Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 119:74
They that (b) fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
(b) When God shows his grace toward any, he testifies to others that he does not fail them who trust in him.
They that (b) fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
(b) When God shows his grace toward any, he testifies to others that he does not fail them who trust in him.
Verse Psalms 119:74. _THEY THAT FEAR THEE_] They who are truly religious _will_ _be glad _- will rejoice, at this farther proof of the saving power of God....
THEY THAT FEAR THEE - Those who worship thee; thy friends; the pious and the good. WILL BE GLAD WHEN THEY SEE ME - They will welcome me to their society; they will regard and treat me as a friend and...
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...
FEAR. revere....
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...
They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word. THEY THAT FEAR THEE WILL BE GLAD WHEN THEY SEE ME; BECAUSE I HAVE HOPED IN THY WORD. Other tried and tempted bel...
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)....
THEY... WILL BE GLAD. — The great truth of spiritual communion, and the mutual help and consolation derived from it, is latent here. In its primary sense, that the preservation and deliverance of the...
יְ֭רֵאֶיךָ יִרְא֣וּנִי וְ יִשְׂמָ֑חוּ כִּ֖י לִ...
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...
PROFITING FROM AFFLICTION Psalms 119:65 _ Before I was afflicted, I went astray; it is good for me that I have been afflicted; thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me_. Here is the far-off interest of...
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...
JOD. With most peculiar reference to the ever-blessed Jesus must we read the opening of this portion. A body hast thou prepared me, was said by Christ when beholding the redemption work he came to per...
74._They who fear thee shall see me and be glad. _This verse is either connected with the preceding, or it includes other benefits of God, besides the blessing mentioned in that verse. Whether the Psa...
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...
THEY THAT FEAR THEE WILL BE GLAD WHEN THEY SEE ME,.... In outward prosperity, delivered from all troubles, set on the throne of Israel, and at rest from all enemies round about: and in spiritual prosp...
They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word. Ver. 74. _They that fear thee will be glad, &c._] As hoping that they shall also in like sort be delivered and adv...
_They that fear thee will be glad_, &c. This verse is thus paraphrased by Bishop Patrick: “It will be a very great comfort and encouragement to all good men, when they see me delivered out of all thes...
_ Jod._ The Consolation of God's Providence and Government....
They that fear Thee will be glad when they see me, rejoicing at the prosperity of the faithful. as they consider his cause their cause and glorify God for the revelation of His mercy, BECAUSE I HAVE H...
73-80 God made us to serve him, and enjoy him; but by sin we have made ourselves unfit to serve him, and to enjoy him. We ought, therefore, continually to beseech him, by his Holy Spirit, to give us...
WILL BE GLAD; partly for my sake, of whose innocency and piety they are convinced, and therefore sympathize with me; and partly for their own sakes, both for the encouragement they have by my example...
Psalms 119:74 fear H3373 glad H8055 (H8799) see H7200 (H8799) hoped H3176 (H8765) word H1697 fea
FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
In this Psalm we have, as it were, notes from David's pocket book. Psalms 119:73. _Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments._ This is a very...
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...
_They that fear Thee will be glad when they nee me; because I have hoped in Thy Word._ THE GOOD MAN I. The spiritual interest of the good in each other (verse 74). In what, concerning each other, ar...
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...
Genesis 32:11; Genesis 32:12; Luke 21:33; Malachi 3:16; Psalms 108:7;
Glad — For the encouragement they have by my example to trust in God. See me — Alive and in safety. Word — In thy promise, and have not been disappointed of my hope....