Psalms 119:85
What meaning of the psalms 119:85 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 119:85 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law."
What does Psalms 119:85 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law."
Verse Psalms 119:85. _THE PROUD HAVE DIGGED PITS_] The _Vulgate, Septuagint,_ _AEthiopic_, and _Arabic_, translate this verse thus: "They have recited to me unholy fables, which are not according to t...
THE PROUD - Those in high life, or of exalted rank. See the notes at Psalms 119:51. HAVE DIGGED PITS FOR ME - See the notes at Psalms 7:15. Compare Psalms 35:7; Psalms 57:6; Psalms 94:13. WHICH ARE N...
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...
WHICH, &C.. "[Men] who are not", &c. AFTER. according to....
THE PROUD, &C.— If we understand the latter clause of this verse to refer to _pits,_ the meaning is, "which insidious designs against an innocent person are not after thy law." But Mudge renders it th...
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...
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. THE PROUD ( ; , NOTES) HAVE DIGGED PITS FOR ME, WHICH (WHO-NAMELY, THE PROUD, NOT THE PITS) ARE NOT AFTER THY LAW. Treachery is espe...
119:85 not (c-10) Or 'who are not.'...
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...
WHICH. — Better, _who._ Its antecedent, of course, the _proud,_ not the _pits. _...
כָּֽרוּ ־לִ֣י זֵדִ֣ים שִׁיחֹ֑ות אֲ֝שֶׁ֗ר לֹ֣א כְ תֹורָתֶֽךָ׃...
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...
THE WORD THAT STANDS FAST Psalms 119:81 They persecute wrongfully; they dig pits; they have almost consumed; they have waited to destroy; but thy Word abides steadfast. The driven soul flees to the...
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 proud have (d) digged pits for me, which [are] not after thy law. (d) They have not only oppressed me violently but also craftily conspired against me....
CAPH. The opening of this portion is also very beautiful, in reference to the Lord Jesus, who waited with longing expectation for the time of his being manifested unto Israel. Hence we find him, in th...
85_The proud _(428) _have digged pits for me. _He complains that he had been circumvented by the frauds and artifices of his enemies; as if he had said, They have not only endeavored to injure me by o...
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...
THE PROUD HAVE DIGGED PITS FOR ME,.... Laid snares and temptations in his way, to draw him into sin, and so into mischief; they sought indeed to take away his life, and formed schemes for it. The allu...
The proud have digged pits for me, which [are] not after thy law. Ver. 85. _The proud have digged pits for me_] The pride, cruelty, and craftiness of wicked persecutors are foretokens of their utter...
_The proud have digged pits for me_ Have sought to destroy me by deceit and treachery, as well as by violence; _which are not after thy law_ Which pits, that is, which insidious designs against an inn...
_ Caph._ The Consolation of God's Word in the Midst of Great Troubles....
81-88 The psalmist sought deliverance from his sins, his foes, and his fears. Hope deferred made him faint; his eyes failed by looking out for this expected salvation. But when the eyes fail, yet fai...
HAVE DIGGED PITS FOR ME; have sought to destroy me by deceit and treachery, as well as by violence. WHICH; either, 1. Which men have no respect to thy law, which forbids such things. Or rather, 2. W...
Psalms 119:85 proud H2086 dug H3738 (H8804) pits H7882 law H8451 The proud - Psalms 119:78, Psalms 7:15, Psalms 35:7, Psalms 36:11; Proverbs 16:27; Jeremiah 18:20 which -...
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...
_My soul fainteth for Thy salvation: but I hope in Thy Word._ PAINFUL SOUL MOODS AND THEIR ANTIDOTES I. Painful moods of soul. 1. Painful yearning (Psalms 119:81). (1) The general objects of this...
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...
Jeremiah 18:20; Proverbs 16:27; Psalms 58:1; Psalms 58:2; Psalms 119:78; Psalms 35:7; Psalms 36:11; Psalms 7:15...
Who — Who have no respect to thy law....