Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Psalms 119:10
With my whole heart... — The self-mistrust of the second clause is a proof of the reality of the first. “Lord, I believe; help thou my unbelief,” is another form of this.
With my whole heart... — The self-mistrust of the second clause is a proof of the reality of the first. “Lord, I believe; help thou my unbelief,” is another form of this.
Verse Psalms 119:10. _WITH MY WHOLE HEART HAVE I SOUGHT THEE_] 4. He must _seek God_; make _earnest prayer_ and _supplication_ to him for Divine _light_, for a _tender conscience_, and for _strength_...
WITH MY WHOLE HEART HAVE I SOUGHT THEE - See the notes at Psalms 119:2. The psalmist in Psalms 119:2 speaks of the “blessedness of those who seek the Lord with the whole heart;” in this verse he says...
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...
With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. WITH MY WHOLE HEART HAVE I SOUGHT THEE. So all Judah, under Asa, "entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of...
119:10 sought (i-7) Or 'do I seek.'...
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)....
בְּ כָל ־לִבִּ֥י דְרַשְׁתִּ֑יךָ אַל ־תַּ֝שְׁגֵּ֗נִי...
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...
GOD'S WORD AN INNER POWER Psalms 119:1 This long and noble psalm is devoted to the praise of God's Word, which is mentioned in every verse but one, Psalms 119:122. Probably if we were to substitute _...
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...
After the explanation which I endeavored very humbly to offer in the first part, concerning the several words there made use of and which we meet with again here: it will only be necessary to examine...
10._With my whole heart _Conscious of the integrity of his heart, the prophet still implores the help of God, that he might not stumble by reason of his infirmity. He makes no boast of self-preparatio...
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...
WITH MY WHOLE HEART HAVE I SOUGHT THEE,.... Not himself, his own honour and applause, as formal worshippers and self-righteous persons do; but the Lord and his glory, his face, his presence, and commu...
With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. Ver. 10. _With my whole heart have I sought thee_] And that of a child little, being nourished up in the words of fa...
_With my whole heart have I sought thee_ Deny me not that aid of thy grace which I have so sincerely and earnestly desired and laboured to obtain. _O let me not wander_ Hebrew, אל תשׁגני, _do not make...
_ Beth._ Of the Distinguishing Signs of an Irreproachable Life....
With my whole heart have I sought Thee, earnestly desiring the closest fellowship with the Lord; O LET ME NOT WANDER FROM THY COMMANDMENTS, so as to lose sight of the fundamental directions for conduc...
9-16 To original corruption all have added actual sin. The ruin of the young is either living by no rule at all, or choosing false rules: let them walk by Scripture rules. To doubt of our own wisdom...
Deny me not thy grace and assistance, which I have so sincerely and earnestly desired, and laboured to obtain. LET ME NOT WANDER, Heb. _do not make me to wander_, to wit, by leading me into temptation...
Psalms 119:10 heart H3820 sought H1875 (H8804) wander H7686 (H8686) commandments H4687 my whole -...
Psalms 119:9. _Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word._ «Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?» A vital and solemn question. His way is f...
It is not easy to see the special subjects that are spoken of by David in each of the short portions of eight verses, yet I do not doubt that if each portion were very carefully examined, we should se...
The first eight verses of this Psalm, in the Hebrew, begin with the letter A, and the second eight begin with the letter B. The whole Psalm is the good man's alphabet; the Holy Spirit condescended to...
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...
_With my whole heart have I sought Thee: O let me not wander from Thy commandments._ MAN’S DISTINGUISHING CAPACITY AND FEARFUL LIABILITY I. Man’s distinguishing capacity. What is that? Power to wand...
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 John 125:5; 1 John 143:8; 1 John 2:15; 1 John 23:3; 1 Samuel 7:3;...
THE WONDERFUL WORD Psalms 119:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When we hold the Bible in our hands we are holding a Book that is distinct from any and every other book the world has ever known. 1. IT IS DISTIN...