Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 119:108
Accept, I beseech thee, the (c) freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
(c) That is, my prayer and thanksgiving which Hosea calls the calves of the lips, (Hosea 14:2).
Accept, I beseech thee, the (c) freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
(c) That is, my prayer and thanksgiving which Hosea calls the calves of the lips, (Hosea 14:2).
Verse Psalms 119:108. _THE FREEWILL-OFFERINGS OF MY MOUTH_] נדבות פי _nidboth_ _pi_, the _voluntary offerings which I have promised_. Or, As we are in _captivity_, and cannot sacrifice to thee, but _...
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FREEWILL OFFERINGS OF MY MOUTH — _i.e.,_ thanks and praise....
נִדְבֹ֣ות פִּ֭י רְצֵה ־נָ֣א יְהוָ֑ה וּֽ מִשְׁ
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THE FREE-WILL OFFERINGS OF MY MOUTH; either, 1. Those which I have promised with my mouth, though I am not now in a capacity of performing my promises, as being banished from thy house. Or rather, 2....
Psalms 119:108 Accept H7521 (H8798) offerings H5071 mouth H6310 LORD H3068 teach H3925 (H8761) judgments H4941
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Hebrews 13:15; Hosea 14:2; Numbers 29:39...
Offerings — The sacrifices of prayer and praise....