Psalms 119:17
What meaning of the psalms 119:17 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 119:17 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word."
What does Psalms 119:17 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word."
LETTER ג GIMEL. - _THIRD DIVISION_ Verse Psalms 119:17. _DEAL BOUNTIFULLY_] גמל _gemol, reward_ thy servant. Let him have the return of his faith and prayers, that the Divine _life_ may be preserved...
DEAL BOUNTIFULLY ... - This commences the next portion of the psalm, indicated by the letter _Gimel _(ג _g_), the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet, answering to our letter “g.” Each verse of this p...
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...
DEAL BOUNTIFULLY WITH THY SERVANT— The original word גמל _gamal,_ signifies either to do good, or to render or return good: If we understand it in this latter sense, this return must be here considere...
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...
Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. DEAL BOUNTIFULLY - literally, 'reward;' namely, not as a matter of debt, but of grace, according to thy promise to them that...
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). THE STORY OF PSALMS 119 Solomon was king of Israel nearly 1000 years Be...
GIMEL. (17) DEAL BOUNTIFULLY... THAT I MAY LIVE. — Comp. Psalms 13:3; Psalms 13:6; Psalms 116:7, where we see, as here, the same connection between this Hebrew word and preservation from death. _Life...
גְּמֹ֖ל עַֽל ־עַבְדְּךָ֥ אֶֽחְיֶ֗ה וְ אֶשְׁמְרָ֥ה דְבָרֶֽךָ׃...
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...
A PRAYER FOR UNDERSTANDING Psalms 119:17 These verses are full of yearning and unsatisfied desire. The soul breaks for longing, cleaves to the dust, and melts for heaviness. We are reminded of the c...
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...
GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, [that] I may (a) live, and keep thy word. (a) He shows that we should not desire to live but to serve God, and that we can not serve him correctly unless he...
GIMEL. Here are again many very gracious and fervent breathings after divine favor, which need nothing explanatory by way of comment. Some of them very highly correspond with what might be supposed t...
17._Do good to thy servant _The term גמל _gamal, _which some render _to requite, _does not, among the Hebrews, import mutual recompense, but frequently signifies _to confer a benefit, _as in Psalms 11...
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...
g, GIMEL.--THE THIRD PART. Ver. 17. GIMEL. DEAL BOUNTIFULLY WITH THY SERVANT,.... Which character is mentioned, not by way of plea or argument for favour, but as expressive of modesty, sense of duty,...
GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, [that] I may live, and keep thy word. Ver. 17. _Deal bountifully with thy servant_] _Per indebitam gratiam retribue._ Of thy free grace confer good upon me;...
_GIMEL._ Psalms 119:17. _Deal bountifully with thy servant_ I plead no merit, but only thy free grace and rich mercy; _that I may live_ Safely and comfortably; _and keep thy word_ For I do not desire...
Deal bountifully with Thy servant, giving him a rich measure of favor and of spiritual blessings, THAT I MAY LIVE AND KEEP THY WORD, observing the Word of God being the one great object of his life. B...
17-24 If God deals in strict justice with us, we all perish. We ought to spend our lives in his service; we shall find true life in keeping his word. Those that would see the wondrous things of God's...
GIMEL DEAL BOUNTIFULLY; I plead no merit, but only thy free grace and rich mercy. THAT I MAY LIVE; safely and comfortably, in spite of all the attempts of mine enemies to take away my life. AND KEEP T...
Psalms 119:17 bountifully H1580 (H8798) servant H5650 live H2421 (H8799) keep H8104 (H8799) word H1697 Deal - Psalms 119:65, Psalms 119:124, Psalms 119:132, Psalms 13:6,...
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...
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...
_Deal bountifully with Thy servant, that I may live, and keep Thy Word._ HUMAN LIFE Two facts suggested concerning human life: I. That its continuance depends upon Divine mercy. No creature has a r...
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 psalms as 1 and 112. It is the longes...
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; Psalms 119:141; Psalms...
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 prope...
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...
1 John 2:29; 1 John 5:3; 1 John 5:4; 2 Corinthians 9:7; Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 2:4; Ephesians 2:5; John 1:16; Philippians 4:19; Psalms 116:
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 DISTI...
Live — Safely and comfortably....