and shrivelled. Compare Job 30:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
MANY: i.e. few at the most. Compare Psalms 89:47; 2 Samuel 19:34. EXECUTE JUDGMENT. vindicate.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH, &C.. "[Men] who are not", &c. AFTER. according to.... [ Continue Reading ]
FAITHFUL. faithfulness. WRONGFULLY. See note on "perversely", Psalms 119:78.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALMOST. soon. See note on "almost" (Proverbs 5:14). CONSUMED. made an end of.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR EVER,. LORD. Supply _Ellipsis_ (App-6), "For ever [art Thou],. Jehovah [For ever] Thy Word", &c. SETTLED. standeth fast, as the earth: i.e. endureth for ever (Psalms 102:12; Psalms 102:26; Isaiah 40:8; Luke 16:17; 1 Peter 1:25). So Christ, the Living Word (John 12:34).... [ Continue Reading ]
ABIDETH. standeth, as in Psalms 119:91.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY: i.e. heaven and earth. CONTINUE. stand, as in Psalms 119:90. THIS DAY. [to] this day, or to-day. ORDINANCES. regulations. Hebrew. _mishpat._ The seventh of the ten words. App-73. Compare Psalms 119:132. ALL. With Art.. the whole [universe].... [ Continue Reading ]
SOUGHT. inquired into, or studied. Compare Psalms 105:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL PERFECTION. an end, or limit to all things. Compare Job 26:10; Job 28:3. THY COMMANDMENT, &C.. spacious exceedingly [are] Thy commandments: i.e. including all (as opposed to "end"). THEY ARE. it [is]: i.e. the Law containing the commandments.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAN ALL MY TEACHERS. Because Divinely taught Divine wisdom.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANCIENTS. elders, or the aged ones.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. WAY. Including religious way, in the sense of Acts 9:2; Acts 19:9; Acts 19:23; Acts 24:14. Compare Acts 16:17; Acts 18:26. especially in Psalms 119:104. WORD. Same word as in Psalms 119:9. Some codices, with one early printed edition, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syria [ Continue Reading ]
DEPARTED. swerved. TAUGHT. directed.... [ Continue Reading ]
SWEET. smooth, or agreeable. Not the same word as in Psalms 19:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
LAMP: or lantern, for light on the path for the feet; not merely. light for the eyes (Psalms 19:8).... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL PERFORM IT. Some codices, with seven early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "I have performed it"; but some codices, with four early printed editions (1 in margin), read "and will perform it".... [ Continue Reading ]
IN MY HAND. An idiom for great danger. Compare Judges 12:3. 1Sa 19:5. 1 Samuel 28:21.Job 13:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
ERRED. to err from the paths of virtue and piety. Hebrew. _ta'ah_. not the same word as in verses: Psalms 119:21; Psalms 119:118.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOUGHTS. divided or doubting thoughts. Same root as 1 Kings 18:21 (compare James 1:8); or, them that are of double mind.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIDING PLACE. Compare Psalms 32:7; Psalms 91:1. shield. Compare Psalms 84:9, and note. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. But "my God" implies Jehovah.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIVE. See note || on p. 827.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. SHALL BE SAFE. so shall. be saved. HAVE RESPECT UNTO. Aram, and Syriac read "find dear delight in". Septuagint reads "shall meditate".... [ Continue Reading ]
TRODDEN DOWN: or set at naught.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU PUTTEST AWAY. Septuagint and Vulg, read "I have accounted".... [ Continue Reading ]
MY FLESH TREMBLETH: or, My flesh creeps (as we say). Compare Job 4:15, i.e. at the judgment executed on the wicked.... [ Continue Reading ]
JUSTICE. righteousness. Same word as in Psalms 119:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
PROUD. arrogant. This is the only verse in this Psalm which has not one of the "ten words", unless we may include the Living Word Himself, Who is the "surety" for His people. See note on Proverbs 11:15, and compare Hebrews 7:22. See App-73.... [ Continue Reading ]
MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO WORK: i.e. to intervene.... [ Continue Reading ]
WONDERFUL. Same root as in verses: Psalms 119:18; Psalms 119:27. KEEP. keep safely.... [ Continue Reading ]
ENTRANCE. doorway; which was always an open way for the light, in the absence of windows. SIMPLE. sincere, as opposed to crafty.... [ Continue Reading ]
I LONGED. An Aramaic word (_ya'ab)_. Occurs only here. Weaker than in verses: Psalms 119:20; Psalms 119:40; Psalms 119:174.... [ Continue Reading ]
MERCIFUL. gracious. AS THOU USEST TO DO. According to Thy ordinance. Hebrew. _mishpat._ The seventh in order of the "ten words" (App-73). So rendered in Psalms 119:91. NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
ORDER. Direct, or guide. IN. by. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "according to". INIQUITY. Hebrew. _aven_. App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
DELIVER: i.e. by power. Hebrew. _padah._ See notes on Exodus 6:6 with Exodus 13:13. Not the same word as verses: Psalms 119:153; Psalms 119:154; Psalms 119:170. man. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
RIVERS OF WATERS. Hebrew. _palgey-mayim._ See note on Proverbs 21:1. Eng. idiom. Floods of tears.... [ Continue Reading ]
RIGHTEOUS, &C. See Psalms 119:7. See also Revelation 16:5; Revelation 16:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
RIGHTEOUS AND VERY FAITHFUL. righteousness and faithfulness.... [ Continue Reading ]
VERY PURE. refined.... [ Continue Reading ]
SMALL. INSIGNIFICANT. Compare Judges 6:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS THE TRUTH. is truth (no Art.) Compare John 17:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKEN HOLD. Figure of speech _Prosopopoeia_. App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
CRIED. called [unto Thee], as in Psalms 119:146. HEAR. answer.... [ Continue Reading ]
CRIED. called. Figure of speech _Anaphora._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
PREVENTED. anticipated, or forestalled. DAWNING.. _Homonym._ Hebrew. _nephesh._ See note on 1 Samuel 30:17. Authorized Version and Revised Version correctly render it here, and in Job 7:4. though not in 1 Samuel 30:17; Job 24:15. WORD. Same as in Psalms 119:11. but some codices, with Septuagint an... [ Continue Reading ]
PREVENT. anticipate, or forestall. WATCHES. See App-51.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEAR. Emphatic. O do hear.... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER MISCHIEF. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "after me maliciously".... [ Continue Reading ]
DELIVER. Twenty-five Hebrew words so rendered. Here, _halaz =_ rescue (with. gentle hand); not the same word as in verses: Psalms 119:134; Psalms 119:154; Psalms 119:170.... [ Continue Reading ]
DELIVER. Hebrew. _ga'al =_ redeem. See notes on Exodus 6:6 with Exodus 13:13, Not the same word as in verses: Psalms 119:134; Psalms 119:153; Psalms 119:170.... [ Continue Reading ]
TENDER MERCIES. compassions.... [ Continue Reading ]
ENEMIES. adversaries: i.e. those who hem me in.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRANSGRESSORS. Hebrew. _bagad_. traitors, or treacherous men. WAS GRIEVED. loathed myself: i.e. seeing the same tendencies in myself. Compare Job 42:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEGINNING. Hebrew. _r'osh_. head. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), App-6, for the whole (including the beginning, and "every one", as in next line). sum and substance, word and words (Jeremiah 15:16; John 17:8; John 17:14); rendered "sum" in Psalms 139:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRINCES. Rulers. WORD. Same word as in Psalms 119:9. Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "words" (plural)... [ Continue Reading ]
WORD. Same word as in Psalms 119:11. Some codices with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "words" (plural)... [ Continue Reading ]
LYING. falsehood. what is false; especially false religion and idolatry.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEVEN TIMES. Not. "round" number, but the number of spiritual perfection. See App-10.... [ Continue Reading ]
PEACE. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), App-6, for every blessing connected with peace. OFFEND THEM. make them stumble.... [ Continue Reading ]
DELIVER. Rescue. Hebrew. _nazal,_ to pluck out of the hands of an enemy; recover. Not the same word as in verses: Psalms 119:134; Psalms 119:153; Psalms 119:154.... [ Continue Reading ]
UTTER. pour forth or bubble over with. Compare Proverbs 15:2; Proverbs 18:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPEAK OF. Hebrew respond with. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), App-6, for all kinds of speaking or singing; hence. praise.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAND. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_ (App-6); "hand" put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for power exercised by it.... [ Continue Reading ]
IT SHALL PRAISE THEE. Refers to Isaiah 38:20. HELP ME. Refers to Isaiah 37:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
LOST. perishing. Compare Matthew 18:11; Luke 19:10.... [ Continue Reading ]