Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Psalms 119:46
The Vulgate (which in the tenses follows the LXX.) of this verse was the motto of the Augsburg Confession, Et loquebar in testimoniis tuis in conspectu regum, et non confundebar.”
The Vulgate (which in the tenses follows the LXX.) of this verse was the motto of the Augsburg Confession, Et loquebar in testimoniis tuis in conspectu regum, et non confundebar.”
Verse Psalms 119:46. _I WILL SPEAK - BEFORE KINGS_] Dr. _Delaney_ supposes that this is spoken in reference to _Achish, king of Gath_, whom David had instructed in the Jewish religion; but we have al...
I WILL SPEAK OF THY TESTIMONIES ALSO BEFORE KINGS ... - In the presence of men of most elevated rank. I will not be ashamed to avow my belief in thy word before those in power - whether friendly or un...
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...
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....
I WILL SPEAK, &C.— Dr. Delaney supposes that here is an immediate reference to Achish, king of Gath, whom he apprehends to have been instructed in religion by David. See Life of David, b. i. c. 24....
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 will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. I WILL SPEAK OF THY TESTIMONIES ALSO BEFORE KINGS, AND WILL NOT BE ASHAMED - (.) So Paul before King Agrippa and Festus ...
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)....
וַ אֲדַבְּרָ֣ה בְ֭ עֵדֹתֶיךָ נֶ֥גֶד מְלָכִ֗ים...
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...
LOVE FOR GOD'S COMMANDS Psalms 119:33 Twice over the psalmist says, “thy commandments which I have loved,” and then proceeds to give the key to perfect love of them in the words, “I will _meditate_ i...
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...
I will speak of thy testimonies also before (d) kings, and will not be ashamed. (d) He shows that the children of God should not permit their fathers glory to be obscured by the vain pomp of princes....
V A U. The Reader will not need information that Jesus is Jehovah's salvation unto the ends of the earth; Isaiah 49:6. And the answers of Jesus to those that reproached him, are fully set forth in the...
46._And I will steal, of thy testimonies before kings _(415) In these words he seems to believe that he is in possession of that which he formerly prayed for. Having said, “Take not away the word out...
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 WILL SPEAK OF THY TESTIMONIES ALSO BEFORE KINGS,.... As very likely he did before Saul and his courtiers, before the king of Achish and the princes of the Philistines, when as yet he was not a king...
I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. Ver. 46. _I will speak of thy testimonies, &c._] _Nullo vel terrore vel splendore mundano impeditus._ Kings commonly abound...
_And I will walk at liberty_ Having then no such encumbrances upon me as I now have in these straits and difficulties which beset and burden me, I shall enjoy great freedom and comfort in thy ways, an...
_ Vau._ The Need of a Fearless Confession of the Divine Truth....
I will speak of Thy testimonies, of the Word of God, in which He has revealed Himself, which is the essence of truth, ALSO BEFORE KINGS, as Jesus later told His disciples, Matthew 10:18, AND WILL NOT...
41-48 Lord, I have by faith thy mercies in view; let me by prayer prevail to obtain them. And when the salvation of the saints is completed, it will plainly appear that it was not in vain to trust in...
BEFORE KINGS; who commonly entertain all godly discourses with scorn and contempt....
Psalms 119:46 speak H1696 (H8762) testimonies H5713 kings H4428 ashamed H954 (H8799) speak -...
Psalms 119:46 A silent religion or a speaking religion which shall it be? David says, "I will speak." What do we say? Too often we resolve that we will keep silence. I. I hold that the difference bet...
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...
_So shall I keep Thy law continually for ever and ever._ A NOBLE RESOLUTION I. To be constantly obedient (verse 44). What is obedience? Not conformity to the letter of the law, but the incarnation o...
_I will speak of Thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed._ THE MORAL MARTYR Religion is proposed to us in two different points of view, a point of speculation, and a point of prac...
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 2:28; 1 Peter 4:14; 2 Timothy 1:16; 2 Timothy 1:8; Acts 26:1;...