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LET THY MERCIES COME ALSO UNTO ME, O LORD - This commences a new
portion of the psalm, in which each verse begins with the letter _Vau_
(ו _v_, or “v”). There are almost no words in Hebrew that begin...
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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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MERCIES. lovingkindnesses....
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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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Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation,
according to thy word.
LET THY MERCIES COME ALSO UNTO ME, O LORD, (EVEN) THY SALVATION,
ACCORDING TO THY WORD. SO SHALL I HAVE WHEREWI...
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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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וִֽ יבֹאֻ֣נִי חֲסָדֶ֣ךָ יְהוָ֑ה
תְּ֝שֽׁוּעָתְךָ֗ כְּ...
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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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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...
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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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VAU. Let thy (a) mercies come also unto me, O LORD, [even] thy
salvation, according to thy word.
(a) He shows that God's mercy and love is the first reason for our
salvation....
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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...
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41._Let thy mercies come to me _There can be no doubt, that, in
mentioning the _mercy of God _first, and afterwards _his salvation,
_the Psalmist, according to the natural order, puts the cause before...
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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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w, VAU.--THE SIXTH PART.
Ver. 41. VAU. LET THY MERCIES COME ALSO UNTO ME, O LORD,.... Meaning
not his providential mercies, but his special mercies and favours; his
mercies of old, which were upon hi...
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VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, [even] thy salvation,
according to thy word.
Ver. 41. _Let thy mercies come also unto me_] Let them come to me, or
else I shall never come to them. 1 P...
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_VAU._
Psalms 119:41. _Let thy mercies_, &c. Let thy promised mercies be
performed to me. _So shall I answer him that reproacheth me_ That
chargeth me with folly for my piety and trust in thy promises...
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Let Thy mercies, the many manifestations of grace which every believer
experiences, COME ALSO UNTO ME, O LORD, EVEN THY SALVATION, the full
deliverance which the Lord has promised to His believers, AC...
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_ Vau._ The Need of a Fearless Confession of the Divine Truth....
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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...
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VAU Let promised mercies be performed to me....
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Psalms 119:41 mercies H2617 come H935 (H8799) salvation H8668 word
H565
Psalms 119:58,...
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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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_Let Thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, even Thy salvation,
according to Thy Word._
A GRACIOUS PRAYER
1. It is in itself a very gracious prayer.
(1) It is offered on right grounds. There is no...
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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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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 119:41 STEADFAST LOVE. A recurring theme of the
psalm (vv. Psalms 119:64,...
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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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Psalms 106:4; Psalms 106:5; Psalms 69:16; Luke 2:28...