Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 119:171
My lips shall (b) utter praise, when thou hast (c) taught me thy statutes.
(b) The word means to pour forth continually.
(c) All his prayer and desire is to profit in the word of God.
My lips shall (b) utter praise, when thou hast (c) taught me thy statutes.
(b) The word means to pour forth continually.
(c) All his prayer and desire is to profit in the word of God.
Verse 171. _MY LIPS SHALL UTTER PRAISE_] תהלה _tehillah_, a song of praise....
MY LIPS SHALL UTTER PRAISE, WHEN THOU HAST TAUGHT ME THY STATUTES - The sentiment here is the same as in Psalms 119:7. The language is varied, but the meaning here, as in that verse, is, I will praise...
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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...
UTTER. pour forth or bubble over with. Compare Proverbs 15:2; Proverbs 18:4....
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 lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. MY LIPS SHALL UTTER PRAISE - literally, 'shall pour forth praises as from a bubbling, overflowing fountain' (, note; 78:2). WHEN...
119:171 me (b-11) Or 'for thou teachest me.'...
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...
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TAU. (171) SHALL UTTER. — Better, preserving the metaphor of the Hebrew, _pour forth a stream of praise. _...
תַּבַּ֣עְנָה שְׂפָתַ֣י תְּהִלָּ֑ה כִּ֖י תְלַמְּדֵ֣נִי חֻקֶּֽיךָ׃...
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...
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...
TAU. There is but little variation in this portion from the former. Jesus taught his disciples, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint, Luke 18:1; and here he sets the example. I do not think...
171._My lips shall speak praise. _David now shows in another way than in the preceding verse, how high a privilege he accounted it to be admitted by God among the number of His disciples, and to profi...
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...
MY LIPS SHALL UTTER PRAISE,.... Like water flowing from a fountain, as the word m signifies. The heart of a good man is like a fountain of water, abounding: with good things, and his mouth is a well o...
My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. Ver. 171. _My lips shall utter praise_] _Eructabunt labia mea hymnum._ A metaphor either from a fountain casting out waters; _vel a...
_ Tau._ Concluding Appeal....
My lips shall utter praise, proclaiming His glory, WHEN THOU HAST TAUGHT ME THY STATUTES, leading him ever more deeply into the glories of His Word....
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Psalms 119:171 lips H8193 utter H5042 (H8686) praise H8416 teach H3925 (H8762) statutes H2706 my lips -...
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Psalms 119:7; Psalms 50:23; Psalms 71:17; Psalms 71:23; Psalms 71:24