Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 119:34
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with [my] whole (b) heart.
(b) Not only in outward conversation, but also with inward affection.
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with [my] whole (b) heart.
(b) Not only in outward conversation, but also with inward affection.
Verse Psalms 119:34. _WITH_ MY _WHOLE HEART._] I will not trifle with my God, I will not divide my affections with the world; God shall have all....
GIVE ME UNDERSTANDING, AND I SHALL KEEP THY LAW - Give me right views of it, of its nature and obligation. It is not a prayer that God would give him the faculty of understanding or intelligence; but...
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: 700 WISDOM OF TRUE PIETY Psalms 119:34. _Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart._ A SPIRITUAL discernment essentially differs from the...
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...
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. GIVE ME UNDERSTANDING - a frequent prayer of the godly (). The Lord alone giveth it (; .). I shall ob...
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)....
הֲ֭בִינֵנִי וְ אֶצְּרָ֥ה תֹֽורָתֶ֗ךָ וְ אֶשְׁמְרֶ֥נָּה...
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...
LOVE FOR GOD'S COMMANDS Psalms 119:33 Twice over the psalmist says, “thy commandments which I have loved,” and then proceeds to give the key to perfect love of them in the words, “I will _meditate_ i...
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...
HE. How very beautiful is this portion of the psalm, considered as descriptive of the work of the Holy Ghost. It is his blessed province, and from his great love to the persons of Christ's people, he...
34._Make me to understand _We are here informed that true wisdom consists in being wise according to the law of God, that it may preserve us in fear and obedience to him. In asking God to confer this...
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...
GIVE ME UNDERSTANDING, AND I SHALL KEEP THY LAW,.... A spiritual understanding; an understanding of the law, the perfection, purity, holiness, and spirituality of it; an understanding of the Gospel, a...
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with [my] whole heart. Ver. 34. _Give me understanding_] We can neither know nor do God's will without divine light and aid, a...
_HE._ Psalms 119:33. _Teach me, &c., and I will keep it_ Or, _that I may keep it;_ that I may persevere; for apostacy proceeds from the want of wisdom and understanding; _unto the end_ Hebrew, עקב, _t...
_ He._ The Constancy of the Believer Upheld and Nourished by God's Word....
Give me understanding, and I shall keep Thy Law, with a full and proper appreciation of its import; YEA, I SHALL OBSERVE IT WITH MY WHOLE HEART, shunning and despising all half-hearted endeavors where...
33-40 Teach me thy statutes, not the mere words, but the way of applying them to myself. God, by his Spirit, gives a right understanding. But the Spirit of revelation in the word will not suffice, un...
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Psalms 119:34 understanding H995 (H8685) keep H5341 (H8799) law H8451 observe H8104 (H8799) heart H3820...
Psalms 119:33 There were two thoughts in the Psalmist's mind: I. That there was something in the world which he must learn and would learn, for everything in this life and the next depended on his le...
Psalms 119:33. _Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes;_ The psalmist is constantly talking about «the way.» We have that expression in the 27 th verse, then in the 29 th, the 30 th, and the 32 nd...
We have here some of the jottings from David's pocket-book, the notes of his experience as recorded in his diary. The whole Psalm is a great casket full of golden rings. They all fit one into the othe...
By the help of God's Holy Spirit, this psalm may serve for the purposes of self-examination, for we may ask ourselves as we read, «Do I feel in that way? Are my prayers like those of this good man? Is...
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...
_Teach me, O Lord, the way of Thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end._ ETHICAL INSTRUCTION I. Ethical instruction is instruction in duty. There is no knowledge so important as the knowledge o...
_Give me understanding, and I shall keep Thy law; yes, I shall observe it with my whole heart._ DAVID’S PRAYER AND RESOLUTION I. Their order. Knowledge must necessarily precede obedience, since there...
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 4:6; James 1:25; James 1:5; James 2:8; James 3:13;...