Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 119:8
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not (f) utterly.
(f) He does not refuse to be tried by temptations, but he fears to faint, if God does not help his infirmity in time.
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not (f) utterly.
(f) He does not refuse to be tried by temptations, but he fears to faint, if God does not help his infirmity in time.
Verse Psalms 119:8. _O FORSAKE ME NOT UTTERLY._] עד מאד _ad meod_, "to utter dereliction;" never leave me to my own strength, nor to my own heart! ANALYSIS OF LETTER ALEPH. - _FIRST DIVISION_ I. In...
I WILL KEEP THY STATUTES - Thy commands; thy laws. This expresses the firm purpose of the psalmist, He meant to keep the law of God; he could confidently say that he would do it - yet coupled with the...
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...
NOT UTTERLY. not in any wise. Compare Psalms 119:43....
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...
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. I WILL KEEP THY STATUTES: O FORSAKE ME NOT UTTERLY. The same Hebrew [ mª'od (H3966)] as is translated "diligently" in Psalms 119:4, 'Thou hast co...
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)....
אֶת ־חֻקֶּ֥יךָ אֶשְׁמֹ֑ר אַֽל ־תַּעַזְבֵ֥נִי עַד...
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...
GOD'S WORD AN INNER POWER Psalms 119:1 This long and noble psalm is devoted to the praise of God's Word, which is mentioned in every verse but one, Psalms 119:122. Probably if we were to substitute _...
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...
The sum and substance of all this divine meditation, here folds up in this pious resolution, formed by grace; seeing that in Jesus, his people are undefiled, are enabled to keep his testimonies, to lo...
8_I will observe thy statutes _In these words he avers it to be his intention to observe the law of God, but, conscious of his own weakness, he utters a prayer that God would not deprive him of his gr...
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...
I WILL KEEP THY STATUTES,.... This is a resolution taken up in the strength of divine grace, to answer the end of learning the judgments of God; which he did, not merely to have a notional knowledge o...
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. Ver. 8. _I will keep thy statutes_] Yea, and that very much, or with vehemence, as some read it, _usque valde; _ this he had said before was God's...
_I will praise thee_ That is, worship and serve thee; _with uprightness of heart_ With a single eye to thy glory, and with a sincere desire to know and do thy will; _when I shall have learned_, &c. Wh...
THE CHRISTIAN'S GOLDEN ABC OF THE PRAISE, POWER, AND VALUE OF GOD'S WORD. This beautiful psalm, whose writer is not known, is divided into twenty-two sections of eight verses each. All the verses in t...
I will keep Thy statutes, the commands of God's Word which are of permanent value for all men. O FORSAKE ME NOT UTTERLY, for he who is forsaken of God is condemned to a life of unhappiness and to an e...
1-8 This psalm may be considered as the statement of a believer's experience. As far as our views, desires, and affections agree with what is here expressed, they come from the influences of the Holy...
I WILL KEEP THY STATUTES; it is my full purpose to do so, whatsoever it cost me. FORSAKE ME NOT UTTERLY; not totally and finally; for then I shall fall into the foulest sins and greatest mischief. Not...
Psalms 119:8 keep H8104 (H8799) statutes H2706 forsake H5800 (H8799) utterly H3966 I will -...
It is not easy to see the special subjects that are spoken of by David in each of the short portions of eight verses, yet I do not doubt that if each portion were very carefully examined, we should se...
The first eight verses of this Psalm, in the Hebrew, begin with the letter A, and the second eight begin with the letter B. The whole Psalm is the good man's alphabet; the Holy Spirit condescended to...
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...
_Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord._ MORAL LAW I. There is a Divine moral law for the regulation of moral life. The Creator has given a law to every creature He h...
_They also do no iniquity: they walk in His ways._ NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE GOODNESS I. Negative goodness. “They do no iniquity.” In their external conduct, and to the eye of society, they appear fault...
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...
Joshua 24:15; Philippians 4:13; Psalms 119:106; Psalms 119:115;...
THE WONDERFUL WORD Psalms 119:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When we hold the Bible in our hands we are holding a Book that is distinct from any and every other book the world has ever known. 1. IT IS DISTIN...
Forsake me not — For then I shall fall into the foulest sins....