Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 119:77
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may (c) live: for thy law [is] my delight.
(c) He declares that when he did not feel God's mercies, he was as dead.
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may (c) live: for thy law [is] my delight.
(c) He declares that when he did not feel God's mercies, he was as dead.
Verse Psalms 119:77. _LET THY TENDER MERCIES_] רחמיך _rachameycha, thy_ _fatherly and affectionate feelings_....
LET THY TENDER MERCIES COME UNTO ME - See the notes at Psalms 119:41. THAT I MAY LIVE - It is evident that this was uttered in view of some great calamity by which his life was threatened. He was dep...
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TENDER MERCIES. compassions. FOR, &C. This is the ground of his prayer. DELIGHT. Plural as in Psalms 119:92. great delight....
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...
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight. LET THY TENDER MERCIES COME UNTO ME, THAT I MAY LIVE: FOR THY LAW IS MY DELIGHT - (; .) This latter is the vindicati...
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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יְבֹא֣וּנִי רַחֲמֶ֣יךָ וְ אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה כִּי ־תֹֽ֝ורָתְךָ֗...
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...
77._Let thy companions come unto me. _In this verse, the Psalmist repeats and confirms almost the same request as in the preceding verse, although in phraseology somewhat different. As he had just now...
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...
LET THY TENDER MERCIES COME UNTO ME,.... Psalms 119:41; THAT I MAY LIVE; not merely corporeally; though corporeal life is a grant and favour, and the continuance of it; it is owing to the tender mer...
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law [is] my delight. Ver. 77. _Let thy tender mercies come unto me, &c._] He repeateth the same thing in other words, and re-enforceth hi...
_I know, O Lord_ By the convictions of my own conscience, and by experience; _that thy judgments are right_ That thy corrections, as the next clause explains this, are just and proper, and that _thou,...
_ Jod._ The Consolation of God's Providence and Government....
Let Thy tender mercies come unto me, the believer being unable, of his own reason and strength, to come to them or to earn them, THAT I MAY LIVE, for the mercy of God is the source of all true life in...
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...
THAT I MAY LIVE; that I may be preserved from that violent and untimely death which mine enemies design to bring upon me. FOR THY LAW IS MY DELIGHT; I humbly beg and expect thy protection, because I a...
Psalms 119:77 mercies H7356 come H935 (H8799) live H2421 (H8799) law H8451 delight H8191 thy tender -...
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...
_Let Thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live._ MERCY TO LIVE WELL He prayed before for mercy; now again he prayeth for mercy. The children of’ God have such an earnest desire of mercy, that...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 119:76 STEADFAST LOVE... MERCY. See Exodus 34:6....
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...
Daniel 9:18; Hebrews 8:10; Lamentations 3:22; Lamentations 3:23;...