Psalms 119:96
What meaning of the psalms 119:96 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 119:96 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad."
What does Psalms 119:96 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad."
Verse Psalms 119:96. _I HAVE SEEN AN END OF ALL PERFECTION_] Literally, "Of all consummations I have seen the end:" as if one should say, Every thing of human origin has its limits and end, howsoever...
I HAVE SEEN AN END OF ALL PERFECTION - The word which is here rendered “perfection” - תכלה _tiklâh_ - occurs only in this place; but a similar word from the same root - תכלית _taklı̂yth_ - occurs in...
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...
ALL PERFECTION. an end, or limit to all things. Compare Job 26:10; Job 28:3. THY COMMANDMENT, &C.. spacious exceedingly [are] Thy commandments: i.e. including all (as opposed to "end"). THEY ARE. it...
I HAVE SEEN AN END OF ALL PERFECTION— i.e. "I have observed that all human things, how complete soever they may seem, such as wisdom and policy, and riches and power, are exceeding frail, and soon com...
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 have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad. I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad. I HAVE SEEN AN END OF ALL PERFECTION: BU...
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...
I HAVE SEEN. — The exact thought of the psalmist here is doubtful, and it offers such a wide application, embracing so many truths of experience, that possibly he had more than one meaning in his mind...
לְֽ כָל תִּ֭כְלָה רָאִ֣יתִי קֵ֑ץ רְחָבָ֖ה מִצְוָתְךָ֣ מְאֹֽד׃...
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...
I (d) have seen an end of all perfection: [but] thy commandment [is] exceeding broad. (d) There is nothing so perfect in earth, but it has an end, only God's word lasts forever....
LAMED. Here is a beautiful address to Jehovah, in contemplation of his own eternal nature, the everlasting purposes and unchangeableness of his councils, and all his ordinances, providences, and dispe...
96._In all perfection, I have seen the end. _(430) The prophet again, using other words, commends the same truth which he had taught in the first verse of this part — that the word of God is not subje...
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...
gVer. 96. I HAVE SEEN AN END OF ALL PERFECTION,.... An end, limit, or border, to every country, as the Syriac version; as there is to every kingdom and state, and to the whole world; but none to the c...
I have seen an end of all perfection: [but] thy commandment [is] exceeding broad. Ver. 96. _I have seen an end of all perfection_] viz. Here below. _ Tempore tacta ruunt praetoria_ - Fairest buildi...
_I have seen an end of all perfection_ I have observed that all human things, how complete soever they may seem, such as wisdom and power, glory and riches, and the greatest and most perfect accomplis...
_ Lamed._ The Imperishable Nature of the Divine Word....
89-96 The settling of God's word in heaven, is opposed to the changes and revolutions of the earth. And the engagements of God's covenant are established more firmly than the earth itself. All the cr...
I HAVE SEEN AN END OF ALL PERFECTION; I have observed by my experience that the greatest and most perfect accomplishments and enjoyments in this world, the greatest glory, and riches, and power, and w...
Psalms 119:96 seen H7200 (H8804) consummation H7093 perfection H8502 commandment H4687 exceedingly H3966 broad H7342 I have seen - Psalms 39:5-6; 1 Samuel 9:2, 1 Samuel 17:8, 1 Samuel 17:49-51,...
Psalms 119:89 I. In the Bible usually the Word of the Lord means not only the message which God sends, but Him by whom God sends it. The Word of God, Word of the Lord, is spoken of again and again no...
Psalms 119:81. _My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word._ The ship rocks, but the anchor holds; the singer is ready to faint, but he is not ready to despair. He knows where his res...
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...
_For ever, O Lord, Thy Word is settled in heaven._ MY SOLACE IN AFFLICTION I. Here we have strong consolation in certain facts which he remembered. Fly ye to the mountains when the enemy invades the...
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 Samuel 17:49; 1 Samuel 17:8; 1 Samuel 31:4; 1 Samuel 31:5; 1 Samuel 9:2; 2 Samuel 14:25; 2 Samuel 16:23; 2 Samuel 17:23; 2 Samuel 18:14;...
Perfection — Of the greatest and most perfect enjoyments in this world. Commandment — Thy word; one part of it being put for the whole. Broad — Or, large, both for extent, and for continuance: it is u...