Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 119:168
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: (e) for all my ways [are] before thee.
(e) I had no respect for men, but set you always before my eyes as the judge of my doings.
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: (e) for all my ways [are] before thee.
(e) I had no respect for men, but set you always before my eyes as the judge of my doings.
Verse Psalms 119:168. _FOR ALL MY WAYS ARE BEFORE THEE._] Thou knowest that I do not lie; thy eye has been upon my heart and my conduct, and thou knowest that I have endeavoured to walk before thee wi...
I HAVE KEPT THY PRECEPTS AND THY TESTIMONIES - This is an appeal which is several times made in the psalm; not with boasting, but as indicating the tenor and purpose of his life. Every man ought to be...
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...
FOR ALL MY WAYS ARE BEFORE THEE— What is the meaning of a man's _ways being before God,_ will best be known by parallel phrases; such as _walking before God,_ or _in his sight;_ which signify to live...
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...
My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. MY SOUL HATH KEPT THY TESTIMONIES ... FOR ALL MY WAYS ARE BEFORE THEE - they are all known to thee, and thou wilt recompense me accor...
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)....
שָׁמַ֣רְתִּי פִ֭קּוּדֶיךָ וְ עֵדֹתֶ֑יךָ כִּ֖י כָל...
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...
JEHOVAH INSPIRES CONTINUAL PRAISE Psalms 119:161 What a noble conclusion we reach in these closing stanzas! _I rejoice at thy word; thy law do I love; seven times a day do I praise thee; let my lips...
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...
SCHIN. Still prosecuting the same subject of suffering, here are the same petitions lodged before the throne. The apostle to the Hebrews was commissioned by the Holy Ghost to teach the church some ver...
168._I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies. _What the Psalmist had expressed more strongly, he now repeats more simply, adding there to reason. He abbreviates the statement as made in the p...
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...
I HAVE KEPT THY PRECEPTS AND THY TESTIMONIES,.... Both the preceptive and doctrinal part of the word, he preserved and observed both; this is repeated for the certainty of it, and to show his great af...
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways [are] before thee. Ver. 168. _I have kept thy precepts_] All thy laws are in my sight; like as all my ways are in thy sight. I desire to...
_My soul hath kept thy testimonies_ I have not only obeyed thy commands outwardly, which a hypocrite may do for worldly ends, but I have done it from my very soul, and from a hearty love to them. _For...
_ Schin_ (and _ Sin_) The Believer's Fellowship with God in Prayer....
I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies, in an earnest effort to follow the way of sanctification; FOR ALL MY WAYS ARE BEFORE THEE. All believers should strive to reach this level of calm assuran...
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...
FOR, or _because, all my ways are before thee_. This is added either, 1. As the reason or motive of his obedience, which was the consideration of God's omniscience, and his desire to approve himself...
Psalms 119:168 keep H8104 (H8804) precepts H6490 testimonies H5713 ways H1870 for all my - Psalms 44:20-21,...
Psalms 119:153. _Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law._ As much as if he said, «Lord, I do not forget thee; do not forget me.» Thy grace has kept my memory; let thy g...
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...
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...
_Lord, I have hoped for Thy salvation, and done Thy commandments._ A JUSTIFIABLE HOPE There is a true hope and a false hope, a justifiable and an unjustifiable hope--the words direct us to the forme...
_I have kept Thy precepts and Thy testimonies: for all my ways are before Thee._ A SINCERE SUMMARY, AND A SEARCHING INQUIRY (with verse 176):--These two verses form a paradox, both true, and true of...
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
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 119:168 ALL MY WAYS ARE BEFORE YOU. God is well aware of every detail of one’s life. This is good motivation to keep a clear conscience ...
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...
Hebrews 4:13; Jeremiah 23:24; Job 34:21; Proverbs 5:21; Psalms 139:3;