Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 119:51
The (b) proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not declined from thy law.
(b) Meaning the wicked who contemn God's word, and tread his religion under foot.
The (b) proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not declined from thy law.
(b) Meaning the wicked who contemn God's word, and tread his religion under foot.
Verse Psalms 119:51. _THE PROUD HAVE HAD ME_] We have been treated, not only with oppressive _cruelty_, but also with _contempt_, because we still professed to _trust in thee_, the living God, who bec...
THE PROUD HAVE HAD ME GREATLY IN DERISION - Those of rank; those in high life: perhaps, as we should say, the frivolous and fashionable world. They have ridiculed me; they have held me up to contempt...
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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...
DISCOURSE: 703 COMFORT UNDER PERSECUTION Psalms 119:51. _The proud have had me greatly in derision; yet have I not declined from thy Law. I remembered thy judgments of old, O Lord; and have comforted...
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...
The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law. THE PROUD HAVE HAD ME GREATLY IN DERISION ( ); YET HAVE I NOT DECLINED FROM THY LAW - (.) So the faithful remnant pr...
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)....
זֵ֭דִים הֱלִיצֻ֣נִי עַד ־מְאֹ֑ד מִ֝ תֹּֽורָתְךָ֗...
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...
COMFORTED BY GOD'S JUDGMENTS Psalms 119:49 Rays of comfort begin to steal into the psalmist's heart. _Thou hast caused me to hope; this is my comfort in my affliction; thy statutes have been my songs...
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...
ZAIN. While we contemplate the ever-blessed Jesus thus hanging upon the promises of the Father, we may in him, and through him, humbly adopt the same language, and remind God our Father of all his cov...
51._The proud have greatly scorned me _This example is eminently useful, as it serves to inform us, that though our honesty may render us obnoxious to the insults of the ungodly, we ought, by our unfl...
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...
THE PROUD HAVE HAD ME GREATLY IN DERISION,.... Profane sinners, proud and haughty scorners, that make a jest of religion, and scoff at everything serious and good: these derided the psalmist for his p...
The proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not declined from thy law. Ver. 51. _The proud have had me greatly in derision_] Scoffing proceedeth from pride, Proverbs 3:34, with 1 Peter 5:...
_The proud have had me in derision_ For my fear of thee and trust in thy word; _yet have I not declined from thy law_ From faith in, or obedience to, thy revealed will, in order to avoid that derision...
The proud, the arrogant and frivolous mockers, such as are always found where the true children of God are following the precepts of God's holy will, HAVE HAD ME GREATLY IN DERISION; YET HAVE I NOT DE...
_ Zain._ Patience in Persecution and Crosses....
49-56 Those that make God's promises their portion, may with humble boldness make them their plea. He that by his Spirit works faith in us, will work for us. The word of God speaks comfort in afflict...
GREATLY IN DERISION, for my godliness and trust in thy word, as the following words imply....
Psalms 119:51 proud H2086 great H3966 derision H3887 (H8689) aside H5186 (H8804) law H8451 proud -...
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...
_The proud have had me greatly in derision; yet have I not declined from Thy law._ THE CONTEMPTIBLE AND ADMIRABLE IN CHARACTER I. The contemptible. “The proud.” 1. Who are the despicably proud? Not...
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...
Acts 20:23; Acts 20:24; Hebrews 12:1; Isaiah 38:3; Isaiah 42:4;...