Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Psalms 119:58
favour. Hebrew face; put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for what is indicated by it.
merciful. gracious.
favour. Hebrew face; put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for what is indicated by it.
merciful. gracious.
Verse Psalms 119:58. Psalms 119:60....
I ENTREATED THY FAVOR - Margin, as in Hebrew, “face.” That is, he prayed that God would lift upon him the light of his countenance; that he would not avert his face from him in anger. WITH MY WHOLE HE...
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...
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 intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. I ENTREATED THY FAVOUR (LITERALLY, THY FACE, , MARGIN; , MARGIN) WITH MY WHOLE HEART. The Hebrew expresses g...
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)....
I INTREATED. — See Psalms 45:12....
חִלִּ֣יתִי פָנֶ֣יךָ בְ כָל ־לֵ֑ב חָ֝נֵּ֗נִי כ
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...
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...
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...
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...
58._I have earnestly besought thy face. _In this verse David asserts, that he still persevered in the exercise of prayer; for without prayer faith would become languid and lifeless. The manner in whic...
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 ENTREATED THY FAVOUR WITH [MY] WHOLE HEART,.... Or, "thy face" m; to see it; or thy presence, to enjoy it; to have communion with God, and the light of his countenance; than which nothing is more de...
I intreated thy favour with [my] whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. Ver. 58. _I intreated thy favour_] Heb. thy face, that is, thy Christ, saith Ambrose and Hilary: this David di...
_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...
FAVOUR: _ Heb._ face...
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:...
THY FAVOUR; thy gracious presence and merciful assistance, as it follows....
Psalms 119:58 entreated H2470 (H8765) favor H6440 heart H3820 merciful H2603 (H8798) word H565 I entreated -...
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 entreated Thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to Thy Word._ THE DUTIES WHICH MARK THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN COURSE I. The consideration of our ways. 1. He betak...
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...
Hebrews 10:22; Hosea 7:14; Job 11:19; Job 138:2; Job 56:10;...