
Text -- Psalms 119:129 (NET)




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Wesley -> Psa 119:129
Wesley: Psa 119:129 - -- In regard of the deep mysteries, the most excellent directions, and the exceeding great and precious promises of God contained in them.
In regard of the deep mysteries, the most excellent directions, and the exceeding great and precious promises of God contained in them.
JFB -> Psa 119:129
Literally, "wonders," that is, of moral excellence.
Clarke -> Psa 119:129
Clarke: Psa 119:129 - -- Thy testimonies are wonderful - There is a height, length, depth, and breadth in thy word and testimonies that are truly astonishing; and on this ac...
Thy testimonies are wonderful - There is a height, length, depth, and breadth in thy word and testimonies that are truly astonishing; and on this account my soul loves them, and I deeply study them. The more I study, the more light and salvation I obtain.
Calvin -> Psa 119:129
Calvin: Psa 119:129 - -- 129.Thy testimonies are marvelous I have given this translation to avoid an ambiguous form of expression. The Prophet does not simply mean, that the ...
129.Thy testimonies are marvelous I have given this translation to avoid an ambiguous form of expression. The Prophet does not simply mean, that the doctrine of the law is wonderful, but that it contains high and hidden mysteries. Accordingly he declares, that the sublime and admirable wisdom which he found comprehended in the divine law led him to regard it with reverence. This is to be carefully marked, for the law of God is proudly despised by the great majority of mankind, when they do not duly taste its doctrine, nor acknowledge that God speaks from his throne in heaven, that, the pride of the flesh being abased, he may raise us upward by the apprehension of faith. We also gather from this passage, that it is impossible for any man to keep the law of God from the heart, unless he contemplate it with feelings of reverence: for reverence is the beginning of pure and right subjection. Accordingly, I have said that many despise God’s Word, because they think it inferior to the acuteness of their own understandings. Yea, many are led to break forth more audaciously into this heaven-daring contempt, from the vanity of showing their own ingenuity. But, although worldly men may flatter themselves in that proud disdain of the divine law, yet the commendation which the Prophet pronounces upon it still holds true, that it comprehends mysteries which far transcend all the conceptions of the human mind.
TSK -> Psa 119:129
TSK: Psa 119:129 - -- testimonies : Psa 119:18, Psa 139:6; Isa 9:6, Isa 25:1; Rev 19:10
doth : Psa 119:2, Psa 119:31, Psa 119:146, Psa 25:10
testimonies : Psa 119:18, Psa 139:6; Isa 9:6, Isa 25:1; Rev 19:10
doth : Psa 119:2, Psa 119:31, Psa 119:146, Psa 25:10

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Barnes -> Psa 119:129
Barnes: Psa 119:129 - -- Thy testimonies are wonderful - This commences a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Pe ( פ p ), corresponding to ...
Thy testimonies are wonderful - This commences a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Pe (
Therefore doth my soul keep them - Because they are so surpassingly wise and benevolent; because they are so manifestly the work of wisdom and goodness.
Poole -> Psa 119:129
Poole: Psa 119:129 - -- Ver. 129. Wonderful in regard of the deep and wonderful mysteries, and most excellent counsels and directions, far exceeding all the rules of the gr...
Ver. 129. Wonderful in regard of the deep and wonderful mysteries, and most excellent counsels and directions, far exceeding all the rules of the greatest philosophers, and the exceeding great and precious promises of God contained in them. This is the reason of his high estimation of them, expressed in the last verse.
Gill -> Psa 119:129
Gill: Psa 119:129 - -- פ,
PE.--The Seventeenth Part.
PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful,.... The Scriptures, which testify of God, his mind and will, are wonderful bo...
PE.--The Seventeenth Part.
PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful,.... The Scriptures, which testify of God, his mind and will, are wonderful both with respect to the author of them, the things contained in them, and the use and advantage of them. They give an account of the wonderful works of creation; of their author and matter; of the manner, order, and time of their being wrought: they relate many wonderful events of Providence, both in a way of mercy and judgment; they declare several surprising miracles, wrought by Moses and others, and exhibit many marvellous things in types and figures: are full of prophecies of extraordinary things, have been exactly accomplished, and contain many exceeding great and precious promises; and abound with doctrines abstruse and recondite, hid from the carnal sense and reason of men; the mysteries of the Gospel, and of the grace of God, such as respect the divine Persons in the Trinity; the person and grace of Christ; the wonderful love of God and Christ towards men; the amazing blessings of grace through him, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal life by him;
therefore doth my soul keep them; as a rich treasure, which he laid up in the cabinet of his heart, and preserved as what was most rare and valuable: and such are the wonderful things in the word of God; and such is the efficacy of its doctrines, and the influence the truths of it have upon the minds of gracious persons; that these engage them to keep and observe the precepts it enjoins, and that heartily and sincerely, with their whole spirit and soul.

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Geneva Bible -> Psa 119:129
Geneva Bible: Psa 119:129 PE. Thy testimonies [are] ( a ) wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
( a ) Containing high and secret mysteries, so that I am moved with admi...

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TSK Synopsis -> Psa 119:1-176
TSK Synopsis: Psa 119:1-176 - --1 This psalm contains sundry prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.
MHCC -> Psa 119:129-136
MHCC: Psa 119:129-136 - --The wonders of redeeming love will fix the heart in adoration of them. The Scriptures show us what we were, what we are, and what we shall be. They sh...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 119:129
Matthew Henry: Psa 119:129 - -- See here how David was affected towards the word of God. 1. He admired it, as most excellent in itself: Thy testimonies are wonderful. The word of...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 119:129-136
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 119:129-136 - --
The eightfold Phe . The deeper his depression of spirit concerning those who despise the word of God, the more ardently does he yearn after the lig...
Constable: Psa 107:1--150:6 - --V. Book 5: chs. 107--150
There are 44 psalms in this section of the Psalter. David composed 15 of these (108-110...

Constable: Psa 119:1-176 - --Psalm 119
The anonymous psalmist who wrote this longest psalm sought refuge from his persecutors and fou...
