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Texts -- Psalms 19:11-14 (NET)

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19:11 Yes , your servant finds moral guidance there; those who obey them receive a rich reward . 19:12 Who can know all his errors ? Please do not punish me for sins I am unaware of . 19:13 Moreover , keep me from committing flagrant sins ; do not allow such sins to control me. Then I will be blameless , and innocent of blatant rebellion . 19:14 May my words and my thoughts be acceptable in your sight , O Lord , my sheltering rock and my redeemer .

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  • [Psa 19:11] Now Woods And Wolds Are Sleeping
  • [Psa 19:12] An Evening Prayer
  • [Psa 19:14] Christ Is The World’s Redeemer
  • [Psa 19:14] Glorious God, Accept A Heart
  • [Psa 19:14] My Dear Redeemer And My Lord

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What if God Had an Answering Machine?; Time-Lapse Photography; Psalm 19

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Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable)

  • The high priest also wore this garment. It was his basic garment over which he put the ephod. It covered him completely so his natural nakedness did not appear (cf. Gen. 3:21).God may have intended the pomegranates and bells ...
  • The texts of the individual psalms do not usually indicate who wrote them.1However some of the titles of the individual psalms do contain information about the writers.2This is the only really reliable information we have as ...
  • I. Book 1: chs. 1-41II. Book 2: chs. 42-72III. Book 3: chs. 73-89IV. Book 4: chs. 90-106V. Book 5: chs. 107-150...
  • The title of this psalm identifies the writer as David. All but four of the psalms in Book 1 of the Psalter (Pss. 1-41) identify David as their writer, all except Psalms 1, 2, 10, and 33. The occasion of his writing this one ...
  • 19:1 This verse is a summary statement. The "heavens"refers to what appears in the sky above us. The "firmament"or "sky"is the canopy that seems to cover the earth from our vantage point as we look up. It is a synonym for "he...
  • 19:7 The revealed Word of God has the same dominant influence over humankind as the sun does over nature. Whereas the sun restores natural life, the Law restores the life of the human soul. The sun dispels physical darkness, ...
  • 19:12-13 David's rhetorical question expresses the impossibility of knowing if or when we violate God's will without the light that His Word provides. It can bring to light faults hidden otherwise and can warn us of what disp...
  • 41:10 David had asked God to restore his health so he might repay his enemies. This may seem to be an unworthy motive in view of the Lord Jesus' instruction to love our enemies and do them good (Matt. 5:44). However, individu...
  • The anonymous psalmist who wrote this longest psalm sought refuge from his persecutors and found strength by meditating on the Word of God. He used 10 synonyms to refer to it. This psalm, the longest chapter in the Bible, is ...
  • Allen, Ronald B. "Evidence from Psalm 89."In A Case for Premillennialism: A New Consensus, pp. 55-77. Edited by Donald K. Campbell and Jeffrey L. Townsend. Chicago: Moody Press, 1992._____. Lord of Song. Portland: Multnomah P...
  • 26:1 The prophet revealed another song that will be sung "in that day"(the Millennium, cf. ch. 25) by those in Zion.The New Jerusalem that God will set up will be a place of strength and security for the redeemed (cf. Rev. 21...
  • 12:42 Jesus answered Peter's question with one of His own. The answer to it gave Peter the answer to his question. Obviously the faithful and sensible steward pictures a disciple. Jesus' question also taught that He would giv...
  • 1:19-20 These verses begin a discussion of "natural revelation."Natural revelation describes what everyone knows about God because of what God has revealed concerning Himself in nature. What He has revealed about Himself in S...
  • Abbot, T. K. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Epistles to the Ephesians and to the Colossians. International Critical Commentary series. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1897.Aldrich, Roy L. "The Gift of God."Biblioth...
  • Adamson, James B. The Epistle of James. New International Commentary on the New Testament series. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1976; reprint ed. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1984.Bailey, Mark...

Expositions Of Holy Scripture (Maclaren)

  • Samuel was staggered by the apparent failure of his errand. God had told him that he had provided a king from this family, and now they had passed in review before him, and none was chosen. Again he is made to feel his own im...
  • Who can understand his errors? cleanse Thou me from secret faults.' Psalm 19:12.THE contemplation of the perfect law, enlightening the eyes,' sends the Psalmist to his knees. He is appalled by. his own shortcomings, and feels...
  • Keep back Thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.'--Psalm 19:13.ANOTHER psalmist promises to the man who dwel...
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