Make me to understand. — Only the Israelite truly loyal to the covenant was considered worthy to enquire into the marvels of the dealings of God. (See Psalms 106:2, Note.) Perhaps we might extend the thought so far as to say that a true historical insight is possible only to one whose moral sense is rightly trained and directed.
MAKE ME TO UNDERSTAND ... - See the notes at Psalms 119:18. SO SHALL I TALK OF THY WONDROUS WORKS - The things in thy works - thy providential dealings - that are wondrous. That is, with a heart full...
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...
TALK. meditate....
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...
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. MAKE ME TO UNDERSTAND THE WAY OF THY PRECEPTS: SO SHALL I TALK OF THY WONDROUS WORKS - (Psalms 145:5.) Make me s...
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)....
דֶּֽרֶךְ ־פִּקּוּדֶ֥יךָ הֲבִינֵ֑נִי וְ֝ אָשִׂ֗יחָה בְּ...
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...
A PRAYER FOR UNDERSTANDING Psalms 119:17 These verses are full of yearning and unsatisfied desire. The soul breaks for longing, cleaves to the dust, and melts for heaviness. We are reminded of the co...
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...
DALETH. These verses compose the fourth part of this divine Psalm. Whether David, the supposed writer of it, thus complains in himself; or whether it means the Son of David, who in another part declar...
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...
MAKE ME TO UNDERSTAND THE WAY OF THY PRECEPTS,.... The meaning of them, to have a more comprehensive, clear, and distinct knowledge of them; and to be led into the way they direct unto, and walk there...
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. Ver. 27. _Make me to understand, &c._] Give me a mouth and wisdom, that I may not talk at random of thy words and...
_I have declared my ways_ My manner of life, my sins, my temptations, my sorrows, my wants, dangers, fears, cares, and concerns; my designs, undertakings, and pursuits: I have spread them all before t...
_ Daleth._ The Grace of Being Confirmed in the Truth....
Make me to understand the way of Thy precepts, to have a clear conception of the directions of God pertaining to man's conduct in all situations of life; SO SHALL I TALK, ponder, always think about, O...
25-32 While the souls of the children of this world cleave to the earth as their portion, the children of light are greatly burdened, because of the remains of carnal affections in their hearts. It i...
MAKE ME TO UNDERSTAND, more thoroughly and more practically, the way of thy precepts; either, 1. The full mind and meaning of thy precepts, which are exceeding broad, as he saith afterwards; or, 2. T...
Psalms 119:27 understand H995 (H8685) way H1870 precepts H6490 meditate H7878 (H8799) works H6381 (H8737)...
Psalms 119:25. _My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word._ «I feel heavy, unhappy, dull: ‘My soul cleaveth unto the dust.' Or I feel worldly, lethargic, lifeless: ‘My sou...
By the help of God's Holy Spirit, this psalm may serve for the purposes of self-examination, for we may ask ourselves as we read, «Do I feel in that way? Are my prayers like those of this good man? Is...
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...
Psalms 119:25. _My soul cleaveth unto the dust:_ «It sticks to it as though it were glued to it; my soul cannot be lifted up, at least by myself, out of its sadness, and its earthiness.» The psalmist...
Psalms 119:17. _Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word._ O Lord, I am thy servant; yet, I pray thee, do not pay me wages according to my deserts, but according to the g...
Psalms 119:21. _Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments._ Wherever there is pride in the heart, there is sure to be error in the life. A proud man is wrong, 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...
_Make me to understand the way of Thy precepts; so shall I talk of Thy wondrous works._ THE STUDENT’S PRAYER I. The student’s prayer. I hope that we are all students in the school of Christ--all dis...
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...
Acts 2:11; Exodus 13:14; Exodus 13:15; Joshua 4:6; Joshua 4:7;...
Understand — More throughly....