Psa 119 | TSK | STEP | This psalm contains sundry prayers, praises, and professions of obedience. 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 [Bêyth,] 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. undefiled. or, perfect, or sincere. walk.

Psalms 119

1 This psalm contains sundry prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.

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 [Bêyth,] 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; Mt 5:3-12; Lu 11:28; Joh 13:17

Jas 1:25; Re 22:14

undefiled. or, perfect, or sincere.

2Ki 20:3; 2Ch 31:20,21; Job 1:1,8; Joh 1:47; Ac 24:16; 2Co 1:12

Tit 2:11,12

walk.

Eze 11:20; Ho 14:9; Lu 1:6; 1Th 4:1,2

keep.

22,146; 25:10; 105:45; De 6:17; 1Ki 2:3; Pr 23:26; Eze 36:27

Joh 14:23; 1Jo 3:20

seek.

10; De 4:29; 2Ch 31:21; Jer 29:13

1Jo 3:9; 5:18

De 4:1,9; 5:29-33; 6:17; 11:13,22; 12:32; 28:1-14; 30:16; Jos 1:7

Jer 7:23; Mt 28:20; Joh 14:15,21; Php 4:8,9; 1Jo 5:3

32,36,44,45,131,159,173; 51:10; Jer 31:33; Ro 7:22-24; 2Th 3:5

Heb 13:21

shall I.

31,80; Job 22:26; Da 12:2,3; 1Jo 2:28; 3:20,21

I have.

128; Joh 15:14; Jas 2:10

I will.

171; 9:1; 86:12,13; 1Ch 29:13-17

when.

12,18,19,27,33,34,64,73,124; 25:4,5,8-10; 143:10; Isa 48:17

Joh 6:45

thy righteous judgments. Heb. judgments of thy righteousness.

138

I will.

16,106,115; Jos 24:15

O forsake.

116,117,176; 38:21,22; 51:11; Php 4:13 BETH

shall.

25:7; 34:11; Job 1:5; 13:26; Pr 1:4,10; 4:1,10-17; 5:7-23; 6:20-35

Pr 7:7; Ec 11:9,10; 12:1; Lu 15:13; 2Ti 2:22; Tit 2:4-6

by taking.

11,97-105; 1:1-3; 19:7-11; 78:4-8; De 6:6-9; 17:18; Jos 1:7

Joh 15:3; 2Ti 3:15-17; Jas 1:21-25

my whole.

2,34,58,69; 78:37; 1Sa 7:3; 2Ch 15:15; Jer 3:10; Ho 10:2

Zep 1:5,6; Mt 6:24; Col 3:22; 1Jo 2:15

O let me.

21,118,133,176; 23:3; 125:5; 143:8-10; Pr 2:13; 21:16; Isa 35:8

Eze 34:6; 2Pe 2:15-22

Thy word.

97; 1:2; 37:31; 40:8; Job 22:22; Pr 2:1,10,11; Isa 51:7; Jer 15:16

Lu 2:19,51; Col 3:16

that I.

19:13

Blessed.

1Ti 1:11; 6:15

teach.

26,27,33,64,66,68,71,72,108,124, 25:4,5; 86:11; 143:10

Lu 24:45; Joh 14:26; 1Jo 2:27

I declared.

46,172; 34:11; 37:30; 40:9,10; 71:15-18; 118:17; Mt 10:27; 12:34

Ac 4:20

rejoiced.

47,72,77,111,127,162; 19:9,10; 112:1; Job 23:12; Jer 15:16

Mt 13:44; Ac 2:41-47

meditate.

23,48,78,97,131,148; 1:2; Jas 1:25

have respect.

6,117

delight.

14,24,35,47,70,77,92; 40:8; Ro 7:22; Heb 10:16,17

not forget.

11,83,93,109,141,176; Pr 3:1; Jas 1:23,24 GIMEL

Deal.{Gemol,} "reward" thy servant: let him have the return of his faith and prayers. From this word is derived the name of [Gîymel,] {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; Joh 1:16; 2Co 9:7-11; Php 4:19

I may live.

Ro 8:2-4; Eph 2:4,5,10; Tit 2:11,12; 1Jo 2:29; 5:3,4

Open. Heb. Reveal.

Isa 29:10-12,18; 32:3; 35:5; Mt 13:13; 16:17; Joh 9:39; Ac 26:18

2Co 3:14-18; 4:4-6; Eph 1:17,18; Re 3:18

wondrous.

96; Ho 8:12; 2Co 3:13; Heb 8:5; 10:1

a stranger.

39:12; Ge 47:9; 1Ch 29:15; 2Co 5:6; Heb 11:13-16; 1Pe 2:11

hide.

10; Job 39:17; Isa 63:17; Lu 9:45; 24:45

soul.

40,131,174; 42:1; 63:1; 84:2; Pr 13:12; So 5:8; Re 3:15,16

at all times.

106:3; Job 23:11,12; 27:10; Pr 17:17

rebuked.

78; 138:6; Ex 10:3; 18:11; Job 40:11,12; Isa 2:11,12; 10:12

Eze 28:2-10; Da 4:37; 5:22-24; Mal 4:1; Lu 14:11; 18:14; Jas 4:6

1Pe 5:5

cursed.

10,110,118; De 27:15-26; 28:15; 30:19; Ne 9:16,29; Isa 42:24

Isa 43:28; Jer 44:9-11,16,28,29; Ga 3:13

Remove.

39,42; 39:8; 42:10; 68:9-11,19,20; 123:3,4; 1Sa 25:10,39

2Sa 16:7,8; Job 16:20; 19:2,3; Heb 13:13

for I have.

37:3,6; 1Pe 2:20; 3:16,17; 4:14-16

Princes.

2:1,2; 1Sa 20:31; 22:7-13; Lu 22:66; 23:1,2,10,11

thy servant.

testimonies.

16,77,92,143,162; Job 27:10; Jer 6:10

my counsellors. Heb. men of my counsel.

97-100,104,105; 19:11; De 17:18-20; Jos 1:8; Pr 6:20-23; Isa 8:20

Col 3:16; 2Ti 3:15-17 DALETH

soul.

22:15; 44:25; Isa 65:25; Mt 16:23; Ro 7:22-24; Php 3:19; Col 3:2

quicken.

37,40,88,93,107,149,156,159; 71:20; 80:18; 143:11; Ro 8:2,3

according.

De 30:6; 2Sa 7:27-29

declared.

106; 32:5; 38:18; 51:1-19; Pr 28:13

teach.

12; 25:4,8,9; 27:11; 86:11; 143:8-10; 1Ki 8:36

so shall I talk.

71:17; 78:4; 105:2; 111:4; 145:5,6; Ex 13:14,15; Jos 4:6,7; Ac 2:11

Re 15:3

soul.

22:14; 107:26; Jos 2:11,24

melteth. Heb. droppeth. strengthen.

27:14; 29:11; De 33:25; Isa 40:29,31; Zec 10:12; Eph 3:16; Php 4:13

Remove.

37,104,128,163; 141:3,4; Pr 30:8; Isa 44:20; Jer 16:19; Jon 2:8

Eph 4:22-25; 1Jo 1:8; 2:4; Re 22:15

grant me.

5; Jer 31:33,34; Heb 8:10,11

chosen.

29,111,173; Jos 24:15; Pr 1:29; Lu 10:42; Joh 3:19-21; 8:45

1Pe 2:2; 2Jo 1:4

thy judgments.

24,52; De 11:18-20

stuck.

48,115; De 4:4; 10:20; Pr 23:23; Joh 8:31; Ac 11:23

put me.

6,80; 25:2,20; Isa 45:17; 49:23; Jer 17:18; Ro 5:5; 1Jo 2:28

run.

So 1:4; Isa 40:31; 1Co 9:24-26; Heb 12:1

enlarge.

45; 18:36; 1Ki 4:29; Job 36:15,16; Isa 60:5; 61:1; Lu 1:74,75

Joh 8:32,36; 2Co 3:17; 6:11; 1Pe 2:16 HE

Teach.

12,26,27; Isa 54:13; Joh 6:45

I shall keep.

8,112; Mt 10:22; 24:13; 1Co 1:7,8; Php 1:6; 1Jo 2:19,20,27; Re 2:26

Give me.

73; 111:10; Job 28:28; Pr 2:5,6; Joh 7:17; Jas 1:5; 3:13-18

I shall.

De 4:6; Mt 5:19; 7:24; Jas 1:25; 2:8-12; 4:11

observe.

10,58,69

Make me.

27,36,173; Eze 36:26,27; Php 2:13; Heb 13:21

the path.

23:3; Pr 3:17; 4:11,18; 8:20; Isa 2:3; 48:17

therein.

16; Isa 58:13,14; Ro 7:22; 1Jo 5:3

Incline.

51:10; 141:4; 1Ki 8:58; Jer 32:39; Eze 11:19,20

and not to.

10:3; Ex 18:21; Eze 33:31; Hab 2:9; Mr 7:21,22; Lu 12:15; 16:14

Eph 5:3; Col 3:5; 1Ti 6:9,10,17; Heb 13:5; 2Pe 2:3,14

Turn. Heb. Make to pass.

Nu 15:39; Jos 7:21; 2Sa 11:2; Job 31:1; Pr 4:25; 23:5; Isa 33:15

Mt 5:28; 1Jo 2:16

quicken.

25,40

Stablish.

49; 2Sa 7:25-29; 2Co 1:20

who is devoted.

103:11,13,17; 145:19; 147:11; Jer 32:39-41

Turn.

22,31; 39:8; 57:3; 2Sa 12:14; 1Ti 3:7; 5:14; Tit 2:8

for thy.

20,43,75,123,131; 19:9; De 4:8; Isa 26:8; Ro 2:2; Re 19:2

I have.

5,20; Mt 26:41; Ro 7:24; 2Co 7:1; Ga 5:17; Php 3:13,14

quicken.

25,37,88,107,149,156,159; Mr 9:24; Joh 5:21; 10:10; 1Co 15:45

Eph 2:5; 3Jo 1:2 VAU

58,76,77,132; 69:16; 106:4,5; Lu 2:28-32

So shall.

3:2; 42:10; 71:10,11; 109:25; Mt 27:40-43,63

have wherewith, etc. or, answer him that reproacheth me in athing.

2Sa 16:7,8; 19:18-20

for I trust.

49,74,81; 56:4,10,11; 89:19-37; 2Sa 7:12-16; 1Ch 28:3-6; Ac 27:25

take not.

13; 50:16; 51:14,15; 71:17,18; Isa 59:21; Eph 1:13; Jas 1:18

for I have.

52,120,175; 7:6-9; 9:4,16; 43:1; 1Pe 2:23

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.

33,34; Re 7:15; 22:11

And I will.

133; Lu 4:18; Joh 8:30-36; Jas 1:25; 2:12; 2Pe 2:19

at liberty. Heb. at large.

for I seek.

19,71,94,148,162; Pr 2:4,5; 18:1; Ec 1:13; Joh 5:39; Eph 5:17

speak.

138:1; Da 3:16-18; 4:1-3,25-27; Mt 10:18,19; Ac 26:1,2,24-29

will not.

Mr 8:38; Ro 1:16; Php 1:20; 2Ti 1:8,16; 1Pe 4:14-16; 1Jo 2:28

I will delight.

16,24; 112:1; Joh 4:34; Php 2:5; 1Pe 2:21

which.

48,97,127,140,167,174; 19:7-10; Job 23:11,12; Ro 7:12,16,22

hands.

10:12; Eze 44:12; Mic 5:9

unto thy.

Mt 7:21; Joh 13:17; 15:14; Jas 1:22-25

and I will.

15; 1:2 ZAIN

Remember.

105:2,42; 106:4,45; Ge 8:1; 32:9; Job 7:7; Isa 62:6; *marg:

upon which.

43,74,81,147; 71:14; 2Sa 5:2; 7:25; Ro 15:13; 1Pe 1:13,21

This.

27:13; 28:7; 42:8,11; 94:19; Jer 15:16; Ro 5:3-5; 15:4; Heb 6:17-19

Heb 12:11,12

for thy.

25; Eze 37:10; Joh 6:63; Jas 1:18; 1Pe 1:3; 2:2

proud.

21,69; 123:3,4; Jer 20:7; Lu 16:14,15; 23:35

yet have.

31,157; 44:18; Job 23:11; Isa 38:3; 42:4; Ac 20:23,24; Heb 12:1-3

remembered.

77:5,11,12; 105:5; 143:5; Ex 14:29,30; Nu 16:3-35; De 1:35,36

De 4:3,4; 2Pe 2:4-9

horror.{Zilâphah} 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; Ezr 9:3,14; 10:6; Jer 13:17; Da 4:19; Hab 3:16

Lu 19:41,42; Ro 9:1-3; 2Co 12:21; Php 3:18

89:1; 10:1; Ge 47:9; Heb 11:13-16

night.

42:8; 63:6; 77:6; 139:18; Ge 32:24-28; Job 35:9,10; Isa 26:9

Lu 6:12; Ac 16:25

kept.

17,34; Joh 14:21; 15:10

because.

165; 18:18-22; 1Jo 3:19-24 CHETH

my portion.

16:5; 73:26; 142:5; Jer 10:16; La 3:24

I have.

106,115; 66:14; De 26:17,18; Jos 24:15,18,21,24-27; Ne 10:29-39

I intreated.

10; 4:6; 51:1-3; 86:1-3; Ho 7:14; Heb 10:22

favour. Heb. face.

27:8; Job 11:19; *marg:

be merciful.

41,65,76,170; 56:4,10; 138:2; Mt 24:35

thought.

La 3:40; Eze 18:28,30; Hag 1:5,7; Lu 15:17-20; 2Co 13:5

turned.

De 4:30,31; Jer 8:4-6; 31:18,19; Eze 33:14-16,19; Joe 2:13

2Co 12:21

made.

95:7,8; Eze 10:6-8; Pr 27:1; Ec 9:10; Ga 1:16

The bands. or, The companies.

95; 3:1; 1Sa 30:3-5; Job 1:17; Ho 6:9

but I.

176; 1Sa 24:9-11; 26:9-11; Pr 24:29; Ro 12:17-21

midnight.

147,164; 42:8; Mr 1:35; Ac 16:25

thy.

7,75,106,137; 19:9; De 4:8; Ro 7:12

a companion.

79,115; 16:3; 101:6; 142:7; Pr 13:20; Mal 3:16-18; 2Co 6:14-17

1Jo 1:3; 3:14

earth.

33:5; 104:13; 145:9

teach.

12,26; 27:11; Isa 2:3; 48:17,18; Mt 11:29 TETH

dealt well.

17; 13:6; 16:5,6; 18:35; 23:5,6; 30:11; 116:7; 1Ch 29:14

Teach me.

34; 72:1,2; 1Ki 3:9,28; Pr 2:1-9; 8:20; Isa 11:2-4; Jud 3:15

Mt 13:11; Php 1:9; Jas 3:13-18

I Have.

128,160,172; Ne 9:13,14

Before.

176; 73:5-28; De 32:15; 2Sa 10:19; 11:2-27; 2Ch 33:9-13; Pr 1:32

Jer 22:21

but now.

71,75; Jer 31:18,19; Ho 2:6,7; 5:15; 6:1; Heb 12:10,11; Re 3:10

good.

86:5; 106:1; 107:1; 145:7-9; Ex 33:18,19; 34:6,7; Isa 63:7; Mt 5:45

Mt 19:17; Mr 10:18; Lu 18:19

teach.

12,26; 25:8,9

proud.

35:11; 109:2,3; Job 13:4; Jer 43:2,3; Mt 5:11,12; 26:59-68

Ac 24:5,13

I will.

51,157

with my whole.

34,58; Mt 6:24; Jas 1:8

heart is as fat.

17:10; 73:7; Isa 6:10; Ac 28:27

but I.

16,35; 40:8; Ro 7:22

good.

67; 94:12,13; Isa 27:9; 1Co 11:32; Heb 12:10,11

better.

14,111,127,162; 19:10; Pr 3:14,15; 8:10,11,19; 16:16; Mt 13:44-46 JOD

Thy hands.

100:3; 111:10; 138:8; 139:14-16; Job 10:8-11

give me.

34,125,144,169; 1Ch 22:12; 2Ch 2:12; Job 32:8; 2Ti 2:7; 1Jo 5:20

that I may.

111:10; Jas 3:18

fear thee.

79; 34:2-6; 66:16; Mal 3:16

I have.

42,147; 108:7; Ge 32:11,12; Lu 21:33

I know.

7,62,128,160; De 32:4; Job 34:23; Jer 12:1

right. Heb. righteousness.

Ge 18:25; Ro 3:4,5

thou in.

25:10; 89:30-33; Heb 12:10,11; Re 3:19

merciful.

86:5; 106:4,5; 2Co 1:3-5

for my comfort. Heb. to comfort me.

thy tender.

41; 51:1-3; La 3:22,23; Da 9:18

for thy.

24,47,174; 1:2; Heb 8:10-12

the proud.

21,51,85; 35:26

without.

86; 7:3-5; 25:3; 35:7; 69:4; 109:3; 1Sa 24:10-12,17; 26:18; Joh 15:25

1Pe 2:20

but I will.

23; 1:2

Let those.

63,74; 7:7; 142:7

sound.

25:21; 32:2; De 26:16; 2Ch 12:14; 15:17; 25:2; 31:20,21; Pr 4:23

Eze 11:9; Joh 1:47; 2Co 1:12

that I be.

6; 25:2,3; 1Jo 2:28 CAPH

fainteth.

20,40; 42:1,2; 73:26; 84:2; So 5:8; Re 3:15,16

but I.

42,74,77,114

eyes.

123; 69:3; De 28:32; Pr 13:12; Isa 38:11

When wilt.

86:17; 90:13-15

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.

22:15; 102:3,4; Job 30:30

yet do I.

16,61,176

How.

39:4,5; 89:47,48; 90:12; Job 7:6-8

when.

7:6; Re 6:10,11

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; Pr 16:27; Jer 18:20

which.

58:1,2

All thy.

128,138,142,151; 19:9; Ro 7:12

faithful. Heb. faithfulness. they.

78; 7:1-5; 35:7,19; 38:19; 59:3,4; Jer 18:20

help.

70:5; 142:4-6; 143:9

almost.

1Sa 20:3; 23:26,27; 2Sa 17:16; Mt 10:28

but I forsook.

51,61; 1Sa 24:6,7; 26:9,24

Quicken.

25,40,159

so shall I.

2,146; 25:10; 78:5; 132:12 LAMED

For ever.

152,160; 89:2; Mt 5:18; 24:34,35; 1Pe 1:25; 2Pe 3:13

faithfulness.

De 7:9; Mic 7:20

unto all generations. Heb. to generation and generation.

89:1,2; 100:5

thou hast

89:11; 93:1; 104:5; Job 38:4-7; 2Pe 3:5-7

abideth. Heb. standeth.

They continue this.

148:5,6; Ge 8:22; Isa 48:13; Jer 33:25

all are.

De 4:19; Jos 10:12,13; Jud 5:20; Mt 5:45; 8:9

thy law.

24,77,143; Ro 15:4

I should.

27:13; 94:18,19; Pr 6:22,23

will never.

16,50; Joh 6:63; 1Pe 1:23

I am thine.

86:2; Jos 10:4-6; Isa 41:8-10; 44:2,5; 64:8-10; Zep 3:17

Ac 27:23,24

for I have.

27,40,173

wicked.

61,69,85-87; 10:8-10; 27:2; 37:32; 38:12; 1Sa 23:20-23; 2Sa 17:1-4

Mt 26:3-5; Ac 12:11; 23:21; 25:3

but I.

24,31,111,125,129,167

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; 1Sa 9:2; 17:8,49-51; 31:4,5; 2Sa 14:25; 16:23; 17:23

2Sa 18:14,17; Ec 1:2,3; 2:11; 7:20; 12:8; Mt 5:18; 24:35

but thy.

19:7,8; Mt 5:28; 22:37-40; Mr 12:29-34; Ro 7:7-12,14; Heb 4:12,13 MEM

O how.

48,113,127,159,165,167; 1:2; De 6:6-9; 17:19; Jos 1:8; Pr 2:10

Pr 18:1

through.

104; De 4:6,8; 1Sa 18:5,14,30; Pr 2:6; Col 3:16

they are ever. Heb. it is ever.

11,30,105; Jas 1:25

than all.

De 4:6-8; 2Sa 15:24-26; 1Ch 15:11-13; 2Ch 29:15-36; 30:22; Jer 2:8

Jer 8:8,9; Mt 11:25; 13:11; 15:6-9,14; 23:24-36; Heb 5:12

for thy.

24; 2Ti 3:15-17

understand.

1Ki 12:6-15; Job 12:12; 15:9,10; 32:4,10

because.

111:10; Job 28:28; Jer 8:8,9; Mt 7:24; Jas 3:13

refrained.

59,60,104,126; 18:23; Pr 1:15; Isa 53:6; 55:7; Jer 2:36

Tit 2:11,12; 1Pe 2:1,2; 3:10,11

departed.

18:21; Pr 5:7; Jer 32:40

for thou.

Eph 4:20-24; 1Th 2:13; 1Jo 2:19,27

sweet.

19:10; 63:5; Job 23:12; Pr 3:17; 8:11; 24:13,14; So 1:2-4; 5:1

taste. Heb. palate.

Through.

98,100

therefore.

128; 36:4; 97:10; 101:3; Pr 8:13; Am 5:15; Ro 12:9

false way.

29,30; Pr 14:12; Mt 7:13 NUN

word.

19:8; 43:3; Pr 6:23; Eph 5:13; 2Pe 1:19

lamp. or, candle.

18:28; Job 29:3

sworn.

56:12; 66:13,14; 2Ch 15:13,14; Ne 10:29; Ec 5:4,5; Mt 5:33; 2Co 8:5

that I will.

115; 2Ki 23:3

afflicted.

6:1; 22:14-18; 34:19

quicken.

25,88; 143:11

Accept.

Nu 29:39; Ho 14:2; Heb 13:15

teach.

12,26,130,169

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.

Jud 12:3; 1Sa 19:5; 20:3; Job 13:14; Ro 8:36; 1Co 15:31; 2Co 11:23

yet do I not.

83,117,152

wicked.

85; 10:8-18; 124:6,7; 140:5; 141:9; Pr 1:11,12; Jer 18:22

yet I erred.

10,21,51,87,95; Da 6:10; Lu 20:19-26

Thy testimonies.

14,127,162; 16:5; De 33:4; Isa 54:17; Ac 26:18; Col 1:12; Heb 9:15

1Pe 1:4

for they.

74,92,174; 19:8; Jer 15:16; 1Pe 1:8

inclined.

36; 141:4; Jos 24:23; 1Ki 8:58; 2Ch 19:3; Php 2:13

perform. Heb. do. the end.

33,44; 1Pe 1:13; Re 2:10

hate.

94:11; Isa 55:7; Jer 4:14; Mr 7:21; 2Co 10:5

vain thoughts.Or, "divided thoughts," {saiâphim,} 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.

97,103

my hiding.

32:7; 91:1,2; Isa 32:2

my shield.

3:3; 84:11

I hope.

81; 130:5,6

Depart.

6:8; 26:5,9; 139:19; Mt 7:23; 25:41; 1Co 15:33

for I will.

106; Jos 24:15

Uphold.

37:17,24; 41:12; 63:8; 94:18; Isa 41:10; 42:1

and let me.

25:2; Isa 45:17; Ro 5:5; 9:32; 10:11; 1Pe 2:6

Hold.

17:5; 71:6; 73:23; 139:10; Isa 41:13; Joh 10:28,29; Ro 14:4; 1Pe 1:5

Jude 1:24

and I will.

6,48,111,112

trodden.

Isa 25:10; 63:3; Mal 4:3; Lu 21:24; Re 14:20

err.

10,21; 95:10

their deceit.

29; 78:36,37,57; Isa 44:20; Eph 4:22; 5:6; 2Th 2:9-11; 2Ti 3:13

1Jo 2:21; Re 18:23

Thou.When Thou triest them in the refining fire, they are burnt up, fly off in fumes, or in {scoriæ,} which Thou sweepest away.

puttest away. Heb. causest to cease.

1Sa 15:23; Jer 6:30; Eze 22:18-22; Mal 3:2,3; Mt 3:12; 7:23

Mt 13:40-42,49,50

therefore.

111,126-128

My flesh.

53; Le 10:1-3; 1Sa 6:20; 2Sa 6:8,9; 1Ch 24:16,17,30; 2Ch 34:21,27

Isa 66:2; Da 10:8-11; Hab 3:16; Php 2:12; Heb 12:21,28,29

Re 1:17,18 AIN

I have.

7:3-5; 18:20-24; 75:2; 1Sa 24:11-15; 25:28; 2Sa 8:15; Ac 21:16

Ac 25:10,11; 2Co 1:12

leave me.

37:33; 57:3,4; 2Pe 2:9

surety.

Ge 43:9; Pr 22:26,27; Isa 38:14; Phm 1:18,19; Heb 7:22

let not.

21; 36:11

81,82; 69:3; 130:6; 143:7; La 4:17

Deal.

41,76,77,132; 51:1; 69:13,16; 79:8; 103:10; 130:3,4,7; Da 9:18

Lu 18:13; 2Ti 1:16-18

teach.

12,26; 143:10-12; Ne 9:20

I am thy.

94; 86:16; 116:16; Ro 6:22

give.

34,66; 2Ch 1:7-10; 2Co 3:5,6; 2Ti 2:7; Jas 1:5; 3:13-17

that I.

11,18,19,29; Pr 9:10; 14:8

time.

9:19; 102:13; Ge 22:10,11,14; De 32:36; Isa 42:14

to work.That is, "to take vengeance," as {âsah} 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.

Jer 8:8; Hab 1:4; Mal 2:8; Mt 15:6; Ro 3:31; 4:14

I love.

72; 19:10; Pr 3:13-18; 8:11; 16:16; Mt 13:45,46; Eph 3:8

I esteem.

6; 19:7,8; De 4:8; Job 33:27; Pr 30:5; Ro 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.

104,118 PE

testimonies.

18; 139:6; Isa 9:6; 25:1; Re 19:10

doth.

2,31,146; 25:10

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; Pr 6:23; Isa 8:20; Lu 1:77-79; Ac 26:18; 2Co 4:4,6

Eph 5:13,14; 2Pe 1:19

it giveth.

19:7; Pr 1:4,22,23; 9:4-6; Ro 16:18,19; 2Ti 3:15-17

opened.

20; 42:1; Isa 26:8,9; 1Pe 2:2

I longed.

40,162,174; Heb 12:14

Look.

124; 25:18; Ex 4:31; 1Sa 1:11; 2Sa 16:12; Isa 63:7-9

as thou usest to do unto those. Heb. according to the customtoward those.

106:4; 2Th 1:6,7

Order.

116; 17:5; 32:8; 121:3; 1Sa 2:9

let not.

19:13; Ro 6:12-14; 7:23,24

122; 56:1,2,13; 105:43-45; Eze 11:17-20; 36:24-27; Lu 1:74,75

Ac 9:31

Make.

4:6; 80:1,3,7,19; Nu 6:25,26; Job 33:26; Re 22:4,5

and teach.

12,26; Job 34:32; 35:11; 36:22; Lu 24:45

53,158; 1Sa 15:11; Jer 9:1,18; 13:17; 14:17; Eze 9:4; Lu 19:41

Ro 9:2,3

99:4; 103:6; 145:17; De 32:4; Ezr 9:15; Ne 9:33; Jer 12:1; Da 9:7,14

Ro 2:5; 3:5,6; 9:14; Re 15:3,4; 16:7; 19:2

testimonies.

86,144; 19:7-9; De 4:8,45

righteous. Heb. righteousness. faithful. Heb. faithfulness.

zeal.

69:9; 1Ki 19:10,14; Joh 2:17

consumed me. or, cut me off. because.

53:4; Mt 9:13; 12:3-5; 15:4-6; 21:13,16,42; 22:29; Ac 13:27

Ac 28:23-27

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; Pr 30:5; Ro 7:12,16,22; 1Pe 2:2; 2Pe 1:21

small.

22:6; 40:17; Pr 15:16; 16:8; 19:1; Isa 53:3; Lu 6:20; 9:58; 2Co 8:9

Jas 2:5

yet do.

109,176; Pr 3:1

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; Isa 51:6,8; Da 9:24; 2Th 1:6-10

and thy.

151; 19:9; Joh 17:17; Eph 4:21

Trouble.

107; 18:4,5; 88:3-18; 116:3; 130:1; Mr 14:33,34

taken hold on me. Heb. found me. yet thy.

16,47,77; Job 23:12; Joh 4:34

righteousness.

138,152; Mt 5:18; 1Pe 1:23-25

give me.

34,66,73,169; 2Co 4:6; 1Jo 5:20,21

understanding.

Pr 10:21; Isa 6:9,10; 27:11; Jer 4:22; Da 12:10; Ho 4:6; Mt 13:19

Joh 17:3 KOPH

cried.

10; 61:1,2; 62:8; 86:4; 102:1; *title

142:1,2; 1Sa 1:10,15; Jer 29:13

I will.

44,106,115

and I shall keep. or, that I may keep.

134; Jud 10:15,16; Mt 1:21; Tit 2:14; 3:4-8

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; Isa 26:9; Mr 1:35

hoped.

74,81; 56:4; 130:5; Heb 6:17-19

eyes.

62; 63:1,6; 139:17,18; La 2:19; Lu 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.

5:2,3; 55:2; 64:1

according unto.

51:1; 69:16; 109:21; Isa 63:7

quicken me.

25,40,154,156

draw nigh.

22:11-13,16; 27:2; 1Sa 23:16; 2Sa 17:16; Mt 26:46,47

for from.

50:17; Job 21:14; Pr 1:7,22; 28:9; Eph 2:13,14

near.

46:1; 75:1; 139:2; 145:18; De 4:7; Mt 1:23

all.

138,142

thy testimonies.

144,160; 89:34-37; 111:7,8; Ec 3:14; Lu 21:33 RESH

Consider.

159; 9:13; 13:3,4; 25:19; Ex 3:7,8; Ne 9:32; La 2:20; 5:1

for I.

16,98,109,141,176

Plead.

35:1; 43:1; 1Sa 24:15; Job 5:8; Pr 22:23; Jer 11:20; 50:34; 51:36

Mic 7:9; 1Jo 2:1

quicken.

25,40

Salvation.

18:27; Job 5:4; Isa 46:12; 57:19; Eph 2:17,18

for they.

10:4; Job 21:14,15; Pr 1:7; Lu 16:24; Ro 3:11

Great. Heb. Many. are thy.

51:1; 86:5,13,15; 1Ch 21:13; Isa 55:7; 63:7

quicken.

149

Many.

3:1,2; 22:12,16; 25:19; 56:2; 118:10-12; Mt 24:9; 26:47; Ac 4:27

yet do I.

51,110; 44:17; Job 17:9; 23:11; Isa 42:4; Ac 20:23,24

1Co 15:58

53,136; Eze 9:4; Mr 3:5

Consider.

97,153; 2Ki 20:3; Ne 5:19; 13:22

quicken.

Thy word is true from the beginning. Heb. The beginning ofthe word is true.

86,138; Pr 30:5; 2Ti 3:16

and every one.

75,142,144,152; Ec 3:14; Mt 5:18 SCHIN

Princes.

23,157; 1Sa 21:15; 24:9-15; 26:18; Joh 15:25

my heart.

4:4; Ge 39:9; 42:18; 2Ki 22:19; Ne 5:15; Job 31:23; Isa 66:2

Jer 36:23-25

rejoice.

72,111; Jer 15:16

as one.

1Sa 30:16; Pr 16:19; Isa 9:3

hate.

29,113,128; 101:7; Pr 6:16-19; 30:8; Am 5:15; Ro 12:9; Eph 4:25

Re 22:15

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.

62; 55:17

because.

48:11; 97:8; Re 19:2

Great.

Pr 3:1,2,17; Isa 32:17; 57:21; Joh 14:27; Ga 5:22,23; 6:15,16

Php 4:7

nothing shall offend them. Heb. they shall have no stumblingblock.

Isa 8:13-15; 28:13; 57:14; Mt 13:21; 24:24; 1Pe 2:6-8

Lord.

81,174; 130:5-7; Ge 49:18

and done.

4:5; 24:3-5; 50:23; Joh 7:17; 1Jo 2:3,4

soul.

6-8,97,111,159; Joh 14:21-24; 15:9,10; Heb 10:16

and I love.

40:8; Ro 7:22

for all my.

44:20,21; 98:8; 139:3; Job 34:21; Pr 5:21; Jer 23:24; Heb 4:13

Re 2:23 TAU

Let my cry.

145; 18:6; 2Ch 30:27

give me.

144; 1Ch 22:12; 2Ch 1:10; Pr 2:3-5; Da 2:21; Jas 1:5

deliver me.

41; 89:20-25; Ge 32:9-12; 2Sa 7:25

my lips, etc.Or, more literally, and accordant with the context. "My lips shall pour forth (tabbânah) praise; for (kee) thou hast taught me thy statues."

7; 50:23; 71:17,23,24

tongue.

13,46; 37:30; 40:9,10; 78:4; De 6:7; Mt 12:34,35; Eph 4:29; Col 4:6

for all thy.

86,138,142; Ro 7:12,14

Let.

94,117; Isa 41:10-14; Mr 9:24; 2Co 12:9; Eph 6:10-20; Php 4:13

for.

30,35,40,111; De 30:19; Jos 24:15,22; 1Ki 3:11,12; Pr 1:29

Lu 10:42

longed.

81,166; Ge 49:18; 2Sa 23:5; Pr 13:12; So 5:8; Ro 7:22-25; 8:23-25