Seven times. — Some commentators think the number is used here only in a general way for “often,” “repeatedly;” but the number seven evidently had some sacred association for the Hebrews. (Comp. Leviticus 26:18; Proverbs 24:16; Matthew 18:21, &c) No doubt the seven canonical hours were partly derived from this verse. Elsewhere we find three times as the stated occasions of prayer (Psalms 55:17).
Verse 164. _SEVEN TIMES A DAY DO I PRAISE THEE_] We have often seen that _seven_ was a number expressing _perfection, completion_, c., among the Hebrews and that it is often used to signify _many_, o...
SEVEN TIMES A DAY - The word seven may be used here, as it is often in the Scriptures, indefinitely to denote many, or often. There is, however, nothing which makes it necessary to understand it in th...
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...
SEVEN TIMES. Not. "round" number, but the number of spiritual perfection. See App-10....
SEVEN TIMES A DAY DO I PRAISE THEE— That is, probably, several times: a determinate number for an indeterminate, as is common in scripture....
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...
Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. SEVEN TIMES A DAY DO I PRAISE THEE BECAUSE OF THY RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS. "Seven times," the number for perfection. Here he says he...
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...
SEVEN TIMES] i.e. very often....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE WORD OF GOD PSALMS 119 JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME" (JOHN 14:15)....
שֶׁ֣בַע בַּ֭ † יֹּום הִלַּלְתִּ֑יךָ עַ֝֗ל מִשְׁפְּטֵ֥י...
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...
(b) Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. (b) That is, often and various times....
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...
164._Seven times a day have I praised thee. _By the adverb _seven times, _the Prophet means that he was continually or very often engaged in celebrating the praises of God; just as it is said in Prove...
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...
SEVEN TIMES A DAY DO I PRAISE THEE,.... That is, very often in a day; not a day passed over his head but he praised the Lord, and often in the day; so the phrase "seven times" is used, Psalms 12:6. Pr...
Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. Ver. 164. _Seven times a day do I praise thee_] _Septies, id est, saepissime,_ very oft in the day; whensoever God setteth me up...
_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....
Seven times a day do I praise Thee, in a continued course of devotional exercises, BECAUSE OF THY RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS. The hearts of the believers are temples of the Holy Spirit, in them the incense o...
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...
SEVEN TIMES; many times; that definite number being oft taken indefinitely, as LEVITICUS 26:28, and elsewhere....
Psalms 119:164 times H7651 day H3117 praise H1984 (H8765) righteous H6664 judgments H4941 Seven times -...
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...
_Seven times a day do I praise Thee._ DAVID, THE MODEL OF PRAISE David was a model of praise-- I. For temporal blessings. We do not praise God, as much as we ought, for our temporal blessings. II....
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...
Psalms 48:11; Psalms 97:8; Psalms 119:62; Psalms 55:17; Revelation
Seven times — Many times; a certain number being put for an uncertain....