Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 119:138
Thy testimonies [that] thou hast commanded [are] (a) righteous and very faithful.
(a) We cannot confess God to be righteous, unless we live uprightly and truly as he has commanded.
Thy testimonies [that] thou hast commanded [are] (a) righteous and very faithful.
(a) We cannot confess God to be righteous, unless we live uprightly and truly as he has commanded.
Verse Psalms 119:138. _THY TESTIMONIES_] Every thing that proceeds from thee partakes of the perfections of thy nature....
THY TESTIMONIES THAT THOU HAST COMMANDED - Thy law, considered as a testimony as to what is right and best. ARE RIGHTEOUS AND VERY FAITHFUL - Margin, as in Hebrew, “righteousness and faithfulness.” Th...
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...
RIGHTEOUS AND VERY FAITHFUL. righteousness and faithfulness....
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...
Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. THY TESTIMONIES (THAT) THOU HAST COMMANDED (ARE) RIGHTEOUS AND VERY FAITHFUL - an explanation of the preceding verse; liter...
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)....
THY TESTIMONIES. — Better, _Thou hast commanded Thy testimonies in righteousness and very faithfulness._ But unquestionably another arrangement of the text of these two verses is correct. It takes the...
צִ֭וִּיתָ צֶ֣דֶק עֵדֹתֶ֑יךָ וֶֽ אֱמוּנָ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃...
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...
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...
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...
TZADDI. In this portion is that memorable verse which throws a light upon the whole Psalm, and fully authorizes us to apply many parts of it directly to the person of Jesus. The passage is, My zeal ha...
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...
THY TESTIMONIES THAT THOU HAST COMMANDED [ARE] RIGHTEOUS,.... The Scriptures are holy, just, and good; and what is contained in them are according to godliness; are for instruction in righteousness, a...
Thy testimonies [that] thou hast commanded [are] righteous and very faithful. Ver. 138. _Thy testimonies which thou hast commanded_] _i.e._ The gospel, as Isaiah 8:20. And the commandment thereof to...
_TZADDI._ Psalms 119:137. _Righteous art thou, O Lord_ In thy nature and attributes, and therefore it is impossible that thou shouldest be unjust in any of thy laws or providences. _Thy testimonies th...
_ Tzaddi._ The Proper Appreciation of the Word of God....
Thy testimonies that Thou hast commanded, whose observance He has laid upon all men, ARE RIGHTEOUS AND VERY FAITHFUL, literally, "righteousness and faithfulness," not falsehood and deceit, as the enem...
RIGHTEOUS: _ Heb._ righteousness FAITHFUL: _ Heb._ faithfulness...
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...
But this verse is otherwise rendered by all the ancient interpreters, and by divers others, and that more agreeably to the order of the words in the Hebrew text, _Thou hast commanded righteousness_, e...
Psalms 119:138 testimonies H5713 commanded H6680 (H8765) righteous H6664 very H3966 faithful H530 testimonies -...
Psalms 119:137. _Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments._ It is well to be able to say this when you are being tried, when the hand of God lies heavy upon you; it is hard to kick a...
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...
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...
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...
_Righteous art Thou, O Lord, and upright are Thy judgments._ THE TESTIMONY OF A TRIED SAINT I. His testimony concerning God. 1. Concerning the Divine character (verses 137,142). (1) God’s righteou...
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 4:45; Deuteronomy 4:8; Psalms 119:144; Psalms 119:75;...