Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Psalms 119:67
That there is allusion here to the Babylonian exile, and its moral and religious effect on the nation, there can be little doubt.
That there is allusion here to the Babylonian exile, and its moral and religious effect on the nation, there can be little doubt.
Verse Psalms 119:67. _BEFORE I WAS AFFLICTED I WENT ASTRAY_] Many have been humbled under affliction, and taught to know themselves and humble themselves before God, that probably without this could n...
BEFORE I WAS AFFLICTED - The Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate, “Before I was humbled.” The Hebrew word has the general sense of being afflicted, and may refer to any kind of trial. I WENT ASTRAY - The...
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...
BEFORE. If we begin this verse with the word "Till", and Psalms 119:71 with '"Tis", then each verse in this section will commence with "T", as it does in the Hebrew. AFFLICTED. oppressed. BUT NOW. C...
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...
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. BEFORE I WAS AFFLICTED I WENT ASTRAY; BUT NOW HAVE I KEPT THY WORD. The affliction of Israel in her captivity () produced a salut...
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)....
טֶ֣רֶם אֶ֭עֱנֶה אֲנִ֣י שֹׁגֵ֑ג וְ֝ עַתָּ֗ה אִ
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...
PROFITING FROM AFFLICTION Psalms 119:65 _ Before I was afflicted, I went astray; it is good for me that I have been afflicted; thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me_. Here is the far-off interest of...
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...
Before I was (b) afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. (b) So Jeremiah says, that before the Lord touched him, he was like a calf untamed so that the use of God's rod is to call us h...
TETH. As the first verse of the foregoing portion proved that Jesus was the speaker; so the last verse of this portion as plainly points to the same. None but the ever-blessed Jesus had such testimony...
67._Before I was brought low I went astray _As the verb ענה _anah, _sometimes signifies _to speak, _or _to testify, _some adopt this rendering, _Before I meditated upon thy statutes I went astray; _bu...
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...
BEFORE I WAS AFFLICTED, I WENT ASTRAY,.... From God; from his word, his ways and worship; like a lost sheep from the shepherd, the fold, the flock, and the footsteps of it; see Psalms 119:176; Not tha...
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. Ver. 67. _Before I was afflicted I went astray_] Especially through high mindedness and earthly mindedness, which are purged out by...
_Before I was afflicted I went astray_ As men too generally do in their prosperity. _Thou art good_ Gracious and bountiful in thy nature; _and dost good_ To all men, both good and bad, (Matthew 5:45,)...
_ Teth._ The Realization that God's Humiliation of Man is Salutary....
Before I was afflicted, before God chose to lay the burden of suffering upon him, I WENT ASTRAY; BUT NOW HAVE I KEPT THY WORD. It was the tribulation laid upon him which caused the psalmist to realize...
65-72 However God has dealt with us, he has dealt with us better than we deserve; and all in love, and for our good. Many have knowledge, but little judgment; those who have both, are fortified again...
I WENT ASTRAY, as men generally do in their prosperity. See DEUTERONOMY 32:15 PSALMS 73:4, &c.; Proverbs 1:32 Jeremiah 22:2
Psalms 119:67 afflicted H6031 (H8799) astray H7683 (H8802) keep H8104 (H8804) word H565 Before -...
Psalms 119:67 I. The Psalmist was certainly of a different opinion from nine persons out of ten of every country, every age, and every religion. For he says, "Before I was troubled I went wrong: but n...
Psalms 119:64. _The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word. Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have...
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...
_Thou hast dealt with Thy servant, O Lord._ A GOOD MAN I. The testimony of a good man. 1. Concerning God. His kind treatment and faithful promise. 2. Concerning affliction. II. The prayer Of a go...
_Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept Thy Word._ THE FRUITS OF SANCTIFIED AFFLICTION 1. Your afflictions, if sanctified, will lead you to searchings of heart. Many sins, long fo...
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...
2 Chronicles 33:9; 2 Samuel 10:19; 2 Samuel 11:2; Deuteronomy 32:15;...