Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 119:152
(d) Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
(d) His faith is grounded on God's word, that he would always be at hand when his children are oppressed.
(d) Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
(d) His faith is grounded on God's word, that he would always be at hand when his children are oppressed.
Verse Psalms 119:152. _CONCERNING THY TESTIMONIES, I HAVE KNOWN OF OLD_] קדם ידעתי _kedem yedati_, "Long ago I have known concerning thy testimonies." Thou hast designed that thy testimonies should b...
CONCERNING THY TESTIMONIES - In regard to all that thou hast testified to as true and best. Every command of God is in fact a testimony of his as to what is right; every promise is a testimony of his...
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...
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...
Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. CONCERNING THY TESTIMONIES, I HAVE KNOWN OF OLD THAT THOU HAST FOUNDED THEM FOREVER - unchangeable and eternal...
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)....
The more obvious rendering of this verse is, _Of old I was instructed out of Thy testimonies, for_ — _not for a brief time, but for ever_ — _Thou didst found them,_ where _for ever_ expresses indefini...
קֶ֣דֶם יָ֭דַעְתִּי מֵ עֵדֹתֶ֑יךָ כִּ֖י לְ עֹו
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...
THE JOY OF COMMUNION WITH GOD Psalms 119:145 There is great eagerness in the psalmist's prayerfulness. He calls with his whole heart; he awakes before the dawn and continues long after the fall of ni...
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...
KOPH. These verses give us an interesting view of Jesus, and are descriptive of some of those conflicts, under which he was constrained to lift up his voice to God his Father, with strong cryings and...
152_. I have known from thy testimonies _(24) _from the beginning. _Others here translate, _I have known long ago of thy testimonies. _(25) This translation I would not directly reject; but I am more...
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...
CONCERNING THY TESTIMONIES, I HAVE KNOWN OF OLD,.... Or, "from thy testimonies, I have known of old" d: by carefully reading the Scriptures which testify of God, his mind an will, and frequently medit...
Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. Ver. 152. _Concerning thy testimonies, &c._] The sempiternity of God's word is an excellent prop to faith and hel...
_Thou art near, O Lord_ Namely, to me. Thou art as ready and present to succour me, as they are to molest me. _And all thy commandments are truth_ Considered with the promises and threatenings which b...
_ Koph._ Constant Prayer for Faithfulness over against Opposition....
Concerning Thy testimonies, on the basis of his knowledge as gained from the Word, I HAVE KNOWN OF OLD THAT THOU HAST FOUNDED THEM FOREVER. No matter how much time and effort the godless spend in tryi...
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...
KNOWN OF OLD, by my own long experience, ever since I arrived at any knowledge in those matters. THAT THOU HAST FOUNDED THEM FOR EVER; that thou hast established them upon sure and everlasting foundat...
Psalms 119:152 testimonies H5713 known H3045 (H8804) old H6924 founded H3245 (H8804) forever H5769 thy testimonies -...
Psalms 119:145. _I cried with my whole heart: hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes._ In the time of trouble there is no resort like that of prayer, but it must be intense and earnest. «I cried w...
Psalms 119:145. _I cried with my whole heart; hear me. O LORD: I will keep thy statutes._ It is sweet to look back upon our prayers, if those prayers were uttered with our whole heart, for it is no s...
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...
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...
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...
Ecclesiastes 3:14; Luke 21:33; Psalms 111:7; Psalms 111:8; P
Of old — By long experience. Founded — Thou hast established them upon everlasting foundations....