
Text -- Psalms 119:91 (NET)




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The heaven and the earth.

All things are subject to thy power and pleasure.
JFB -> Psa 119:89-91; Psa 119:91
JFB: Psa 119:89-91 - -- That is, stands as firmly as the heaven in which it dwells, and whence it emanated.
That is, stands as firmly as the heaven in which it dwells, and whence it emanated.

JFB: Psa 119:91 - -- The heaven (Psa 119:89) and the earth (Psa 119:90). HENGSTENBERG translates, "They stand for thy judgment," that is, ready, as obedient servants, to e...
The heaven (Psa 119:89) and the earth (Psa 119:90). HENGSTENBERG translates, "They stand for thy judgment," that is, ready, as obedient servants, to execute them. The usage of this Psalm favors this view. But see Jer 33:25.
Clarke -> Psa 119:91
Clarke: Psa 119:91 - -- They continue this day - This verse should be thus read: All are thy servants; therefore, they continue this day according to thy ordinances. "All t...
They continue this day - This verse should be thus read: All are thy servants; therefore, they continue this day according to thy ordinances. "All the celestial bodies are governed by thy power. Thou hast given an ordinance or appointment to each, and each fulfils thy will in the place thou hast assigned it."
Calvin -> Psa 119:91
Calvin: Psa 119:91 - -- 91.By thy judgments they continue to this day The word, היום , hayom, which, following other interpreters, I have translated to this days mig...
91.By thy judgments they continue to this day The word,
Defender -> Psa 119:91
Defender: Psa 119:91 - -- This is one of the six verses in the psalm with no explicit reference to the Scriptures. However, it does refer to the "ordinances" of the creation (c...
This is one of the six verses in the psalm with no explicit reference to the Scriptures. However, it does refer to the "ordinances" of the creation (compare Job 38:33) which, like all God's judgments (same word,
TSK -> Psa 119:91
TSK: Psa 119:91 - -- They continue this : Psa 148:5, Psa 148:6; Gen 8:22; Isa 48:13; Jer 33:25
all are : Deu 4:19; Jos 10:12, Jos 10:13; Jdg 5:20; Mat 5:45, Mat 8:9

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Barnes -> Psa 119:91
Barnes: Psa 119:91 - -- They continue this day according to thine ordinances - According to thy judgments (Hebrew); that is, thy commands. They "stand"(Hebrew) as thou...
They continue this day according to thine ordinances - According to thy judgments (Hebrew); that is, thy commands. They "stand"(Hebrew) as thou hast appointed; they are what thou didst design them to be. The original purpose in their creation is carried out, and they thus furnish an illustration of the stability of thy government and the permanency of thy law.
For all are thy servants - All worlds obey thy commands; all are under thy control. They show that they are thy servants by the conformity of their movements to the laws which thou hast impressed on them.
Poole -> Psa 119:91
Poole: Psa 119:91 - -- They continue the heaven and the earth last mentioned.
According to thine ordinances as thou hast appointed, and by virtue of thine appointment.
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They continue the heaven and the earth last mentioned.
According to thine ordinances as thou hast appointed, and by virtue of thine appointment.
All are thy servants all things are subject to thy power and pleasure, and none can resist thy will or word.
Gill -> Psa 119:91
Gill: Psa 119:91 - -- They continue this day according to thine ordinances,.... That is, the heavens and the earth do, before mentioned, just as they were from the beginnin...
They continue this day according to thine ordinances,.... That is, the heavens and the earth do, before mentioned, just as they were from the beginning of the creation. The heavenly bodies have the same motion, magnitude, distance, and influence; the sun rises and sets as it did; the moon keeps her appointed seasons of full and change, of increase and decrease; the fixed stars retain their place, and the planets have their exact revolutions: and on earth things are as they were; seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night; thus they are at this day, and will continue, according to the wise order and appointment of God. Aben Ezra and Kimchi interpret it,
"they stand or continue unto this day to do the will of God; to execute his judgments and decrees, or observe his order and ordinances.''
for all are thy servants; or "they", or "these all" a; the heavens and earth, and all that is in them, all the works of God; he called them into being, and they rose up at his command; he calls them to service, and they stand up as obedient ones to do his will; he "commandeth the sun, and it riseth not" before its time; and "he sealeth up the stars", that they shine not when he pleases; once he commanded the sun to stand still on Gibeon, and the moon in the valley of Ajalon, and they obeyed him; see Isa 48:13. Hence it appears that the hosts of heaven, the sun, moon, and stars, ought not to be served and worshipped; but the Lord, the Maker of them, only, since they are his servants; and that men ought surely to serve the Lord, if these do, and especially such who are his chosen, redeemed, and called ones.

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NET Notes ->
Geneva Bible -> Psa 119:91
Geneva Bible: Psa 119:91 They ( b ) continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all [are] thy servants.
( b ) Seeing the earth and all creatures remain in that estat...

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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 119:89-96
MHCC: Psa 119:89-96 - --The settling of God's word in heaven, is opposed to the changes and revolutions of the earth. And the engagements of God's covenant are established mo...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 119:89-91
Matthew Henry: Psa 119:89-91 - -- Here, 1. The psalmist acknowledges the unchangeableness of the word of God and of all his counsels: " For ever, O Lord! thy word is settled. Thou ar...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 119:89-96
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 119:89-96 - --
The eightfold Lamed . Eternal and imperishable in the constant verifying of itself is the vigorous and consolatory word of God, to which the poet w...
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...
