Psalms 119:38
What meaning of the psalms 119:38 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 119:38 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear."
What does Psalms 119:38 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear."
Verse Psalms 119:38. _STABLISH THY WORD_] Fulfil the promises thou hast made to me....
STABLISH THY WORD UNTO THY SERVANT - Confirm it; make it seem firm and true; let not my mind be vacillating or skeptical in regard to thy truth. This seems to be a prayer against the influence of doub...
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...
WHO IS DEVOTED TO THY FEAR. Supply Ellipsis thus: "Which [leadeth to] reverence of Thee"; or, "Which [pertaineth to]", &c....
STABLISH THY WORD UNTO THY SERVANT— _Make good thy word unto thy servant; which will issue in thy fear. Which will be thy fear; i.e._ thy honour; it will turn to thy honour. _There is mercy with thee,...
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...
Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear. STABLISH THY WORD UNTO THY SERVANTS, WHO IS DEVOTED TO THY FEAR - or, 'thy Word which belongs to thy fearers;' namely, to them who f...
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...
WHO IS DEVOTED TO THY FEAR. — This is an improbable explanation of this elliptical expression. There are two renderings, each in accordance with the general drift of the psalm: (1) _Stablish to Thy se...
הָקֵ֣ם לְ֭ עַבְדְּךָ אִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ אֲ֝שֶׁ֗ר לְ יִרְאָתֶֽךָ׃...
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...
LOVE FOR GOD'S COMMANDS Psalms 119:33 Twice over the psalmist says, “thy commandments which I have loved,” and then proceeds to give the key to perfect love of them in the words, “I will _meditate_ i...
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...
HE. How very beautiful is this portion of the psalm, considered as descriptive of the work of the Holy Ghost. It is his blessed province, and from his great love to the persons of Christ's people, he...
38._Confirm thy word unto thy servant. _Here we have briefly set forth the sole end and legitimate use of prayer, which is, that we may reap the fruits of God’s promises. Whence it comes to pass, that...
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...
STABLISH THY WORD UNTO THY SERVANT,.... Either God's word of promise, which never fails, is firm and stable in Christ; and the sense is, that God would assure him of the fulfilment of it, and give him...
Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who [is devoted] to thy fear. Ver. 38. _Stablish thy word unto thy servant_] _i.e._ Make good thy promise; we must by our prayers put the promises of God in suit,...
_Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity_ The vain things of this world, such as riches, honours, pleasures; _from beholding_ them with desire or affection. _Quicken thou me in thy way_ Make me live...
_ He._ The Constancy of the Believer Upheld and Nourished by God's Word....
33-40 Teach me thy statutes, not the mere words, but the way of applying them to myself. God, by his Spirit, gives a right understanding. But the Spirit of revelation in the word will not suffice, un...
Confirm and perform thy promises, as concerning the kingdom, so also for the giving of gracious assistances, directions and comforts to those that fear thee, of which number I am one....
Psalms 119:38 Establish H6965 (H8685) word H565 servant H5650 fearing H3374 Stablish - Psalms 119:49; 2 Samuel 7:25-29; 2 Corinthians 1:20 who is devoted - Psalms 103:11, Psalms 103:13,...
FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
Psalms 119:38 There is a saying of Clough to which I take exception, and I quote it because it may represent the conclusion of more minds than the writer's: "The belief that religion is, or in any wa...
By the help of God's Holy Spirit, this psalm may serve for the purposes of self-examination, for we may ask ourselves as we read, «Do I feel in that way? Are my prayers like those of this good man? Is...
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...
_Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken Thou me in Thy way._ AN EXEMPLARY PRAYER This prayer includes three things:-- I. Diversion from the false. 1. Vanity is a bad thing. 2. Men...
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...
2 Corinthians 1:20; 2 Samuel 7:25; Jeremiah 32:39; Psalms 103:11; Psalms 103:13; Psalms 103:17; Psalms 119:49; Psalms 145:19; Psalms 147:11...
Stablish — Confirm and perform thy promises....