Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 119:128
Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts [concerning] all [things to be] right; [and] I hate every false (d) way.
(d) That is, whatever dissents from the purity of your word.
Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts [concerning] all [things to be] right; [and] I hate every false (d) way.
(d) That is, whatever dissents from the purity of your word.
Verse Psalms 119:128. _ALL_ THY _PRECEPTS_ CONCERNING _ALL_ THINGS TO BE _RIGHT_] There are too many _supplied_ words here to leave the text unsuspected. All the ancient versions, except the _Chaldee...
THEREFORE I ESTEEM ALL THY PRECEPTS CONCERNING ALL THINGS TO BE RIGHT - literally, “Therefore all the commandments of all I regard as right.” The idea seems to be, that he regarded as right and just a...
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...
DISCOURSE: 709 THE TRUE TEST OF RELIGION IN THE SOUL Psalms 119:128. _I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way._ RELIGION is the same in every age. The...
THEREFORE I ESTEEM, &C.— _Therefore I keep straight on, according to all thy commandments: every false part I hate._ See Houbigant and Mudge. But some render it, _Therefore all thy precepts, even all,...
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...
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way. THEREFORE I ESTEEM ALL (THY) PRECEPTS (CONCERNING) ALL (THINGS TO BE) RIGHT; (AND) I HATE EVERY F...
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)....
THEREFORE I ESTEEM. — As the text stands, this verse literally runs, _Therefore all precepts of all I make straight. Every path of falsehood I hate._ The LXX. and Vulg. have, “Therefore to all Thy com...
עַל ־כֵּ֤ן ׀ כָּל ־פִּקּ֣וּדֵי כֹ֣ל יִשָּׁ֑רְתִּי...
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...
“TIME FOR THE LORD TO WORK” Psalms 119:113 There is an ineradicable difference between the child of God and evil-doers, and the believer does not want to be involved in their fate. Therefore he bids...
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...
AIN. How sweetly do these words become Christ! but who, except Christ, could ever use them? One might be led to conclude, from the very many similar examples we meet with in the book of Psalms, that t...
128._Therefore I have esteemed all thy commandments to be altogether right _(7) This verse, like the preceding, is connected with the 26th, and the connection may be brought out by observing, that the...
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...
THEREFORE I ESTEEM ALL [THY] PRECEPTS [CONCERNING] ALL [THINGS TO BE] RIGHT,.... He had an impartial regard to all the commandments of God; and valued one as well as another, and walked according to a...
Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts [concerning] all [things to be] right; [and] I hate every false way. Ver. 128. _Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right_] "Therefor...
_ Ain._ The Proper Estimation of God's Word in the Midst of Oppression....
Therefore I esteem all Thy precepts concerning all things to be right, he is bound to acknowledge all the directions of the Lord as good and praiseworthy, not only in matters of doctrine, but also in...
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...
THEREFORE, for the reasons now mentioned, I do not make void all thy precepts, as they did, PSALMS 119:126, nor yet am I partial in my approbation of them, as others are, who reject all such as are op...
Psalms 119:128 precepts H6490 right H3474 (H8765) hate H8130 (H8804) false H8267 way H734 I esteem -...
Psalms 119:1. _I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love._ Presumptuous thoughts, erroneous thoughts, wicked thoughts, foolish thoughts,-all three David hated. A good man ought to be a good hater,...
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...
_It is time for Thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void Thy law._ “TIME FOR THEE TO WORK” The psalmist was surrounded, as would appear, by widespread defection from God’s law. But instead of tr...
_Therefore I love Thy commandments above gold._ GOD’S WORD God’s Word is here revealed in several aspects-- I. As a prize. It is “above gold.” 1. It is intrinsically more valuable than gold. It co...
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...
Deuteronomy 4:8; Job 33:27; Proverbs 30:5; Psalms 119:104; Ps