Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 119:45
And I will (c) walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
(c) They who simply walk after God's word have no nets to entangle them, while they who do contrary are ever in nets and snares.
And I will (c) walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
(c) They who simply walk after God's word have no nets to entangle them, while they who do contrary are ever in nets and snares.
Verse Psalms 119:45. _I WILL WALK AT LIBERTY_] When freed from the present bondage, we shall rejoice in obedience to thy testimonies; we shall _delight_ to keep all thy ordinances....
AND I WILL WALK AT LIBERTY - Margin, “at large.” Luther renders it, “freely.” The Septuagint, “in a broad place.” The Hebrew word means “wide, broad, large, spacious.” The reference is to that which i...
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...
AT LIBERTY. at large. Compare Psalms 118:5....
DISCOURSE: 702 TRUE LIBERTY Psalms 119:45. _I will walk at liberty; for I seek thy precepts_. JUSTLY as civil liberty is appreciated amongst us, there are but few who have just conceptions of that li...
AND I WILL WALK AT LIBERTY— That is, "Having then no such incumbrances upon me as I now have in these straits and difficulties, I will do my duty with the greater cheerfulness and joy." See Psalms 119...
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...
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. AND I WILL WALK AT LIBERTY: FOR I SEEK THY PRECEPTS - Hebrew, 'I will walk at large:' the same Hebrew root [ raahab (H7294)] as in Psalms 119:32...
119:45 liberty, (b-6) Lit. 'at large.' see Psalms 118:5 ....
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)....
AT LIBERTY. — See margin. Literally, in _a large place._ (See Psalms 119:32; comp. Proverbs 4:12.)...
וְ אֶתְהַלְּכָ֥ה בָ † רְחָבָ֑ה כִּ֖י פִקֻּדֶ֣יךָ...
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...
V A U. The Reader will not need information that Jesus is Jehovah's salvation unto the ends of the earth; Isaiah 49:6. And the answers of Jesus to those that reproached him, are fully set forth in the...
The next verse may be read as expressing a desire that he might walk. Be this as it may, we retain the commonly received reading, That David exults at the thought of his path becoming plain and easy,...
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...
AND I WILL WALK AT LIBERTY,.... Not in licentious way, but in Gospel liberty, under the influence of the free spirit; where is liberty, in the exercise of grace and discharge of duty. Or, "I will walk...
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. Ver. 45. _And I will walk at liberty_] In the full latitude of thy commandments, and not by wilful wickedness ensnare and ensnarl myself, as those...
_And I will walk at liberty_ Having then no such encumbrances upon me as I now have in these straits and difficulties which beset and burden me, I shall enjoy great freedom and comfort in thy ways, an...
And I will walk at liberty, not cramped, but in a space which permits freedom of movement, that being the condition in which all children of God find themselves as they follow the precepts of His holy...
_ Vau._ The Need of a Fearless Confession of the Divine Truth....
AT LIBERTY: _ Heb._ at large...
41-48 Lord, I have by faith thy mercies in view; let me by prayer prevail to obtain them. And when the salvation of the saints is completed, it will plainly appear that it was not in vain to trust in...
I WILL WALK AT LIBERTY; or, _I shall walk at large_, as it is in the margin; I shall be delivered from all my present straits, both of the outward and inward man, and enjoy great freedom and comfort i...
Psalms 119:45 walk H1980 (H8691) liberty H7342 seek H1875 (H8804) precepts H6490 And I will -...
Psalms 119:45 I. At liberty! The very word has music in it. How full of suggestion of all that is bright and cheerful. To the captive Apostle it speaks of the bursting of chains, the angel deliverer,...
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...
_And I will walk at liberty: for I seek Thy precepts._ LIBERTY I. Liberty is in progressive action. Few can truthfully say, “I will walk”; they are carried, they are driven on the way of life, they...
_So shall I keep Thy law continually for ever and ever._ A NOBLE RESOLUTION I. To be constantly obedient (verse 44). What is obedience? Not conformity to the letter of the law, but the incarnation o...
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...
2 Peter 2:19; Ecclesiastes 1:13; Ephesians 5:17; James 1:25; James 2:1
At liberty — Enjoy great freedom and comfort in thy ways....