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MAKE THY FACE TO SHINE UPON THY SERVANT - Hebrew, “Let thy face give
light to thy servant.” See the notes at Psalms 4:6.
AND TEACH ME THY STATUTES - See the notes at Psalms 119:12....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
MAKE THY FACE TO SHINE UPON THY SERVANT. Prayer for the return of
God's full favour to His people Israel (; ; )....
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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...
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
THE WORD OF GOD
PSALMS 119
JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME" (JOHN 14:15)....
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פָּ֭נֶיךָ הָאֵ֣ר בְּ עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝
לַמְּדֵ֗נִי...
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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...
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WHY LOVE GOD'S WORD?
Psalms 119:129
What a beautiful soul this is that utters itself in these stanzas! The
psalmist acknowledges his simplicity; is quite content to be among the
unknown and despised...
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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...
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PE.
The verses in this portion form a beautiful reduplication of the same
delightful truths. It is Jesus speaking through the whole of them, in
his human nature, as the Head and Representative of his...
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135._Make thy face to shine upon thy servant. _There is here the
repetition of a prayer which we have several times met with before in
this Psalm. The Prophet intimates, that he regarded nothing as of...
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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...
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MAKE THY FACE TO SHINE UPON THY SERVANT,.... That is, lift up the
light of thy countenance on me; favour me with thy gracious presence,
and communion with thyself; manifest thyself unto me, and shed a...
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Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
Ver. 135. _Make thy face to shine upon thy servant_] David could not
live out of God's favour nor without his direction; he therefo...
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_ Pe._ The Need Of Spiritual Light in the Midst of Godlessness....
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Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant, with the assurance of His
grace, Numbers 6:25, AND TEACH ME THY STATUTES, His Word assuring the
believer that he was truly a child of God....
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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...
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Look upon me with a pleased and favourable countenance. Compare
NUMBERS 6:25 PROVERBS 16:15....
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Psalms 119:135 face H6440 shine H215 (H8685) servant H5650 teach H3925
(H8761) statutes H2706
Make -...
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Psalms 119:129. _Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul
keep them._
It is very wonderful that God should speak to us at all, and still
more marvellous that he should write to us such a...
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Psalms 119:129. _Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul
keep them._
Every true believer admires God's Word; and, more than that, it amazes
him: «Thy testimonies are wonderful.» View th...
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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...
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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...
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_Look Thou upon me, and be merciful unto me._
PRAYER FOR MERCIES VOUCHSAFED TO THE GOOD
I. Direction in the right way. We are all travellers on an unknown
road, and we want direction. Order my foots...
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_Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant; and teach me Thy statutes._
CHRISTIAN OBEDIENCE AND SUPPORT
I. The character of the petitioner. The true servant of God is
distinguished by--
1. Renunciati...
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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
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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;...
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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...
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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...
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Job 33:26; Job 34:32; Job 35:11; Job 36:22; Luke 24:45;...