Chapter 119
ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
A. M. 3560. B.C. 444. (Title.) This Psalm, which was probably composed by Ezra, is another of the alphabetical Psalms: it consists of twenty-two parts, answering to the number of the Hebrew letters; every part being divided into eight verses, and each verse beginning with that letter which forms the title of the part; that is, the first part of eight verses with [Aleph] the second with [BÍyth] etc. It is an elegant, important, and useful composition; the chief subjects of which are the excellence of God's laws, and the happiness of those who observe them. ALEPH
Blessed
1:1-3 32:1,2 112:1 128:1 Matthew 5:3-12 Luke 11:28 John 13:17 James 1:25 Revelation 22:14
undefiled
or, perfect, or sincere.
2 Kings 20:3 2 Chronicles 31:20,21 Job 1:1,8 John 1:47 Acts 24:16 2 Corinthians 1:12 Titus 2:11,12
walk
Ezekiel 11:20 Hosea 14:9 Luke 1:6 1 Thessalonians 4:1,2
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
keep
22,146 25:10 105:45 Deuteronomy 6:17 1 Kings 2:3 Proverbs 23:26 Ezekiel 36:27 John 14:23 1 John 3:20
seek
10 Deuteronomy 4:29 2 Chronicles 31:21 Jeremiah 29:13
They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
Deuteronomy 4:1,9 5:29-33 6:17 11:13,22 12:32 28:1-14 30:16 Joshua 1:7 Jeremiah 7:23 Matthew 28:20 John 14:15,21 Philippians 4:8,9 1 John 5:3
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
32,36,44,45,131,159,173 51:10 Jeremiah 31:33 Romans 7:22-24 2 Thessalonians 3:5 Hebrews 13:21
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
shall I
31,80 Job 22:26 Daniel 12:2,3 1 John 2:28 3:20,21
I have
I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
I will
171 9:1 86:12,13 1 Chronicles 29:13-17
when
12,18,19,27,33,34,64,73,124 25:4,5,8-10 143:10 Isaiah 48:17 John 6:45
thy righteous judgments
Heb. judgments of thy righteousness.
I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
I will
O forsake
116,117,176 38:21,22 51:11 Philippians 4:13
BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
shall
25:7 34:11 Job 1:5 13:26 Proverbs 1:4,10 4:1,10-17 5:7-23 6:20-35 Proverbs 7:7 Ecclesiastes 11:9,10 12:1 Luke 15:13 2 Timothy 2:22 Titus 2:4-6
by taking
11,97-105 1:1-3 19:7-11 78:4-8 Deuteronomy 6:6-9 17:18 Joshua 1:7 John 15:3 2 Timothy 3:15-17 James 1:21-25
With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
my whole
2,34,58,69 78:37 1 Samuel 7:3 2 Chronicles 15:15 Jeremiah 3:10 Hosea 10:2 Zephaniah 1:5,6 Matthew 6:24 Colossians 3:22 1 John 2:15
O let me
21,118,133,176 23:3 125:5 143:8-10 Proverbs 2:13 21:16 Isaiah 35:8 Ezekiel 34:6 2 Peter 2:15-22
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Thy word
97 1:2 37:31 40:8 Job 22:22 Proverbs 2:1,10,11 Isaiah 51:7 Jeremiah 15:16 Luke 2:19,51 Colossians 3:16
that I
Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
Blessed
teach
26,27,33,64,66,68,71,72,108,124, 25:4,5; 86:11 143:10 Luke 24:45 John 14:26 1 John 2:27
With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
I declared
46,172 34:11 37:30 40:9,10 71:15-18 118:17 Matthew 10:27 12:34 Acts 4:20
I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
rejoiced
47,72,77,111,127,162 19:9,10 112:1 Job 23:12 Jeremiah 15:16 Matthew 13:44 Acts 2:41-47
I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
meditate
23,48,78,97,131,148 1:2 James 1:25
have respect
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
delight
14,24,35,47,70,77,92 40:8 Romans 7:22 Hebrews 10:16,17
not forget
11,83,93,109,141,176 Proverbs 3:1 James 1:23,24
GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.
Deal
Gemol, "reward" thy servant: let him have the return of his faith and prayers. From this word is derived the name of [GÓymel] gimmel, the third letter of the alphabet, which is prefixed to every verse in this part: this is a stroke of the Psalmist's art and ingenuity.
65,124,132 13:6 116:7 John 1:16 2 Corinthians 9:7-11 Philippians 4:19
I may live
Romans 8:2-4 Ephesians 2:4,5,10 Titus 2:11,12 1 John 2:29 5:3,4
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
Open
Heb. Reveal.
Isaiah 29:10-12,18 32:3 35:5 Matthew 13:13 16:17 John 9:39 Acts 26:18 2 Corinthians 3:14-18 4:4-6 Ephesians 1:17,18 Revelation 3:18
wondrous
96 Hosea 8:12 2 Corinthians 3:13 Hebrews 8:5 10:1
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
a stranger
39:12 Genesis 47:9 1 Chronicles 29:15 2 Corinthians 5:6 Hebrews 11:13-16 1 Peter 2:11
hide
10 Job 39:17 Isaiah 63:17 Luke 9:45 24:45
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
soul
40,131,174 42:1 63:1 84:2 Proverbs 13:12 Song of Solomon 5:8 Revelation 3:15,16
at all times
106:3 Job 23:11,12 27:10 Proverbs 17:17
Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
rebuked
78 138:6 Exodus 10:3 18:11 Job 40:11,12 Isaiah 2:11,12 10:12 Ezekiel 28:2-10 Daniel 4:37 5:22-24 Malachi 4:1 Luke 14:11 18:14 James 4:6 1 Peter 5:5
cursed
10,110,118 Deuteronomy 27:15-26 28:15 30:19 Nehemiah 9:16,29 Isaiah 42:24 Isaiah 43:28 Jeremiah 44:9-11,16,28,29 Galatians 3:13
Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
Remove
39,42 39:8 42:10 68:9-11,19,20 123:3,4 1 Samuel 25:10,39 2 Samuel 16:7,8 Job 16:20 19:2,3 Hebrews 13:13
for I have
37:3,6 1 Peter 2:20 3:16,17 4:14-16
Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
Princes
2:1,2 1 Samuel 20:31 22:7-13 Luke 22:66 23:1,2,10,11
thy servant
Verse 24
Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
testimonies
16,77,92,143,162 Job 27:10 Jeremiah 6:10
my counsellors
Heb. men of my counsel.
97-100,104,105 19:11 Deuteronomy 17:18-20 Joshua 1:8 Proverbs 6:20-23 Isaiah 8:20 Colossians 3:16 2 Timothy 3:15-17
DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
soul
22:15 44:25 Isaiah 65:25 Matthew 16:23 Romans 7:22-24 Philippians 3:19 Colossians 3:2
quicken
37,40,88,93,107,149,156,159 71:20 80:18 143:11 Romans 8:2,3
according
Deuteronomy 30:6 2 Samuel 7:27-29
I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
declared
106 32:5 38:18 51:1-19 Proverbs 28:13
teach
12 25:4,8,9 27:11 86:11 143:8-10 1 Kings 8:36
Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
so shall I talk
71:17 78:4 105:2 111:4 145:5,6 Exodus 13:14,15 Joshua 4:6,7 Acts 2:11 Revelation 15:3
My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
soul
melteth
Heb. droppeth. strengthen.
27:14 29:11 Deuteronomy 33:25 Isaiah 40:29,31 Zechariah 10:12 Ephesians 3:16 Philippians 4:13
Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
Remove
37,104,128,163 141:3,4 Proverbs 30:8 Isaiah 44:20 Jeremiah 16:19 Jonah 2:8 Ephesians 4:22-25 1 John 1:8 2:4 Revelation 22:15
grant me
5 Jeremiah 31:33,34 Hebrews 8:10,11
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
chosen
29,111,173 Joshua 24:15 Proverbs 1:29 Luke 10:42 John 3:19-21 8:45 1 Peter 2:2 2 John 1:4
thy judgments
I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
stuck
48,115 Deuteronomy 4:4 10:20 Proverbs 23:23 John 8:31 Acts 11:23
put me
6,80 25:2,20 Isaiah 45:17 49:23 Jeremiah 17:18 Romans 5:5 1 John 2:28
I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
run
Song of Solomon 1:4 Isaiah 40:31 1 Corinthians 9:24-26 Hebrews 12:1
enlarge
45 18:36 1 Kings 4:29 Job 36:15,16 Isaiah 60:5 61:1 Luke 1:74,75 John 8:32,36 2 Corinthians 3:17 6:11 1 Peter 2:16
HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
Teach
12,26,27 Isaiah 54:13 John 6:45
I shall keep
8,112 Matthew 10:22 24:13 1 Corinthians 1:7,8 Philippians 1:6 1 John 2:19,20,27 Revelation 2:26
Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Give me
73 111:10 Job 28:28 Proverbs 2:5,6 John 7:17 James 1:5 3:13-18
I shall
Deuteronomy 4:6 Matthew 5:19 7:24 James 1:25 2:8-12 4:11
observe
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
Make me
27,36,173 Ezekiel 36:26,27 Philippians 2:13 Hebrews 13:21
the path
23:3 Proverbs 3:17 4:11,18 8:20 Isaiah 2:3 48:17
therein
16 Isaiah 58:13,14 Romans 7:22 1 John 5:3
Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Incline
51:10 141:4 1 Kings 8:58 Jeremiah 32:39 Ezekiel 11:19,20
and not to
10:3 Exodus 18:21 Ezekiel 33:31 Habakkuk 2:9 Mark 7:21,22 Luke 12:15 16:14 Ephesians 5:3 Colossians 3:5 1 Timothy 6:9,10,17 Hebrews 13:5 2 Peter 2:3,14
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Turn
Heb. Make to pass.
Numbers 15:39 Joshua 7:21 2 Samuel 11:2 Job 31:1 Proverbs 4:25 23:5 Isaiah 33:15 Matthew 5:28 1 John 2:16
quicken
Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
Stablish
49 2 Samuel 7:25-29 2 Corinthians 1:20
who is devoted
103:11,13,17 145:19 147:11 Jeremiah 32:39-41
Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
Turn
22,31 39:8 57:3 2 Samuel 12:14 1 Timothy 3:7 5:14 Titus 2:8
for thy
20,43,75,123,131 19:9 Deuteronomy 4:8 Isaiah 26:8 Romans 2:2 Revelation 19:2
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
I have
5,20 Matthew 26:41 Romans 7:24 2 Corinthians 7:1 Galatians 5:17 Philippians 3:13,14
quicken
25,37,88,107,149,156,159 Mark 9:24 John 5:21 10:10 1 Corinthians 15:45 Ephesians 2:5 3 John 1:2
VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
58,76,77,132 69:16 106:4,5 Luke 2:28-32
So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
So shall
3:2 42:10 71:10,11 109:25 Matthew 27:40-43,63
have wherewith, etc
or, answer him that reproacheth me in a thing.
for I trust
49,74,81 56:4,10,11 89:19-37 2 Samuel 7:12-16 1 Chronicles 28:3-6 Acts 27:25
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
take not
13 50:16 51:14,15 71:17,18 Isaiah 59:21 Ephesians 1:13 James 1:18
for I have
52,120,175 7:6-9 9:4,16 43:1 1 Peter 2:23
So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
So shall
The language of this verse is very emphatic. Perfect obedience will constitute a large proportion of heavenly happiness to all eternity; and the nearer we approach to it on earth, the more we anticipate the felicity of heaven.
keep
And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
And I will
133 Luke 4:18 John 8:30-36 James 1:25 2:12 2 Peter 2:19
at liberty
Heb. at large.
for I seek
19,71,94,148,162 Proverbs 2:4,5 18:1 Ecclesiastes 1:13 John 5:39 Ephesians 5:17
I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
speak
138:1 Daniel 3:16-18 4:1-3,25-27 Matthew 10:18,19 Acts 26:1,2,24-29
will not
Mark 8:38 Romans 1:16 Philippians 1:20 2 Timothy 1:8,16 1 Peter 4:14-16 1 John 2:28
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
I will delight
16,24 112:1 John 4:34 Philippians 2:5 1 Peter 2:21
which
48,97,127,140,167,174 19:7-10 Job 23:11,12 Romans 7:12,16,22
My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
hands
unto thy
Matthew 7:21 John 13:17 15:14 James 1:22-25
and I will
ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
Remember
105:2,42 106:4,45 Genesis 8:1 32:9 Job 7:7 Isaiah 62:6 *marg:
upon which
43,74,81,147 71:14 2 Samuel 5:2 7:25 Romans 15:13 1 Peter 1:13,21
This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
This
27:13 28:7 42:8,11 94:19 Jeremiah 15:16 Romans 5:3-5 15:4 Hebrews 6:17-19 Hebrews 12:11,12
for thy
25 Ezekiel 37:10 John 6:63 James 1:18 1 Peter 1:3 2:2
The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law.
proud
21,69 123:3,4 Jeremiah 20:7 Luke 16:14,15 23:35
yet have
31,157 44:18 Job 23:11 Isaiah 38:3 42:4 Acts 20:23,24 Hebrews 12:1-3
I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
remembered
77:5,11,12 105:5 143:5 Exodus 14:29,30 Numbers 16:3-35 Deuteronomy 1:35,36 Deuteronomy 4:3,4 2 Peter 2:4-9
Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
horror
Zil‚phah properly signifies the pestilential burning wind called by the Arabs Simoom, (see Ps 11:6.) It is here used in a figurative sense for the most horrid mental distress; and strongly marks the idea the Psalmist had of the corrupting, pestilential, and destructive nature of sin.
136,158 Ezra 9:3,14 10:6 Jeremiah 13:17 Daniel 4:19 Habakkuk 3:16 Luke 19:41,42 Romans 9:1-3 2 Corinthians 12:21 Philippians 3:18
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
89:1 10:1 Genesis 47:9 Hebrews 11:13-16
I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
night
42:8 63:6 77:6 139:18 Genesis 32:24-28 Job 35:9,10 Isaiah 26:9 Luke 6:12 Acts 16:25
kept
This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
because
CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
my portion
16:5 73:26 142:5 Jeremiah 10:16 Lamentations 3:24
I have
106,115 66:14 Deuteronomy 26:17,18 Joshua 24:15,18,21,24-27 Nehemiah 10:29-39
I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
I intreated
10 4:6 51:1-3 86:1-3 Hosea 7:14 Hebrews 10:22
favour
Heb. face.
be merciful
41,65,76,170 56:4,10 138:2 Matthew 24:35
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
thought
Lamentations 3:40 Ezekiel 18:28,30 Haggai 1:5,7 Luke 15:17-20 2 Corinthians 13:5
turned
Deuteronomy 4:30,31 Jeremiah 8:4-6 31:18,19 Ezekiel 33:14-16,19 Joel 2:13 2 Corinthians 12:21
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
made
95:7,8 Ezekiel 10:6-8 Proverbs 27:1 Ecclesiastes 9:10 Galatians 1:16
The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
The bands
or, The companies.
95 3:1 1 Samuel 30:3-5 Job 1:17 Hosea 6:9
but I
176 1 Samuel 24:9-11 26:9-11 Proverbs 24:29 Romans 12:17-21
At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
midnight
147,164 42:8 Mark 1:35 Acts 16:25
thy
7,75,106,137 19:9 Deuteronomy 4:8 Romans 7:12
I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
a companion
79,115 16:3 101:6 142:7 Proverbs 13:20 Malachi 3:16-18 2 Corinthians 6:14-17 1 John 1:3 3:14
The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
earth
teach
12,26 27:11 Isaiah 2:3 48:17,18 Matthew 11:29
TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
dealt well
17 13:6 16:5,6 18:35 23:5,6 30:11 116:7 1 Chronicles 29:14
Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
Teach me
34 72:1,2 1 Kings 3:9,28 Proverbs 2:1-9 8:20 Isaiah 11:2-4 Judges 3:15 Matthew 13:11 Philippians 1:9 James 3:13-18
I Have
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
Before
176 73:5-28 Deuteronomy 32:15 2 Samuel 10:19 11:2-27 2 Chronicles 33:9-13 Proverbs 1:32 Jeremiah 22:21
but now
71,75 Jeremiah 31:18,19 Hosea 2:6,7 5:15 6:1 Hebrews 12:10,11 Revelation 3:10
Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
good
86:5 106:1 107:1 145:7-9 Exodus 33:18,19 34:6,7 Isaiah 63:7 Matthew 5:45 Matthew 19:17 Mark 10:18 Luke 18:19
teach
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
proud
35:11 109:2,3 Job 13:4 Jeremiah 43:2,3 Matthew 5:11,12 26:59-68 Acts 24:5,13
I will
with my whole
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
heart is as fat
17:10 73:7 Isaiah 6:10 Acts 28:27
but I
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
good
67 94:12,13 Isaiah 27:9 1 Corinthians 11:32 Hebrews 12:10,11
The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
better
14,111,127,162 19:10 Proverbs 3:14,15 8:10,11,19 16:16 Matthew 13:44-46
JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Thy hands
100:3 111:10 138:8 139:14-16 Job 10:8-11
give me
34,125,144,169 1 Chronicles 22:12 2 Chronicles 2:12 Job 32:8 2 Timothy 2:7 1 John 5:20
that I may
They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
fear thee
I have
42,147 108:7 Genesis 32:11,12 Luke 21:33
I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
I know
7,62,128,160 Deuteronomy 32:4 Job 34:23 Jeremiah 12:1
right
Heb. righteousness.
thou in
25:10 89:30-33 Hebrews 12:10,11 Revelation 3:19
Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
merciful
86:5 106:4,5 2 Corinthians 1:3-5
for my comfort
Heb. to comfort me.
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight.
thy tender
41 51:1-3 Lamentations 3:22,23 Daniel 9:18
for thy
Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts.
the proud
without
86 7:3-5 25:3 35:7 69:4 109:3 1 Samuel 24:10-12,17 26:18 John 15:25 1 Peter 2:20
but I will
Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
Let those
Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
sound
25:21 32:2 Deuteronomy 26:16 2 Chronicles 12:14 15:17 25:2 31:20,21 Proverbs 4:23 Ezekiel 11:9 John 1:47 2 Corinthians 1:12
that I be
CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
fainteth
20,40 42:1,2 73:26 84:2 Song of Solomon 5:8 Revelation 3:15,16
but I
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
eyes
123 69:3 Deuteronomy 28:32 Proverbs 13:12 Isaiah 38:11
When wilt
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
like a bottle in the smoke
As the bottles in the East are made of skin, it is evident that one of these hung up in the smoke must soon be parched, shrivelled up, lose all its strength, and become unsightly and useless. Thus the Psalmist appeared to himself to have become useless and despicable, through the exhausted state of his body and mind, by long bodily afflictions and mental distress.
yet do I
How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
How
39:4,5 89:47,48 90:12 Job 7:6-8
when
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
The proud
This metaphor is taken from the mode in which wild beasts are caught in the East: deep pits are dug in the earth, and slightly covered over with reeds, turf, etc., so as not to be discerned from the solid ground; and the animals attempting to walk over them, the surface breaks, they fall in, and are taken alive. Thus the Psalmist's enemies employed craft as well as power in order to effect his ruin.
78 7:15 35:7 36:11 Proverbs 16:27 Jeremiah 18:20
which
All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
All thy
128,138,142,151 19:9 Romans 7:12
faithful
Heb. faithfulness. they.
78 7:1-5 35:7,19 38:19 59:3,4 Jeremiah 18:20
help
They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
almost
1 Samuel 20:3 23:26,27 2 Samuel 17:16 Matthew 10:28
but I forsook
Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
Quicken
so shall I
LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
For ever
152,160 89:2 Matthew 5:18 24:34,35 1 Peter 1:25 2 Peter 3:13
Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
faithfulness
unto all generations
Heb. to generation and generation.
89:1,2 100:5 89:11 93:1 104:5 Job 38:4-7 2 Peter 3:5-7
abideth
Heb. standeth.
They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.
They continue this
148:5,6 Genesis 8:22 Isaiah 48:13 Jeremiah 33:25
all are
Deuteronomy 4:19 Joshua 10:12,13 Judges 5:20 Matthew 5:45 8:9
Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
thy law
I should
27:13 94:18,19 Proverbs 6:22,23
I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
will never
I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
I am thine
86:2 Joshua 10:4-6 Isaiah 41:8-10 44:2,5 64:8-10 Zephaniah 3:17 Acts 27:23,24
for I have
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
wicked
61,69,85-87 10:8-10 27:2 37:32 38:12 1 Samuel 23:20-23 2 Samuel 17:1-4 Matthew 26:3-5 Acts 12:11 23:21 25:3
but I
I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
I have seen
That is, I have seen that all human wisdom or knowledge, however extensive, noble, and excellent, has it bounds, and limits, and end; but Thy law, a transcript of Thine own mind, is infinite, and extends to eternity.
39:5,6 1 Samuel 9:2 17:8,49-51 31:4,5 2 Samuel 14:25 16:23 17:23 2 Samuel 18:14,17 Ecclesiastes 1:2,3 2:11 7:20 12:8 Matthew 5:18 24:35
but thy
19:7,8 Matthew 5:28 22:37-40 Mark 12:29-34 Romans 7:7-12,14 Hebrews 4:12,13
MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
O how
48,113,127,159,165,167 1:2 Deuteronomy 6:6-9 17:19 Joshua 1:8 Proverbs 2:10 Proverbs 18:1
Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
through
104 Deuteronomy 4:6,8 1 Samuel 18:5,14,30 Proverbs 2:6 Colossians 3:16
they are ever
Heb. it is ever.
I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
than all
Deuteronomy 4:6-8 2 Samuel 15:24-26 1 Chronicles 15:11-13 2 Chronicles 29:15-36 30:22 Jeremiah 2:8 Jeremiah 8:8,9 Matthew 11:25 13:11 15:6-9,14 23:24-36 Hebrews 5:12
for thy
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
understand
1 Kings 12:6-15 Job 12:12 15:9,10 32:4,10
because
111:10 Job 28:28 Jeremiah 8:8,9 Matthew 7:24 James 3:13
I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
refrained
59,60,104,126 18:23 Proverbs 1:15 Isaiah 53:6 55:7 Jeremiah 2:36 Titus 2:11,12 1 Peter 2:1,2 3:10,11
I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
departed
18:21 Proverbs 5:7 Jeremiah 32:40
for thou
Ephesians 4:20-24 1 Thessalonians 2:13 1 John 2:19,27
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
sweet
19:10 63:5 Job 23:12 Proverbs 3:17 8:11 24:13,14 Song of Solomon 1:2-4 5:1
taste
Heb. palate.
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Through
therefore
128 36:4 97:10 101:3 Proverbs 8:13 Amos 5:15 Romans 12:9
false way
29,30 Proverbs 14:12 Matthew 7:13
NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
word
19:8 43:3 Proverbs 6:23 Ephesians 5:13 2 Peter 1:19
lamp
or, candle.
I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
sworn
56:12 66:13,14 2 Chronicles 15:13,14 Nehemiah 10:29 Ecclesiastes 5:4,5 Matthew 5:33 2 Corinthians 8:5
that I will
I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
afflicted
quicken
Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
Accept
Numbers 29:39 Hosea 14:2 Hebrews 13:15
teach
My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
My soul
Rather, "My life naphshee is continually in my hand;" i.e., it is in constant danger; every hour I am on the confines of death. The LXX., Syriac, and Ethiopic read, "in thy hand;" but this is a conjectural and useless alteration.
Judges 12:3 1 Samuel 19:5 20:3 Job 13:14 Romans 8:36 1 Corinthians 15:31 2 Corinthians 11:23
yet do I not
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
wicked
85 10:8-18 124:6,7 140:5 141:9 Proverbs 1:11,12 Jeremiah 18:22
yet I erred
10,21,51,87,95 Daniel 6:10 Luke 20:19-26
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
Thy testimonies
14,127,162 16:5 Deuteronomy 33:4 Isaiah 54:17 Acts 26:18 Colossians 1:12 Hebrews 9:15 1 Peter 1:4
for they
74,92,174 19:8 Jeremiah 15:16 1 Peter 1:8
I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
inclined
36 141:4 Joshua 24:23 1 Kings 8:58 2 Chronicles 19:3 Philippians 2:13
perform
Heb. do. the end.
33,44 1 Peter 1:13 Revelation 2:10
SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love.
hate
94:11 Isaiah 55:7 Jeremiah 4:14 Mark 7:21 2 Corinthians 10:5
vain thoughts
Or, "divided thoughts," sai‚phim, or, as Gesenius renders, bie Bneybeutigen (in ber Religion) "ambiguities (or indecisions) in Religion;" Luther, Flattergeister, "inconstant fellows;" LXX. [paranomoi] "transgressors," Vulgate iniqui, "iniquitous," and Jerome, tumultuosos, "tumultuous."
thy law
Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
my hiding
my shield
I hope
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
Depart
6:8 26:5,9 139:19 Matthew 7:23 25:41 1 Corinthians 15:33
for I will
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Uphold
37:17,24 41:12 63:8 94:18 Isaiah 41:10 42:1
and let me
25:2 Isaiah 45:17 Romans 5:5 9:32 10:11 1 Peter 2:6
Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Hold
17:5 71:6 73:23 139:10 Isaiah 41:13 John 10:28,29 Romans 14:4 1 Peter 1:5 Jude 1:24
and I will
Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
trodden
Isaiah 25:10 63:3 Malachi 4:3 Luke 21:24 Revelation 14:20
err
their deceit
29 78:36,37,57 Isaiah 44:20 Ephesians 4:22 5:6 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 2 Timothy 3:13 1 John 2:21 Revelation 18:23
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
Thou
When Thou triest them in the refining fire, they are burnt up, fly off in fumes, or in scoriÊ, which Thou sweepest away.
puttest away
Heb. causest to cease.
1 Samuel 15:23 Jeremiah 6:30 Ezekiel 22:18-22 Malachi 3:2,3 Matthew 3:12 7:23 Matthew 13:40-42,49,50
therefore
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
My flesh
53 Leviticus 10:1-3 1 Samuel 6:20 2 Samuel 6:8,9 1 Chronicles 24:16,17,30 2 Chronicles 34:21,27 Isaiah 66:2 Daniel 10:8-11 Habakkuk 3:16 Philippians 2:12 Hebrews 12:21,28,29 Revelation 1:17,18
AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
I have
7:3-5 18:20-24 75:2 1 Samuel 24:11-15 25:28 2 Samuel 8:15 Acts 21:16 Acts 25:10,11 2 Corinthians 1:12
leave me
Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
surety
Genesis 43:9 Proverbs 22:26,27 Isaiah 38:14 Philemon 1:18,19 Hebrews 7:22
let not
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
81,82 69:3 130:6 143:7 Lamentations 4:17
Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
Deal
41,76,77,132 51:1 69:13,16 79:8 103:10 130:3,4,7 Daniel 9:18 Luke 18:13 2 Timothy 1:16-18
teach
I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
I am thy
give
34,66 2 Chronicles 1:7-10 2 Corinthians 3:5,6 2 Timothy 2:7 James 1:5 3:13-17
that I
11,18,19,29 Proverbs 9:10 14:8
It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.
time
9:19 102:13 Genesis 22:10,11,14 Deuteronomy 32:36 Isaiah 42:14
to work
That is, "to take vengeance," as ‚sah signifies, Jer 18:23; Mal 3:17, by an ellipsis of the noun. When infidels, profligates, and Pharisees, "make void the law of God," generally, then it is time for God to arise to vindicate His own honour and maintain His cause among men.
they
Jeremiah 8:8 Habakkuk 1:4 Malachi 2:8 Matthew 15:6 Romans 3:31 4:14
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
I love
72 19:10 Proverbs 3:13-18 8:11 16:16 Matthew 13:45,46 Ephesians 3:8
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
I esteem
6 19:7,8 Deuteronomy 4:8 Job 33:27 Proverbs 30:5 Romans 7:12,14,16,22
all things
Kol, "all" seems to have been omitted by all the versions, except the Chaldee; which reads simply, "all thy precepts;" and this renders the text more perspicuous and unembarrassed.
and I
PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
testimonies
18 139:6 Isaiah 9:6 25:1 Revelation 19:10
doth
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
entrance
Or, "opening;" paithach: the Scriptures give satisfactory light to the mind upon every subject of which they treat; and speedily communicate more useful knowledge to the simplest believer, upon the most important topics, than the acutest philosophers have been able to develop through successive ages.
105 Proverbs 6:23 Isaiah 8:20 Luke 1:77-79 Acts 26:18 2 Corinthians 4:4,6 Ephesians 5:13,14 2 Peter 1:19
it giveth
19:7 Proverbs 1:4,22,23 9:4-6 Romans 16:18,19 2 Timothy 3:15-17
I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
opened
20 42:1 Isaiah 26:8,9 1 Peter 2:2
I longed
Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
Look
124 25:18 Exodus 4:31 1 Samuel 1:11 2 Samuel 16:12 Isaiah 63:7-9
as thou usest to do unto those
Heb. according to the custom toward those.
Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Order
116 17:5 32:8 121:3 1 Samuel 2:9
let not
Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
122 56:1,2,13 105:43-45 Ezekiel 11:17-20 36:24-27 Luke 1:74,75 Acts 9:31
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
Make
4:6 80:1,3,7,19 Numbers 6:25,26 Job 33:26 Revelation 22:4,5
and teach
12,26 Job 34:32 35:11 36:22 Luke 24:45
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
53,158 1 Samuel 15:11 Jeremiah 9:1,18 13:17 14:17 Ezekiel 9:4 Luke 19:41 Romans 9:2,3
TZADDI. Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.
99:4 103:6 145:17 Deuteronomy 32:4 Ezra 9:15 Nehemiah 9:33 Jeremiah 12:1 Daniel 9:7,14 Romans 2:5 3:5,6 9:14 Revelation 15:3,4 16:7 19:2
Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
testimonies
86,144 19:7-9 Deuteronomy 4:8,45
righteous
Heb. righteousness. faithful. Heb. faithfulness.
My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
zeal
69:9 1 Kings 19:10,14 John 2:17
consumed me
or, cut me off. because.
53:4 Matthew 9:13 12:3-5 15:4-6 21:13,16,42 22:29 Acts 13:27 Acts 28:23-27
Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
Thy word
Gold has need to be refined; but thy word is purity itself, reflecting the holiness of Jehovah's character and government, and requiring and leading to purity of heart and life.
pure
Heb. tried, or refined.
128 12:6 18:30 19:8 Proverbs 30:5 Romans 7:12,16,22 1 Peter 2:2 2 Peter 1:21
I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
small
22:6 40:17 Proverbs 15:16 16:8 19:1 Isaiah 53:3 Luke 6:20 9:58 2 Corinthians 8:9 James 2:5
yet do
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
Thy righteousness
Men, as Bp. Horne observes, may decree wickedness by a law; or they may change their decrees, and with them what is right to-day may be wrong to-morrow; but the law of God is righteousness, and it is truth, to-day and for ever.
an everlasting
144 36:6 Isaiah 51:6,8 Daniel 9:24 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10
and thy
151 19:9 John 17:17 Ephesians 4:21
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
Trouble
107 18:4,5 88:3-18 116:3 130:1 Mark 14:33,34
taken hold on me
Heb. found me. yet thy.
The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
righteousness
138,152 Matthew 5:18 1 Peter 1:23-25
give me
34,66,73,169 2 Corinthians 4:6 1 John 5:20,21
understanding
Proverbs 10:21 Isaiah 6:9,10 27:11 Jeremiah 4:22 Daniel 12:10 Hosea 4:6 Matthew 13:19 John 17:3
KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
cried
10 61:1,2 62:8 86:4 102:1 *title; 142:1,2 1 Samuel 1:10,15 Jeremiah 29:13
I will
I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
and I shall keep
or, that I may keep.
134 Judges 10:15,16 Matthew 1:21 Titus 2:14 3:4-8
I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
I prevented
That is, I anticipated, or rose before, the morning dawn; and was before hand with the light itself.
5:3 21:3 42:8 88:13 130:6 Isaiah 26:9 Mark 1:35
hoped
74,81 56:4 130:5 Hebrews 6:17-19
Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
eyes
62 63:1,6 139:17,18 Lamentations 2:19 Luke 6:12
the night watches
The ancient Jews divided the night into three watches of four hours each, beginning at six o'clock in the evening; before the last of which, "the day break," or "morning watch," as the LXX. and Vulgate read, the Psalmist was awake.
Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.
Hear
according unto
quicken me
They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
draw nigh
22:11-13,16 27:2 1 Samuel 23:16 2 Samuel 17:16 Matthew 26:46,47
for from
50:17 Job 21:14 Proverbs 1:7,22 28:9 Ephesians 2:13,14
Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
near
46:1 75:1 139:2 145:18 Deuteronomy 4:7 Matthew 1:23
all
Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
thy testimonies
144,160 89:34-37 111:7,8 Ecclesiastes 3:14 Luke 21:33
RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
Consider
159 9:13 13:3,4 25:19 Exodus 3:7,8 Nehemiah 9:32 Lamentations 2:20 5:1
for I
Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
Plead
35:1 43:1 1 Samuel 24:15 Job 5:8 Proverbs 22:23 Jeremiah 11:20 50:34 51:36 Micah 7:9 1 John 2:1
quicken
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
Salvation
18:27 Job 5:4 Isaiah 46:12 57:19 Ephesians 2:17,18
for they
10:4 Job 21:14,15 Proverbs 1:7 Luke 16:24 Romans 3:11
Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
Great
Heb. Many. are thy.
51:1 86:5,13,15 1 Chronicles 21:13 Isaiah 55:7 63:7
quicken
Verse 157
Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
Many
3:1,2 22:12,16 25:19 56:2 118:10-12 Matthew 24:9 26:47 Acts 4:27
yet do I
51,110 44:17 Job 17:9 23:11 Isaiah 42:4 Acts 20:23,24 1 Corinthians 15:58
I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
Consider
97,153 2 Kings 20:3 Nehemiah 5:19 13:22
quicken
Verse 160
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
Thy word is true from the beginning
Heb. The beginning of the word is true.
86,138 Proverbs 30:5 2 Timothy 3:16
and every one
75,142,144,152 Ecclesiastes 3:14 Matthew 5:18
SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
Princes
23,157 1 Samuel 21:15 24:9-15 26:18 John 15:25
my heart
4:4 Genesis 39:9 42:18 2 Kings 22:19 Nehemiah 5:15 Job 31:23 Isaiah 66:2 Jeremiah 36:23-25
I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
rejoice
as one
1 Samuel 30:16 Proverbs 16:19 Isaiah 9:3
I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
hate
29,113,128 101:7 Proverbs 6:16-19 30:8 Amos 5:15 Romans 12:9 Ephesians 4:25 Revelation 22:15
Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
Seven times
That is, probably many times, or frequently, as the term seven frequently denotes; but Rabbi Solomon says that this is to be understood literally; for they praised God twice in the morning before reading the decalogue, and once after; twice in the evening before the same reading, and twice after; making in the whole seven times.
because
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
Great
Proverbs 3:1,2,17 Isaiah 32:17 57:21 John 14:27 Galatians 5:22,23 6:15,16 Philippians 4:7
nothing shall offend them
Heb. they shall have no stumbling block.
Isaiah 8:13-15 28:13 57:14 Matthew 13:21 24:24 1 Peter 2:6-8
LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
Lord
and done
4:5 24:3-5 50:23 John 7:17 1 John 2:3,4
My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
soul
6-8,97,111,159 John 14:21-24 15:9,10 Hebrews 10:16
and I love
I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee.
for all my
44:20,21 98:8 139:3 Job 34:21 Proverbs 5:21 Jeremiah 23:24 Hebrews 4:13 Revelation 2:23
TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
Let my cry
give me
144 1 Chronicles 22:12 2 Chronicles 1:10 Proverbs 2:3-5 Daniel 2:21 James 1:5
Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
deliver me
41 89:20-25 Genesis 32:9-12 2 Samuel 7:25
My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
my lips, etc
Or, more literally, and accordant with the context. "My lips shall pour forth (tabb‚nah) praise; for (kee) thou hast taught me thy statues."
My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness.
tongue
13,46 37:30 40:9,10 78:4 Deuteronomy 6:7 Matthew 12:34,35 Ephesians 4:29 Colossians 4:6
for all thy
Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
Let
94,117 Isaiah 41:10-14 Mark 9:24 2 Corinthians 12:9 Ephesians 6:10-20 Philippians 4:13
for
30,35,40,111 Deuteronomy 30:19 Joshua 24:15,22 1 Kings 3:11,12 Proverbs 1:29 Luke 10:42
I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight.
longed
81,166 Genesis 49:18 2 Samuel 23:5 Proverbs 13:12 Song of Solomon 5:8 Romans 7:22-25 8:23-25 Philippians 1:23
and thy law
Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
Let my
9:13,14 30:9 51:14,15 118:18,19 Isaiah 38:19
and let thy
75 Isaiah 26:8,9 Romans 8:28 1 Corinthians 11:31,32 2 Corinthians 4:17
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
gone astray
Isaiah 53:6 Ezekiel 34:6,16 Matthew 10:6 15:24 18:12,13 Luke 15:4-7 John 10:16 1 Peter 2:25
seek
Song of Solomon 1:4 Jeremiah 31:18 Luke 19:10 Galatians 4:9 Philippians 2:13 James 1:17