(KJV) Psalm 1191

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Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet 2

‎א‎ ALEPH.⥂

[1] Blessed3 [are] the undefiled4 in the way, who walk5 in the law of the Lord. [2] Blessed [are] they that keep6 his testimonies, [and that] seek7 him with the whole heart. [3] They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.8 [4] Thou hast commanded [us] to keep thy precepts diligently.9 [5] O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!10 [6] Then shall I11 not be ashamed, when I have12 respect unto all thy commandments. [7] I will13 praise thee with uprightness of heart, when14 I shall have learned thy righteous judgments15. [8] I will16 keep thy statutes: O forsake17 me not utterly.

‎ב‎ BETH.⥂

[9] Wherewithal shall18 a young man cleanse his way? by taking19 heed [thereto] according to thy word. [10] With my whole20 heart have I sought thee: O let me21 not wander from thy commandments. [11] Thy word22 have I hid in mine heart, that I23 might not sin against thee. [12] Blessed24 [art] thou, O Lord: teach25 me thy statutes. [13] With my lips have I declared26 all the judgments of thy mouth. [14] I have rejoiced27 in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all riches. [15] I will meditate28 in thy precepts, and have respect29 unto thy ways. [16] I will delight30 myself in thy statutes: I will not forget31 thy word.

‎ג‎ GIMEL.⥂

[17] Deal32 bountifully with thy servant, [that] I may live33, and keep thy word. [18] Open34 thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous35 things out of thy law. [19] I [am] a stranger36 in the earth: hide37 not thy commandments from me. [20] My soul38 breaketh for the longing [that it hath] unto thy judgments at all times39. [21] Thou hast rebuked40 the proud [that are] cursed41, which do err from thy commandments. [22] Remove42 from me reproach and contempt; for I have43 kept thy testimonies. [23] Princes44 also did sit [and] speak against me: [but] thy servant45 did meditate in thy statutes. [24] Thy testimonies46 also [are] my delight [and] my counsellors47.

‎ד‎ DALETH.⥂

[25] My soul48 cleaveth unto the dust: quicken49 thou me according50 to thy word. [26] I have declared51 my ways, and thou heardest me: teach52 me thy statutes. [27] Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk53 of thy wondrous works. [28] My soul54 melteth55 for heaviness: strengthen56 thou me according unto thy word. [29] Remove57 from me the way of lying: and grant me58 thy law graciously. [30] I have chosen59 the way of truth: thy judgments60 have I laid [before me]. [31] I have stuck61 unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me62 not to shame. [32] I will run63 the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge64 my heart.

‎ה‎ HE.⥂

[33] Teach65 me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep66 it [unto] the end. [34] Give me67 understanding, and I shall68 keep thy law; yea, I shall observe69 it with [my] whole heart. [35] Make me70 to go in the path71 of thy commandments; for therein72 do I delight. [36] Incline73 my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to74 covetousness. [37] Turn75 away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken76 thou me in thy way. [38] Stablish77 thy word unto thy servant, who [is devoted78] to thy fear. [39] Turn79 away my reproach which I fear: for thy80 judgments [are] good. [40] Behold, I have81 longed after thy precepts: quicken82 me in thy righteousness.

‎ו‎ VAU.⥂

[41] Let thy mercies come also unto me, O Lord, [even] thy salvation, according to thy word.83 [42] So shall84 I have wherewith85 to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust86 in thy word. [43] And take not87 the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have88 hoped in thy judgments. [44] So shall89 I keep90 thy law continually for ever and ever. [45] And I will91 walk at liberty92: for I seek93 thy precepts. [46] I will speak94 of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not95 be ashamed. [47] And I will delight96 myself in thy commandments, which97 I have loved. [48] My hands98 also will I lift up unto thy99 commandments, which I have loved; and I will100 meditate in thy statutes.

‎ז‎ ZAIN.⥂

[49] Remember101 the word unto thy servant, upon which102 thou hast caused me to hope. [50] This103 [is] my comfort in my affliction: for thy104 word hath quickened me. [51] The proud105 have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have106 I not declined from thy law. [52] I remembered107 thy judgments of old, O Lord; and have comforted myself. [53] Horror108 hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. [54] Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.109 [55] I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night110, and have kept111 thy law. [56] This I had, because112 I kept thy precepts.

‎ח‎ CHETH.⥂

[57] [Thou art] my portion113, O Lord: I have114 said that I would keep thy words. [58] I intreated115 thy favour116 with [my] whole heart: be merciful117 unto me according to thy word. [59] I thought118 on my ways, and turned119 my feet unto thy testimonies. [60] I made120 haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. [61] The bands121 of the wicked have robbed me: [but] I122 have not forgotten thy law. [62] At midnight123 I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy124 righteous judgments. [63] I [am] a companion125 of all [them] that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. [64] The earth126, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach127 me thy statutes.

‎ט‎ TETH.⥂

[65] Thou hast dealt well128 with thy servant, O Lord, according unto thy word. [66] Teach me129 good judgment and knowledge: for I have130 believed thy commandments. [67] Before131 I was afflicted I went astray: but now132 have I kept thy word. [68] Thou [art] good133, and doest good; teach134 me thy statutes. [69] The proud135 have forged a lie against me: [but] I will136 keep thy precepts with [my] whole137 heart. [70] Their heart is as fat138 as grease; [but] I139 delight in thy law. [71] [It is] good140 for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. [72] The law of thy mouth [is] better141 unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

‎י‎ JOD.⥂

[73] Thy hands142 have made me and fashioned me: give me143 understanding, that I may144 learn thy commandments. [74] They that fear thee145 will be glad when they see me; because I have146 hoped in thy word. [75] I know147, O Lord, that thy judgments [are] right148, and [that] thou in149 faithfulness hast afflicted me. [76] Let, I pray thee, thy merciful150 kindness be for my comfort151, according to thy word unto thy servant. [77] Let thy tender152 mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy153 law [is] my delight. [78] Let the proud154 be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without155 a cause: [but] I will156 meditate in thy precepts. [79] Let those157 that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies. [80] Let my heart be sound158 in thy statutes; that I be159 not ashamed.

‎כ‎ CAPH.⥂

[81] My soul fainteth160 for thy salvation: [but] I161 hope in thy word. [82] Mine eyes162 fail for thy word, saying, When wilt163 thou comfort me? [83] For I am become like a bottle in the smoke164; [yet] do I165 not forget thy statutes. [84] How166 many [are] the days of thy servant? when167 wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? [85] The proud168 have digged pits for me, which169 [are] not after thy law. [86] All thy170 commandments [are] faithful171: they172 persecute me wrongfully; help173 thou me. [87] They had almost174 consumed me upon earth; but I forsook175 not thy precepts. [88] Quicken176 me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I177 keep the testimony of thy mouth.

‎ל‎ LAMED.⥂

[89] For ever178, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. [90] Thy faithfulness179 [is] unto all generations180: thou hast181 established the earth, and it abideth182. [91] They continue this183 day according to thine ordinances: for all [are184] thy servants. [92] Unless thy law185 [had been] my delights, I should186 then have perished in mine affliction. [93] I will never187 forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. [94] I [am] thine188, save me; for I have189 sought thy precepts. [95] The wicked190 have waited for me to destroy me: [but] I191 will consider thy testimonies. [96] I have seen192 an end of all perfection: [but] thy193 commandment [is] exceeding broad.

‎מ‎ MEM.⥂

[97] O how194 love I thy law! it [is] my meditation all the day. [98] Thou through195 thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they [are] ever196 with me. [99] I have more understanding than all197 my teachers: for thy198 testimonies [are] my meditation. [100] I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. [101] I have refrained199 my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. [102] I have not departed200 from thy judgments: for thou201 hast taught me. [103] How sweet202 are thy words unto my taste203! [yea], [sweeter] than honey to my mouth! [104] Through204 thy precepts I get understanding: therefore205 I hate every false way206.

‎נ‎ NUN.⥂

[105] Thy word207 [is] a lamp208 unto my feet, and a light unto my path. [106] I have sworn209, and I will perform [it], that I will210 keep thy righteous judgments. [107] I am afflicted211 very much: quicken212 me, O Lord, according unto thy word. [108] Accept213, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach214 me thy judgments. [109] My soul215 [is] continually in my hand: yet do I not216 forget thy law. [110] The wicked217 have laid a snare for me: yet I erred218 not from thy precepts. [111] Thy testimonies219 have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they220 [are] the rejoicing of my heart. [112] I have inclined221 mine heart to perform222 thy statutes alway, [even unto] the end223.

‎ס‎ SAMECH.⥂

[113] I hate224 [vain] thoughts225: but thy law226 do I love. [114] Thou [art] my hiding227 place and my shield228: I hope229 in thy word. [115] Depart230 from me, ye evildoers: for I will231 keep the commandments of my God. [116] Uphold232 me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me233 not be ashamed of my hope. [117] Hold234 thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will235 have respect unto thy statutes continually. [118] Thou hast trodden236 down all them that err237 from thy statutes: for their deceit238 [is] falsehood. [119] Thou239 puttest away240 all the wicked of the earth [like] dross: therefore241 I love thy testimonies. [120] My flesh242 trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

‎ע‎ AIN.⥂

[121] I have243 done judgment and justice: leave me244 not to mine oppressors. [122] Be surety245 for thy servant for good: let not246 the proud oppress me. [123] Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.247 [124] Deal248 with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach249 me thy statutes. [125] I [am] thy250 servant; give251 me understanding, that I252 may know thy testimonies. [126] [It is] time253 for [thee], Lord, to work254: [for] they255 have made void thy law. [127] Therefore I love256 thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. [128] Therefore I esteem257 all [thy] precepts [concerning] all [things258 to be] right; [and] I259 hate every false way.

‎פ‎ PE.⥂

[129] Thy testimonies260 [are] wonderful: therefore doth261 my soul keep them. [130] The entrance262 of thy words giveth light; it giveth263 understanding unto the simple. [131] I opened264 my mouth, and panted: for I longed265 for thy commandments. [132] Look266 thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those267 that love thy name. [133] Order268 my steps in thy word: and let not269 any iniquity have dominion over me. [134] Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.270 [135] Make271 thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach272 me thy statutes. [136] Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.273

‎צ‎ TZADDI.⥂

[137] Righteous [art] thou, O Lord, and upright [are] thy judgments.274 [138] Thy testimonies275 [that] thou hast commanded [are] righteous276 and very faithful277. [139] My zeal278 hath consumed me279, because280 mine enemies have forgotten thy words. [140] Thy word281 [is] very pure282: therefore thy servant loveth it. [141] I [am] small283 and despised: [yet] do284 not I forget thy precepts. [142] Thy righteousness285 [is] an everlasting286 righteousness, and thy287 law [is] the truth. [143] Trouble288 and anguish have taken hold on me289: [yet] thy290 commandments [are] my delights. [144] The righteousness291 of thy testimonies [is] everlasting: give me292 understanding293, and I shall live.

‎ק‎ KOPH.⥂

[145] I cried294 with [my] whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will295 keep thy statutes. [146] I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep296 thy testimonies. [147] I prevented297 the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped298 in thy word. [148] Mine eyes299 prevent the [night] watches300, that I might meditate in thy word. [149] Hear301 my voice according unto302 thy lovingkindness: O Lord, quicken me303 according to thy judgment. [150] They draw nigh304 that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. [151] Thou [art] near305, O Lord; and all306 thy commandments [are] truth. [152] Concerning thy testimonies307, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.

‎ר‎ RESH.⥂

[153] Consider308 mine affliction, and deliver me: for I309 do not forget thy law. [154] Plead310 my cause, and deliver me: quicken311 me according to thy word. [155] Salvation312 [is] far from the wicked: for they313 seek not thy statutes. [156] Great314 [are] thy315 tender mercies, O Lord: quicken316 me according to thy judgments. [157] Many317 [are] my persecutors and mine enemies; [yet] do I318 not decline from thy testimonies. [158] I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.319 [159] Consider320 how I love thy precepts: quicken321 me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness. [160] Thy word [is] true [from] the beginning322: and every one323 of thy righteous judgments [endureth] for ever.

‎ש‎ SCHIN.⥂

[161] Princes324 have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart325 standeth in awe of thy word. [162] I rejoice326 at thy word, as one327 that findeth great spoil. [163] I hate328 and abhor lying: [but] thy law do I love. [164] Seven times329 a day do I praise thee because330 of thy righteous judgments. [165] Great331 peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them332. [166] Lord333, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done334 thy commandments. [167] My soul335 hath kept thy testimonies; and I love336 them exceedingly. [168] I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my337 ways [are] before thee.

‎ת‎ TAU.⥂

[169] Let my cry338 come near before thee, O Lord: give me339 understanding according to thy word. [170] Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me340 according to thy word. [171] My lips341 shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. [172] My tongue342 shall speak of thy word: for all thy343 commandments [are] righteousness. [173] Let344 thine hand help me; for345 I have chosen thy precepts. [174] I have longed346 for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law347 [is] my delight. [175] Let my348 soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy349 judgments help me. [176] I have gone astray350 like a lost sheep; seek351 thy servant; for I do352 not forget thy commandments.

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  1. am 3560, bc 444 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 ΰ, the second with α, 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. ↩

  2. Ps 119:1, This psalm contains sundry prayers, praises, and professions of obedience. ↩

  3. Ps 1:1-3, Ps 32:1-2, Ps 112:1, Ps 128:1; Matt 5:3-12; Luke 11:28; John 13:17; Jas 1:25; Rev 22:14 ↩

  4. or, perfect, or sincere, 2Kgs 20:3; 2Chr 31:20-21; Job 1:1, Job 1:8; John 1:47; Acts 24:16; 2Cor 1:12; Titus 2:11-12 ↩

  5. Ezek 11:20; Hos 14:9; Luke 1:6; 1Thess 4:1-2 ↩

  6. Ps 119:22, Ps 119:146, Ps 25:10, Ps 105:45; Deut 6:17; 1Kgs 2:3; Prov 23:26; Ezek 36:27; John 14:23; 1John 3:20 ↩

  7. Ps 119:10; Deut 4:29; 2Chr 31:21; Jer 29:13 ↩

  8. 1John 3:9, 1John 5:18 ↩

  9. Deut 4:1, Deut 4:9, Deut 5:29-33, Deut 6:17, Deut 11:13, Deut 11:22, Deut 12:32, Deut 28:1-14, Deut 30:16; Josh 1:7; Jer 7:23; Matt 28:20; John 14:15, John 14:21; Phil 4:8-9; 1John 5:3 ↩

  10. Ps 119:32, Ps 119:36, Ps 119:44-45, Ps 119:131, Ps 119:159, Ps 119:173, Ps 51:10; Jer 31:33; Rom 7:22-24; 2Thess 3:5; Heb 13:21 ↩

  11. Ps 119:31, Ps 119:80; Job 22:26; Dan 12:2-3; 1John 2:28, 1John 3:20-21 ↩

  12. Ps 119:128; John 15:14; Jas 2:10 ↩

  13. Ps 119:171, Ps 9:1, Ps 86:12-13; 1Chr 29:13-17 ↩

  14. Ps 119:12, Ps 119:18-19, Ps 119:27, Ps 119:33-34, Ps 119:64, Ps 119:73, Ps 119:124, Ps 25:4-5, Ps 25:8-10, Ps 143:10; Isa 48:17; John 6:45 ↩

  15. Heb. judgments of thy righteousness, Ps 119:138 ↩

  16. Ps 119:16, Ps 119:106, Ps 119:115; Josh 24:15 ↩

  17. Ps 119:116-117, Ps 119:176, Ps 38:21-22, Ps 51:11; Phil 4:13 ↩

  18. Ps 25:7, Ps 34:11; Job 1:5, Job 13:26; Prov 1:4, Prov 1:10, Prov 4:1, Prov 4:10-17, Prov 5:7-23, Prov 6:20-35; Prov 7:7; Eccl 11:9-10, Eccl 12:1; Luke 15:13; 2Tim 2:22; Titus 2:4-6 ↩

  19. Ps 119:11, Ps 119:97-105, Ps 1:1-3, Ps 19:7-11, Ps 78:4-8; Deut 6:6-9, Deut 17:18; Josh 1:7; John 15:3; 2Tim 3:15-17; Jas 1:21-25 ↩

  20. Ps 119:2, Ps 119:34, Ps 119:58, Ps 119:69, Ps 78:37; 1Sam 7:3; 2Chr 15:15; Jer 3:10; Hos 10:2; Zeph 1:5-6; Matt 6:24; Col 3:22; 1John 2:15 ↩

  21. Ps 119:21, Ps 119:118, Ps 119:133, Ps 119:176, Ps 23:3, Ps 125:5, Ps 143:8-10; Prov 2:13, Prov 21:16; Isa 35:8; Ezek 34:6; 2Pet 2:15-22 ↩

  22. Ps 119:97, Ps 1:2, Ps 37:31, Ps 40:8; Job 22:22; Prov 2:1, Prov 2:10-11; Isa 51:7; Jer 15:16; Luke 2:19, Luke 2:51; Col 3:16 ↩

  23. Ps 19:13 ↩

  24. 1Tim 1:11, 1Tim 6:15 ↩

  25. Ps 119:26-27, Ps 119:33, Ps 119:64, Ps 119:66, Ps 119:68, Ps 119:71-72, Ps 119:108, Ps 119:124, Ps 25:4-5, Ps 86:11, Ps 143:10; Luke 24:45; John 14:26; 1John 2:27 ↩

  26. Ps 119:46, Ps 119:172, Ps 34:11, Ps 37:30, Ps 40:9-10, Ps 71:15-18, Ps 118:17; Matt 10:27, Matt 12:34; Acts 4:20 ↩

  27. Ps 119:47, Ps 119:72, Ps 119:77, Ps 119:111, Ps 119:127, Ps 119:162, Ps 19:9-10, Ps 112:1; Job 23:12; Jer 15:16; Matt 13:44; Acts 2:41-47 ↩

  28. Ps 119:23, Ps 119:48, Ps 119:78, Ps 119:97, Ps 119:131, Ps 119:148, Ps 1:2; Jas 1:25 ↩

  29. Ps 119:6, Ps 119:117 ↩

  30. Ps 119:14, Ps 119:24, Ps 119:35, Ps 119:47, Ps 119:70, Ps 119:77, Ps 119:92, Ps 40:8; Rom 7:22; Heb 10:16-17 ↩

  31. Ps 119:11, Ps 119:83, Ps 119:93, Ps 119:109, Ps 119:141, Ps 119:176; Prov 3:1; Jas 1:23-24 ↩

  32. Gemol, "reward" thy servant. Let him have the return of his faith and prayers. From this word is derived the name of β, 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. Ps 119:65, Ps 119:124, Ps 119:132, Ps 13:6, Ps 116:7; John 1:16; 2Cor 9:7-11; Phil 4:19 ↩

  33. Rom 8:2-4; Eph 2:4-5, Eph 2:10; Titus 2:11-12; 1John 2:29, 1John 5:3-4 ↩

  34. Heb. Reveal, Isa 29:10-12, Isa 29:18, Isa 32:3, Isa 35:5; Matt 13:13, Matt 16:17; John 9:39; Acts 26:18; 2Cor 3:14-18, 2Cor 4:4-6; Eph 1:17-18; Rev 3:18 ↩

  35. Ps 119:96; Hos 8:12; 2Cor 3:13; Heb 8:5, Heb 10:1 ↩

  36. Ps 39:12; Gen 47:9; 1Chr 29:15; 2Cor 5:6; Heb 11:13-16; 1Pet 2:11 ↩

  37. Ps 119:10; Job 39:17; Isa 63:17; Luke 9:45, Luke 24:45 ↩

  38. Ps 119:40, Ps 119:131, Ps 119:174, Ps 42:1, Ps 63:1, Ps 84:2; Prov 13:12; Song 5:8; Rev 3:15-16 ↩

  39. Ps 106:3; Job 23:11-12, Job 27:10; Prov 17:17 ↩

  40. Ps 119:78, Ps 138:6; Exod 10:3, Exod 18:11; Job 40:11-12; Isa 2:11-12, Isa 10:12; Ezek 28:2-10; Dan 4:37, Dan 5:22-24; Mal 4:1; Luke 14:11, Luke 18:14; Jas 4:6; 1Pet 5:5 ↩

  41. Ps 119:10, Ps 119:110, Ps 119:118; Deut 27:15-26, Deut 28:15, Deut 30:19; Neh 9:16, Neh 9:29; Isa 42:24; Isa 43:28; Jer 44:9-11, Jer 44:16, Jer 44:28-29; Gal 3:13 ↩

  42. Ps 119:39, Ps 119:42, Ps 39:8, Ps 42:10, Ps 68:9-11, Ps 68:19-20, Ps 123:3-4; 1Sam 25:10, 1Sam 25:39; 2Sam 16:7-8; Job 16:20, Job 19:2-3; Heb 13:13 ↩

  43. Ps 37:3, Ps 37:6; 1Pet 2:20, 1Pet 3:16-17, 1Pet 4:14-16 ↩

  44. Ps 2:1-2; 1Sam 20:31, 1Sam 22:7-13; Luke 22:66, Luke 23:1-2, Luke 23:10-11 ↩

  45. Ps 119:15 ↩

  46. Ps 119:16, Ps 119:77, Ps 119:92, Ps 119:143, Ps 119:162; Job 27:10; Jer 6:10 ↩

  47. Heb. men of my counsel, Ps 119:97-100, Ps 119:104-105, Ps 19:11; Deut 17:18-20; Josh 1:8; Prov 6:20-23; Isa 8:20; Col 3:16; 2Tim 3:15-17 ↩

  48. Ps 22:15, Ps 44:25; Isa 65:25; Matt 16:23; Rom 7:22-24; Phil 3:19; Col 3:2 ↩

  49. Ps 119:37, Ps 119:40, Ps 119:88, Ps 119:93, Ps 119:107, Ps 119:149, Ps 119:156, Ps 119:159, Ps 71:20, Ps 80:18, Ps 143:11; Rom 8:2-3 ↩

  50. Deut 30:6; 2Sam 7:27-29 ↩

  51. Ps 119:106, Ps 32:5, Ps 38:18, Ps 51:1-19; Prov 28:13 ↩

  52. Ps 119:12, Ps 25:4, Ps 25:8-9, Ps 27:11, Ps 86:11, Ps 143:8-10; 1Kgs 8:36 ↩

  53. Ps 71:17, Ps 78:4, Ps 105:2, Ps 111:4, Ps 145:5-6; Exod 13:14-15; Josh 4:6-7; Acts 2:11; Rev 15:3 ↩

  54. Ps 22:14, Ps 107:26; Josh 2:11, Josh 2:24 ↩

  55. Heb. droppeth ↩

  56. Ps 27:14, Ps 29:11; Deut 33:25; Isa 40:29, Isa 40:31; Zech 10:12; Eph 3:16; Phil 4:13 ↩

  57. Ps 119:37, Ps 119:104, Ps 119:128, Ps 119:163, Ps 141:3-4; Prov 30:8; Isa 44:20; Jer 16:19; Jonah 2:8; Eph 4:22-25; 1John 1:8, 1John 2:4; Rev 22:15 ↩

  58. Ps 119:5; Jer 31:33-34; Heb 8:10-11 ↩

  59. Ps 119:29, Ps 119:111, Ps 119:173; Josh 24:15; Prov 1:29; Luke 10:42; John 3:19-21, John 8:45; 1Pet 2:2; 2John 1:4 ↩

  60. Ps 119:24, Ps 119:52; Deut 11:18-20 ↩

  61. Ps 119:48, Ps 119:115; Deut 4:4, Deut 10:20; Prov 23:23; John 8:31; Acts 11:23 ↩

  62. Ps 119:6, Ps 119:80, Ps 25:2, Ps 25:20; Isa 45:17, Isa 49:23; Jer 17:18; Rom 5:5; 1John 2:28 ↩

  63. Song 1:4; Isa 40:31; 1Cor 9:24-26; Heb 12:1 ↩

  64. Ps 119:45, Ps 18:36; 1Kgs 4:29; Job 36:15-16; Isa 60:5, Isa 61:1; Luke 1:74-75; John 8:32, John 8:36; 2Cor 3:17, 2Cor 6:11; 1Pet 2:16 ↩

  65. Ps 119:12, Ps 119:26-27; Isa 54:13; John 6:45 ↩

  66. Ps 119:8, Ps 119:112; Matt 10:22, Matt 24:13; 1Cor 1:7-8; Phil 1:6; 1John 2:19-20, 1John 2:27; Rev 2:26 ↩

  67. Ps 119:73, Ps 111:10; Job 28:28; Prov 2:5-6; John 7:17; Jas 1:5, Jas 3:13-18 ↩

  68. Deut 4:6; Matt 5:19, Matt 7:24; Jas 1:25, Jas 2:8-12, Jas 4:11 ↩

  69. Ps 119:10, Ps 119:58, Ps 119:69 ↩

  70. Ps 119:27, Ps 119:36, Ps 119:173; Ezek 36:26-27; Phil 2:13; Heb 13:21 ↩

  71. Ps 23:3; Prov 3:17, Prov 4:11, Prov 4:18, Prov 8:20; Isa 2:3, Isa 48:17 ↩

  72. Ps 119:16; Isa 58:13-14; Rom 7:22; 1John 5:3 ↩

  73. Ps 51:10, Ps 141:4; 1Kgs 8:58; Jer 32:39; Ezek 11:19-20 ↩

  74. Ps 10:3; Exod 18:21; Ezek 33:31; Hab 2:9; Mark 7:21-22; Luke 12:15, Luke 16:14; Eph 5:3; Col 3:5; 1Tim 6:9-10, 1Tim 6:17; Heb 13:5; 2Pet 2:3, 2Pet 2:14 ↩

  75. Heb. Make to pass, Num 15:39; Josh 7:21; 2Sam 11:2; Job 31:1; Prov 4:25, Prov 23:5; Isa 33:15; Matt 5:28; 1John 2:16 ↩

  76. Ps 119:25, Ps 119:40 ↩

  77. Ps 119:49; 2Sam 7:25-29; 2Cor 1:20 ↩

  78. Ps 103:11, Ps 103:13, Ps 103:17, Ps 145:19, Ps 147:11; Jer 32:39-41 ↩

  79. Ps 119:22, Ps 119:31, Ps 39:8, Ps 57:3; 2Sam 12:14; 1Tim 3:7, 1Tim 5:14; Titus 2:8 ↩

  80. Ps 119:20, Ps 119:43, Ps 119:75, Ps 119:123, Ps 119:131, Ps 19:9; Deut 4:8; Isa 26:8; Rom 2:2; Rev 19:2 ↩

  81. Ps 119:5, Ps 119:20; Matt 26:41; Rom 7:24; 2Cor 7:1; Gal 5:17; Phil 3:13-14 ↩

  82. Ps 119:25, Ps 119:37, Ps 119:88, Ps 119:107, Ps 119:149, Ps 119:156, Ps 119:159; Mark 9:24; John 5:21, John 10:10; 1Cor 15:45; Eph 2:5; 3John 1:2 ↩

  83. Ps 119:58, Ps 119:76-77, Ps 119:132, Ps 69:16, Ps 106:4-5; Luke 2:28-32 ↩

  84. Ps 3:2, Ps 42:10, Ps 71:10-11, Ps 109:25; Matt 27:40-43, Matt 27:63 ↩

  85. etc. or, answer him that reproacheth me in a thing, 2Sam 16:7-8, 2Sam 19:18-20 ↩

  86. Ps 119:49, Ps 119:74, Ps 119:81, Ps 56:4, Ps 56:10-11, Ps 89:19-37; 2Sam 7:12-16; 1Chr 28:3-6; Acts 27:25 ↩

  87. Ps 119:13, Ps 50:16, Ps 51:14-15, Ps 71:17-18; Isa 59:21; Eph 1:13; Jas 1:18 ↩

  88. Ps 119:52, Ps 119:120, Ps 119:175, Ps 7:6-9, Ps 9:4, Ps 9:16, Ps 43:1; 1Pet 2:23 ↩

  89. 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. ↩

  90. Ps 119:33-34; Rev 7:15, Rev 22:11 ↩

  91. Ps 119:133; Luke 4:18; John 8:30-36; Jas 1:25, Jas 2:12; 2Pet 2:19 ↩

  92. Heb. at large, Ps 119:32 ↩

  93. Ps 119:19, Ps 119:71, Ps 119:94, Ps 119:148, Ps 119:162; Prov 2:4-5, Prov 18:1; Eccl 1:13; John 5:39; Eph 5:17 ↩

  94. Ps 138:1; Dan 3:16-18, Dan 4:1-3, Dan 4:25-27; Matt 10:18-19; Acts 26:1-2, Acts 26:24-29 ↩

  95. Mark 8:38; Rom 1:16; Phil 1:20; 2Tim 1:8, 2Tim 1:16; 1Pet 4:14-16; 1John 2:28 ↩

  96. Ps 119:16, Ps 119:24, Ps 112:1; John 4:34; Phil 2:5; 1Pet 2:21 ↩

  97. Ps 119:48, Ps 119:97, Ps 119:127, Ps 119:140, Ps 119:167, Ps 119:174, Ps 19:7-10; Job 23:11-12; Rom 7:12, Rom 7:16, Rom 7:22 ↩

  98. Ps 10:12; Ezek 44:12; Mic 5:9 ↩

  99. Matt 7:21; John 13:17, John 15:14; Jas 1:22-25 ↩

  100. Ps 119:15, Ps 1:2 ↩

  101. Ps 105:2, Ps 105:42, Ps 106:4, Ps 106:45; Gen 8:1, Gen 32:9; Job 7:7; Isa 62:6 *marg. ↩

  102. Ps 119:43, Ps 119:74, Ps 119:81, Ps 119:147, Ps 71:14; 2Sam 5:2, 2Sam 7:25; Rom 15:13; 1Pet 1:13, 1Pet 1:21 ↩

  103. Ps 27:13, Ps 28:7, Ps 42:8, Ps 42:11, Ps 94:19; Jer 15:16; Rom 5:3-5, Rom 15:4; Heb 6:17-19; Heb 12:11-12 ↩

  104. Ps 119:25; Ezek 37:10; John 6:63; Jas 1:18; 1Pet 1:3, 1Pet 2:2 ↩

  105. Ps 119:21, Ps 119:69, Ps 123:3-4; Jer 20:7; Luke 16:14-15, Luke 23:35 ↩

  106. Ps 119:31, Ps 119:157, Ps 44:18; Job 23:11; Isa 38:3, Isa 42:4; Acts 20:23-24; Heb 12:1-3 ↩

  107. Ps 77:5, Ps 77:11-12, Ps 105:5, Ps 143:5; Exod 14:29-30; Num 16:3-35; Deut 1:35-36; Deut 4:3-4; 2Pet 2:4-9 ↩

  108. Zilaphah 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. Ps 119:136, Ps 119:158; Ezra 9:3, Ezra 9:14, Ezra 10:6; Jer 13:17; Dan 4:19; Hab 3:16; Luke 19:41-42; Rom 9:1-3; 2Cor 12:21; Phil 3:18 ↩

  109. Ps 89:1, Ps 10:1; Gen 47:9; Heb 11:13-16 ↩

  110. Ps 42:8, Ps 63:6, Ps 77:6, Ps 139:18; Gen 32:24-28; Job 35:9-10; Isa 26:9; Luke 6:12; Acts 16:25 ↩

  111. Ps 119:17, Ps 119:34; John 14:21, John 15:10 ↩

  112. Ps 119:165, Ps 18:18-22; 1John 3:19-24 ↩

  113. Ps 16:5, Ps 73:26, Ps 142:5; Jer 10:16; Lam 3:24 ↩

  114. Ps 119:106, Ps 119:115, Ps 66:14; Deut 26:17-18; Josh 24:15, Josh 24:18, Josh 24:21, Josh 24:24-27; Neh 10:29-39 ↩

  115. Ps 119:10, Ps 4:6, Ps 51:1-3, Ps 86:1-3; Hos 7:14; Heb 10:22 ↩

  116. Heb. face, Ps 27:8; Job 11:19 *marg. ↩

  117. Ps 119:41, Ps 119:65, Ps 119:76, Ps 119:170, Ps 56:4, Ps 56:10, Ps 138:2; Matt 24:35 ↩

  118. Lam 3:40; Ezek 18:28, Ezek 18:30; Hag 1:5, Hag 1:7; Luke 15:17-20; 2Cor 13:5 ↩

  119. Deut 4:30-31; Jer 8:4-6, Jer 31:18-19; Ezek 33:14-16, Ezek 33:19; Joel 2:13; 2Cor 12:21 ↩

  120. Ps 95:7-8; Ezek 10:6-8; Prov 27:1; Eccl 9:10; Gal 1:16 ↩

  121. or, The companies, Ps 119:95, Ps 3:1; 1Sam 30:3-5; Job 1:17; Hos 6:9 ↩

  122. Ps 119:176; 1Sam 24:9-11, 1Sam 26:9-11; Prov 24:29; Rom 12:17-21 ↩

  123. Ps 119:147, Ps 119:164, Ps 42:8; Mark 1:35; Acts 16:25 ↩

  124. Ps 119:7, Ps 119:75, Ps 119:106, Ps 119:137, Ps 19:9; Deut 4:8; Rom 7:12 ↩

  125. Ps 119:79, Ps 119:115, Ps 16:3, Ps 101:6, Ps 142:7; Prov 13:20; Mal 3:16-18; 2Cor 6:14-17; 1John 1:3, 1John 3:14 ↩

  126. Ps 33:5, Ps 104:13, Ps 145:9 ↩

  127. Ps 119:12, Ps 119:26, Ps 27:11; Isa 2:3, Isa 48:17-18; Matt 11:29 ↩

  128. Ps 119:17, Ps 13:6, Ps 16:5-6, Ps 18:35, Ps 23:5-6, Ps 30:11, Ps 116:7; 1Chr 29:14 ↩

  129. Ps 119:34, Ps 72:1-2; 1Kgs 3:9, 1Kgs 3:28; Prov 2:1-9, Prov 8:20; Isa 11:2-4; Judg 3:15; Matt 13:11; Phil 1:9; Jas 3:13-18 ↩

  130. Ps 119:128, Ps 119:160, Ps 119:172; Neh 9:13-14 ↩

  131. Ps 119:176, Ps 73:5-28; Deut 32:15; 2Sam 10:19, 2Sam 11:2-27; 2Chr 33:9-13; Prov 1:32; Jer 22:21 ↩

  132. Ps 119:71, Ps 119:75; Jer 31:18-19; Hos 2:6-7, Hos 5:15, Hos 6:1; Heb 12:10-11; Rev 3:10 ↩

  133. Ps 86:5, Ps 106:1, Ps 107:1, Ps 145:7-9; Exod 33:18-19, Exod 34:6-7; Isa 63:7; Matt 5:45; Matt 19:17; Mark 10:18; Luke 18:19 ↩

  134. Ps 119:12, Ps 119:26, Ps 25:8-9 ↩

  135. Ps 35:11, Ps 109:2-3; Job 13:4; Jer 43:2-3; Matt 5:11-12, Matt 26:59-68; Acts 24:5, Acts 24:13 ↩

  136. Ps 119:51, Ps 119:157 ↩

  137. Ps 119:34, Ps 119:58; Matt 6:24; Jas 1:8 ↩

  138. Ps 17:10, Ps 73:7; Isa 6:10; Acts 28:27 ↩

  139. Ps 119:16, Ps 119:35, Ps 40:8; Rom 7:22 ↩

  140. Ps 119:67, Ps 94:12-13; Isa 27:9; 1Cor 11:32; Heb 12:10-11 ↩

  141. Ps 119:14, Ps 119:111, Ps 119:127, Ps 119:162, Ps 19:10; Prov 3:14-15, Prov 8:10-11, Prov 8:19, Prov 16:16; Matt 13:44-46 ↩

  142. Ps 100:3, Ps 111:10, Ps 138:8, Ps 139:14-16; Job 10:8-11 ↩

  143. Ps 119:34, Ps 119:125, Ps 119:144, Ps 119:169; 1Chr 22:12; 2Chr 2:12; Job 32:8; 2Tim 2:7; 1John 5:20 ↩

  144. Ps 111:10; Jas 3:18 ↩

  145. Ps 119:79, Ps 34:2-6, Ps 66:16; Mal 3:16 ↩

  146. Ps 119:42, Ps 119:147, Ps 108:7; Gen 32:11-12; Luke 21:33 ↩

  147. Ps 119:7, Ps 119:62, Ps 119:128, Ps 119:160; Deut 32:4; Job 34:23; Jer 12:1 ↩

  148. Heb. righteousness, Gen 18:25; Rom 3:4-5 ↩

  149. Ps 25:10, Ps 89:30-33; Heb 12:10-11; Rev 3:19 ↩

  150. Ps 86:5, Ps 106:4-5; 2Cor 1:3-5 ↩

  151. Heb. to comfort me ↩

  152. Ps 119:41, Ps 51:1-3; Lam 3:22-23; Dan 9:18 ↩

  153. Ps 119:24, Ps 119:47, Ps 119:174, Ps 1:2; Heb 8:10-12 ↩

  154. Ps 119:21, Ps 119:51, Ps 119:85, Ps 35:26 ↩

  155. Ps 119:86, Ps 7:3-5, Ps 25:3, Ps 35:7, Ps 69:4, Ps 109:3; 1Sam 24:10-12, 1Sam 24:17, 1Sam 26:18; John 15:25; 1Pet 2:20 ↩

  156. Ps 119:23, Ps 1:2 ↩

  157. Ps 119:63, Ps 119:74, Ps 7:7, Ps 142:7 ↩

  158. Ps 25:21, Ps 32:2; Deut 26:16; 2Chr 12:14, 2Chr 15:17, 2Chr 25:2, 2Chr 31:20-21; Prov 4:23; Ezek 11:9; John 1:47; 2Cor 1:12 ↩

  159. Ps 119:6, Ps 25:2-3; 1John 2:28 ↩

  160. Ps 119:20, Ps 119:40, Ps 42:1-2, Ps 73:26, Ps 84:2; Song 5:8; Rev 3:15-16 ↩

  161. Ps 119:42, Ps 119:74, Ps 119:77, Ps 119:114 ↩

  162. Ps 119:123, Ps 69:3; Deut 28:32; Prov 13:12; Isa 38:11 ↩

  163. Ps 86:17, Ps 90:13-15 ↩

  164. 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. Ps 22:15, Ps 102:3-4; Job 30:30 ↩

  165. Ps 119:16, Ps 119:61, Ps 119:176 ↩

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

  167. Ps 7:6; Rev 6:10-11 ↩

  168. 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. Ps 119:78, Ps 7:15, Ps 35:7, Ps 36:11; Prov 16:27; Jer 18:20 ↩

  169. Ps 58:1-2 ↩

  170. Ps 119:128, Ps 119:138, Ps 119:142, Ps 119:151, Ps 19:9; Rom 7:12 ↩

  171. Heb. faithfulness ↩

  172. Ps 119:78, Ps 7:1-5, Ps 35:7, Ps 35:19, Ps 38:19, Ps 59:3-4; Jer 18:20 ↩

  173. Ps 70:5, Ps 142:4-6, Ps 143:9 ↩

  174. 1Sam 20:3, 1Sam 23:26-27; 2Sam 17:16; Matt 10:28 ↩

  175. Ps 119:51, Ps 119:61; 1Sam 24:6-7, 1Sam 26:9, 1Sam 26:24 ↩

  176. Ps 119:25, Ps 119:40, Ps 119:159 ↩

  177. Ps 119:2, Ps 119:146, Ps 25:10, Ps 78:5, Ps 132:12 ↩

  178. Ps 119:152, Ps 119:160, Ps 89:2; Matt 5:18, Matt 24:34-35; 1Pet 1:25; 2Pet 3:13 ↩

  179. Deut 7:9; Mic 7:20 ↩

  180. Heb. to generation and generation, Ps 89:1-2, Ps 100:5 ↩

  181. Ps 89:11, Ps 93:1, Ps 104:5; Job 38:4-7; 2Pet 3:5-7 ↩

  182. Heb. standeth ↩

  183. Ps 148:5-6; Gen 8:22; Isa 48:13; Jer 33:25 ↩

  184. Deut 4:19; Josh 10:12-13; Judg 5:20; Matt 5:45, Matt 8:9 ↩

  185. Ps 119:24, Ps 119:77, Ps 119:143; Rom 15:4 ↩

  186. Ps 27:13, Ps 94:18-19; Prov 6:22-23 ↩

  187. Ps 119:16, Ps 119:50; John 6:63; 1Pet 1:23 ↩

  188. Ps 86:2; Josh 10:4-6; Isa 41:8-10, Isa 44:2, Isa 44:5, Isa 64:8-10; Zeph 3:17; Acts 27:23-24 ↩

  189. Ps 119:27, Ps 119:40, Ps 119:173 ↩

  190. Ps 119:61, Ps 119:69, Ps 119:85-87, Ps 10:8-10, Ps 27:2, Ps 37:32, Ps 38:12; 1Sam 23:20-23; 2Sam 17:1-4; Matt 26:3-5; Acts 12:11, Acts 23:21, Acts 25:3 ↩

  191. Ps 119:24, Ps 119:31, Ps 119:111, Ps 119:125, Ps 119:129, Ps 119:167 ↩

  192. 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. Ps 39:5-6; 1Sam 9:2, 1Sam 17:8, 1Sam 17:49-51, 1Sam 31:4-5; 2Sam 14:25, 2Sam 16:23, 2Sam 17:23; 2Sam 18:14, 2Sam 18:17; Eccl 1:2-3, Eccl 2:11, Eccl 7:20, Eccl 12:8; Matt 5:18, Matt 24:35 ↩

  193. Ps 19:7-8; Matt 5:28, Matt 22:37-40; Mark 12:29-34; Rom 7:7-12, Rom 7:14; Heb 4:12-13 ↩

  194. Ps 119:48, Ps 119:113, Ps 119:127, Ps 119:159, Ps 119:165, Ps 119:167, Ps 1:2; Deut 6:6-9, Deut 17:19; Josh 1:8; Prov 2:10; Prov 18:1 ↩

  195. Ps 119:104; Deut 4:6, Deut 4:8; 1Sam 18:5, 1Sam 18:14, 1Sam 18:30; Prov 2:6; Col 3:16 ↩

  196. Heb. it is ever, Ps 119:11, Ps 119:30, Ps 119:105; Jas 1:25 ↩

  197. Deut 4:6-8; 2Sam 15:24-26; 1Chr 15:11-13; 2Chr 29:15-36, 2Chr 30:22; Jer 2:8; Jer 8:8-9; Matt 11:25, Matt 13:11, Matt 15:6-9, Matt 15:14, Matt 23:24-36; Heb 5:12 ↩

  198. Ps 119:24; 2Tim 3:15-17 ↩

  199. Ps 119:59-60, Ps 119:104, Ps 119:126, Ps 18:23; Prov 1:15; Isa 53:6, Isa 55:7; Jer 2:36; Titus 2:11-12; 1Pet 2:1-2, 1Pet 3:10-11 ↩

  200. Ps 18:21; Prov 5:7; Jer 32:40 ↩

  201. Eph 4:20-24; 1Thess 2:13; 1John 2:19, 1John 2:27 ↩

  202. Ps 19:10, Ps 63:5; Job 23:12; Prov 3:17, Prov 8:11, Prov 24:13-14; Song 1:2-4, Song 5:1 ↩

  203. Heb. palate ↩

  204. Ps 119:98, Ps 119:100 ↩

  205. Ps 119:128, Ps 36:4, Ps 97:10, Ps 101:3; Prov 8:13; Amos 5:15; Rom 12:9 ↩

  206. Ps 119:29-30; Prov 14:12; Matt 7:13 ↩

  207. Ps 19:8, Ps 43:3; Prov 6:23; Eph 5:13; 2Pet 1:19 ↩

  208. or, candle, Ps 18:28; Job 29:3 ↩

  209. Ps 56:12, Ps 66:13-14; 2Chr 15:13-14; Neh 10:29; Eccl 5:4-5; Matt 5:33; 2Cor 8:5 ↩

  210. Ps 119:115; 2Kgs 23:3 ↩

  211. Ps 6:1, Ps 22:14-18, Ps 34:19 ↩

  212. Ps 119:25, Ps 119:88, Ps 143:11 ↩

  213. Num 29:39; Hos 14:2; Heb 13:15 ↩

  214. Ps 119:12, Ps 119:26, Ps 119:130, Ps 119:169 ↩

  215. 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. Judg 12:3; 1Sam 19:5, 1Sam 20:3; Job 13:14; Rom 8:36; 1Cor 15:31; 2Cor 11:23 ↩

  216. Ps 119:83, Ps 119:117, Ps 119:152 ↩

  217. Ps 119:85, Ps 10:8-18, Ps 124:6-7, Ps 140:5, Ps 141:9; Prov 1:11-12; Jer 18:22 ↩

  218. Ps 119:10, Ps 119:21, Ps 119:51, Ps 119:87, Ps 119:95; Dan 6:10; Luke 20:19-26 ↩

  219. Ps 119:14, Ps 119:127, Ps 119:162, Ps 16:5; Deut 33:4; Isa 54:17; Acts 26:18; Col 1:12; Heb 9:15; 1Pet 1:4 ↩

  220. Ps 119:74, Ps 119:92, Ps 119:174, Ps 19:8; Jer 15:16; 1Pet 1:8 ↩

  221. Ps 119:36, Ps 141:4; Josh 24:23; 1Kgs 8:58; 2Chr 19:3; Phil 2:13 ↩

  222. Heb. do ↩

  223. Ps 119:33, Ps 119:44; 1Pet 1:13; Rev 2:10 ↩

  224. Ps 94:11; Isa 55:7; Jer 4:14; Mark 7:21; 2Cor 10:5 ↩

  225. Or, "divided thoughts," saiaphim, or, as Gesenius renders, die Zweideutigen (in der Religion) "ambiguities (or indecisions) in Religion;" Luther, Flattergeister, "inconstant fellows;" LXX, παρανομοι, "transgressors," Vulgate iniqui, "iniquitous," and Jerome, tumultuosos, "tumultuous." ↩

  226. Ps 119:97, Ps 119:103 ↩

  227. Ps 32:7, Ps 91:1-2; Isa 32:2 ↩

  228. Ps 3:3, Ps 84:11 ↩

  229. Ps 119:81, Ps 130:5-6 ↩

  230. Ps 6:8, Ps 26:5, Ps 26:9, Ps 139:19; Matt 7:23, Matt 25:41; 1Cor 15:33 ↩

  231. Ps 119:106; Josh 24:15 ↩

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

  233. Ps 25:2; Isa 45:17; Rom 5:5, Rom 9:32, Rom 10:11; 1Pet 2:6 ↩

  234. Ps 17:5, Ps 71:6, Ps 73:23, Ps 139:10; Isa 41:13; John 10:28-29; Rom 14:4; 1Pet 1:5; Jude 1:24 ↩

  235. Ps 119:6, Ps 119:48, Ps 119:111-112 ↩

  236. Isa 25:10, Isa 63:3; Mal 4:3; Luke 21:24; Rev 14:20 ↩

  237. Ps 119:10, Ps 119:21, Ps 95:10 ↩

  238. Ps 119:29, Ps 78:36-37, Ps 78:57; Isa 44:20; Eph 4:22, Eph 5:6; 2Thess 2:9-11; 2Tim 3:13; 1John 2:21; Rev 18:23 ↩

  239. When Thou triest them in the refining fire, they are burnt up, fly off in fumes, or in scorie, which Thou sweepest away. ↩

  240. Heb. causest to cease, 1Sam 15:23; Jer 6:30; Ezek 22:18-22; Mal 3:2-3; Matt 3:12, Matt 7:23; Matt 13:40-42, Matt 13:49-50 ↩

  241. Ps 119:111, Ps 119:126-128 ↩

  242. Ps 119:53; Lev 10:1-3; 1Sam 6:20; 2Sam 6:8-9; 1Chr 24:16-17, 1Chr 24:30; 2Chr 34:21, 2Chr 34:27; Isa 66:2; Dan 10:8-11; Hab 3:16; Phil 2:12; Heb 12:21, Heb 12:28-29; Rev 1:17-18 ↩

  243. Ps 7:3-5, Ps 18:20-24, Ps 75:2; 1Sam 24:11-15, 1Sam 25:28; 2Sam 8:15; Acts 21:16; Acts 25:10-11; 2Cor 1:12 ↩

  244. Ps 37:33, Ps 57:3-4; 2Pet 2:9 ↩

  245. Gen 43:9; Prov 22:26-27; Isa 38:14; Phlm 1:18-19; Heb 7:22 ↩

  246. Ps 119:21, Ps 36:11 ↩

  247. Ps 119:81-82, Ps 69:3, Ps 130:6, Ps 143:7; Lam 4:17 ↩

  248. Ps 119:41, Ps 119:76-77, Ps 119:132, Ps 51:1, Ps 69:13, Ps 69:16, Ps 79:8, Ps 103:10, Ps 130:3-4, Ps 130:7; Dan 9:18; Luke 18:13; 2Tim 1:16-18 ↩

  249. Ps 119:12, Ps 119:26, Ps 143:10-12; Neh 9:20 ↩

  250. Ps 119:94, Ps 86:16, Ps 116:16; Rom 6:22 ↩

  251. Ps 119:34, Ps 119:66; 2Chr 1:7-10; 2Cor 3:5-6; 2Tim 2:7; Jas 1:5, Jas 3:13-17 ↩

  252. Ps 119:11, Ps 119:18-19, Ps 119:29; Prov 9:10, Prov 14:8 ↩

  253. Ps 9:19, Ps 102:13; Gen 22:10-11, Gen 22:14; Deut 32:36; Isa 42:14 ↩

  254. That is, "to take vengeance," as asah 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. ↩

  255. Jer 8:8; Hab 1:4; Mal 2:8; Matt 15:6; Rom 3:31, Rom 4:14 ↩

  256. Ps 119:72, Ps 19:10; Prov 3:13-18, Prov 8:11, Prov 16:16; Matt 13:45-46; Eph 3:8 ↩

  257. Ps 119:6, Ps 19:7-8; Deut 4:8; Job 33:27; Prov 30:5; Rom 7:12, Rom 7:14, Rom 7:16, Rom 7:22 ↩

  258. 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. ↩

  259. Ps 119:104, Ps 119:118 ↩

  260. Ps 119:18, Ps 139:6; Isa 9:6, Isa 25:1; Rev 19:10 ↩

  261. Ps 119:2, Ps 119:31, Ps 119:146, Ps 25:10 ↩

  262. Or, "opening;" paithach̀ 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. Ps 119:105; Prov 6:23; Isa 8:20; Luke 1:77-79; Acts 26:18; 2Cor 4:4, 2Cor 4:6; Eph 5:13-14; 2Pet 1:19 ↩

  263. Ps 19:7; Prov 1:4, Prov 1:22-23, Prov 9:4-6; Rom 16:18-19; 2Tim 3:15-17 ↩

  264. Ps 119:20, Ps 42:1; Isa 26:8-9; 1Pet 2:2 ↩

  265. Ps 119:40, Ps 119:162, Ps 119:174; Heb 12:14 ↩

  266. Ps 119:124, Ps 25:18; Exod 4:31; 1Sam 1:11; 2Sam 16:12; Isa 63:7-9 ↩

  267. Heb. according to the custom toward those, Ps 106:4; 2Thess 1:6-7 ↩

  268. Ps 119:116, Ps 17:5, Ps 32:8, Ps 121:3; 1Sam 2:9 ↩

  269. Ps 19:13; Rom 6:12-14, Rom 7:23-24 ↩

  270. Ps 119:122, Ps 56:1-2, Ps 56:13, Ps 105:43-45; Ezek 11:17-20, Ezek 36:24-27; Luke 1:74-75; Acts 9:31 ↩

  271. Ps 4:6, Ps 80:1, Ps 80:3, Ps 80:7, Ps 80:19; Num 6:25-26; Job 33:26; Rev 22:4-5 ↩

  272. Ps 119:12, Ps 119:26; Job 34:32, Job 35:11, Job 36:22; Luke 24:45 ↩

  273. Ps 119:53, Ps 119:158; 1Sam 15:11; Jer 9:1, Jer 9:18, Jer 13:17, Jer 14:17; Ezek 9:4; Luke 19:41; Rom 9:2-3 ↩

  274. Ps 99:4, Ps 103:6, Ps 145:17; Deut 32:4; Ezra 9:15; Neh 9:33; Jer 12:1; Dan 9:7, Dan 9:14; Rom 2:5, Rom 3:5-6, Rom 9:14; Rev 15:3-4, Rev 16:7, Rev 19:2 ↩

  275. Ps 119:86, Ps 119:144, Ps 19:7-9; Deut 4:8, Deut 4:45 ↩

  276. Heb. righteousness ↩

  277. Heb. faithfulness, Ps 119:75 ↩

  278. Ps 69:9; 1Kgs 19:10, 1Kgs 19:14; John 2:17 ↩

  279. or, cut me off ↩

  280. Ps 53:4; Matt 9:13, Matt 12:3-5, Matt 15:4-6, Matt 21:13, Matt 21:16, Matt 21:42, Matt 22:29; Acts 13:27; Acts 28:23-27 ↩

  281. 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. ↩

  282. Heb. tried, or refined, Ps 119:128, Ps 12:6, Ps 18:30, Ps 19:8; Prov 30:5; Rom 7:12, Rom 7:16, Rom 7:22; 1Pet 2:2; 2Pet 1:21 ↩

  283. Ps 22:6, Ps 40:17; Prov 15:16, Prov 16:8, Prov 19:1; Isa 53:3; Luke 6:20, Luke 9:58; 2Cor 8:9; Jas 2:5 ↩

  284. Ps 119:109, Ps 119:176; Prov 3:1 ↩

  285. 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 forever. ↩

  286. Ps 119:144, Ps 36:6; Isa 51:6, Isa 51:8; Dan 9:24; 2Thess 1:6-10 ↩

  287. Ps 119:151, Ps 19:9; John 17:17; Eph 4:21 ↩

  288. Ps 119:107, Ps 18:4-5, Ps 88:3-18, Ps 116:3, Ps 130:1; Mark 14:33-34 ↩

  289. Heb. found me ↩

  290. Ps 119:16, Ps 119:47, Ps 119:77; Job 23:12; John 4:34 ↩

  291. Ps 119:138, Ps 119:152; Matt 5:18; 1Pet 1:23-25 ↩

  292. Ps 119:34, Ps 119:66, Ps 119:73, Ps 119:169; 2Cor 4:6; 1John 5:20-21 ↩

  293. Prov 10:21; Isa 6:9-10, Isa 27:11; Jer 4:22; Dan 12:10; Hos 4:6; Matt 13:19; John 17:3 ↩

  294. Ps 119:10, Ps 61:1-2, Ps 62:8, Ps 86:4, Ps 102:1 *title Ps 142:1-2; 1Sam 1:10, 1Sam 1:15; Jer 29:13 ↩

  295. Ps 119:44, Ps 119:106, Ps 119:115 ↩

  296. or, that I may keep, Ps 119:134; Judg 10:15-16; Matt 1:21; Titus 2:14, Titus 3:4-8 ↩

  297. That is, I anticipated, or rose before, the morning dawn; and was before hand with the light itself. Ps 5:3, Ps 21:3, Ps 42:8, Ps 88:13, Ps 130:6; Isa 26:9; Mark 1:35 ↩

  298. Ps 119:74, Ps 119:81, Ps 56:4, Ps 130:5; Heb 6:17-19 ↩

  299. Ps 119:62, Ps 63:1, Ps 63:6, Ps 139:17-18; Lam 2:19; Luke 6:12 ↩

  300. 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. ↩

  301. Ps 5:2-3, Ps 55:2, Ps 64:1 ↩

  302. Ps 51:1, Ps 69:16, Ps 109:21; Isa 63:7 ↩

  303. Ps 119:25, Ps 119:40, Ps 119:154, Ps 119:156 ↩

  304. Ps 22:11-13, Ps 22:16, Ps 27:2; 1Sam 23:16; 2Sam 17:16; Matt 26:46-47, for from, Ps 50:17; Job 21:14; Prov 1:7, Prov 1:22, Prov 28:9; Eph 2:13-14 ↩

  305. Ps 46:1, Ps 75:1, Ps 139:2, Ps 145:18; Deut 4:7; Matt 1:23 ↩

  306. Ps 119:138, Ps 119:142 ↩

  307. Ps 119:144, Ps 119:160, Ps 89:34-37, Ps 111:7-8; Eccl 3:14; Luke 21:33 ↩

  308. Ps 119:159, Ps 9:13, Ps 13:3-4, Ps 25:19; Exod 3:7-8; Neh 9:32; Lam 2:20, Lam 5:1 ↩

  309. Ps 119:16, Ps 119:98, Ps 119:109, Ps 119:141, Ps 119:176 ↩

  310. Ps 35:1, Ps 43:1; 1Sam 24:15; Job 5:8; Prov 22:23; Jer 11:20, Jer 50:34, Jer 51:36; Mic 7:9; 1John 2:1 ↩

  311. Ps 119:25, Ps 119:40 ↩

  312. Ps 18:27; Job 5:4; Isa 46:12, Isa 57:19; Eph 2:17-18 ↩

  313. Ps 10:4; Job 21:14-15; Prov 1:7; Luke 16:24; Rom 3:11 ↩

  314. Heb. Many ↩

  315. Ps 51:1, Ps 86:5, Ps 86:13, Ps 86:15; 1Chr 21:13; Isa 55:7, Isa 63:7 ↩

  316. Ps 119:149 ↩

  317. Ps 3:1-2, Ps 22:12, Ps 22:16, Ps 25:19, Ps 56:2, Ps 118:10-12; Matt 24:9, Matt 26:47; Acts 4:27 ↩

  318. Ps 119:51, Ps 119:110, Ps 44:17; Job 17:9, Job 23:11; Isa 42:4; Acts 20:23-24; 1Cor 15:58 ↩

  319. Ps 119:53, Ps 119:136; Ezek 9:4; Mark 3:5 ↩

  320. Ps 119:97, Ps 119:153; 2Kgs 20:3; Neh 5:19, Neh 13:22 ↩

  321. Ps 119:88 ↩

  322. Heb. The beginning of the word is true, Ps 119:86, Ps 119:138; Prov 30:5; 2Tim 3:16 ↩

  323. Ps 119:75, Ps 119:142, Ps 119:144, Ps 119:152; Eccl 3:14; Matt 5:18 ↩

  324. Ps 119:23, Ps 119:157; 1Sam 21:15, 1Sam 24:9-15, 1Sam 26:18; John 15:25 ↩

  325. Ps 4:4; Gen 39:9, Gen 42:18; 2Kgs 22:19; Neh 5:15; Job 31:23; Isa 66:2; Jer 36:23-25 ↩

  326. Ps 119:72, Ps 119:111; Jer 15:16 ↩

  327. 1Sam 30:16; Prov 16:19; Isa 9:3 ↩

  328. Ps 119:29, Ps 119:113, Ps 119:128, Ps 101:7; Prov 6:16-19, Prov 30:8; Amos 5:15; Rom 12:9; Eph 4:25; Rev 22:15 ↩

  329. 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. Ps 119:62, Ps 55:17 ↩

  330. Ps 48:11, Ps 97:8; Rev 19:2 ↩

  331. Prov 3:1-2, Prov 3:17; Isa 32:17, Isa 57:21; John 14:27; Gal 5:22-23, Gal 6:15-16; Phil 4:7 ↩

  332. Heb. they shall have no stumbling block, Isa 8:13-15, Isa 28:13, Isa 57:14; Matt 13:21, Matt 24:24; 1Pet 2:6-8 ↩

  333. Ps 119:81, Ps 119:174, Ps 130:5-7; Gen 49:18 ↩

  334. Ps 4:5, Ps 24:3-5, Ps 50:23; John 7:17; 1John 2:3-4 ↩

  335. Ps 119:6-8, Ps 119:97, Ps 119:111, Ps 119:159; John 14:21-24, John 15:9-10; Heb 10:16 ↩

  336. Ps 40:8; Rom 7:22 ↩

  337. Ps 44:20-21, Ps 98:8, Ps 139:3; Job 34:21; Prov 5:21; Jer 23:24; Heb 4:13; Rev 2:23 ↩

  338. Ps 119:145, Ps 18:6; 2Chr 30:27 ↩

  339. Ps 119:144; 1Chr 22:12; 2Chr 1:10; Prov 2:3-5; Dan 2:21; Jas 1:5 ↩

  340. Ps 119:41, Ps 89:20-25; Gen 32:9-12; 2Sam 7:25 ↩

  341. etc. Or, more literally, and accordant with the context. "My lips shall pour forth (tabbanah) praise; for (kee) thou hast taught me thy statues." Ps 119:7, Ps 50:23, Ps 71:17, Ps 71:23-24 ↩

  342. Ps 119:13, Ps 119:46, Ps 37:30, Ps 40:9-10, Ps 78:4; Deut 6:7; Matt 12:34-35; Eph 4:29; Col 4:6 ↩

  343. Ps 119:86, Ps 119:138, Ps 119:142; Rom 7:12, Rom 7:14 ↩

  344. Ps 119:94, Ps 119:117; Isa 41:10-14; Mark 9:24; 2Cor 12:9; Eph 6:10-20; Phil 4:13 ↩

  345. Ps 119:30, Ps 119:35, Ps 119:40, Ps 119:111; Deut 30:19; Josh 24:15, Josh 24:22; 1Kgs 3:11-12; Prov 1:29; Luke 10:42 ↩

  346. Ps 119:81, Ps 119:166; Gen 49:18; 2Sam 23:5; Prov 13:12; Song 5:8; Rom 7:22-25, Rom 8:23-25; Phil 1:23 ↩

  347. Ps 119:16, Ps 119:24, Ps 119:47, Ps 119:77, Ps 119:111, Ps 119:162, Ps 119:167, Ps 1:2 ↩

  348. Ps 9:13-14, Ps 30:9, Ps 51:14-15, Ps 118:18-19; Isa 38:19 ↩

  349. Ps 119:75; Isa 26:8-9; Rom 8:28; 1Cor 11:31-32; 2Cor 4:17 ↩

  350. Isa 53:6; Ezek 34:6, Ezek 34:16; Matt 10:6, Matt 15:24, Matt 18:12-13; Luke 15:4-7; John 10:16; 1Pet 2:25 ↩

  351. Song 1:4; Jer 31:18; Luke 19:10; Gal 4:9; Phil 2:13; Jas 1:17 ↩

  352. Ps 119:61, Ps 119:93; Hos 4:6 ↩