
Text -- Psalms 119:101 (NET)




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JFB -> Psa 119:101-104
JFB: Psa 119:101-104 - -- Avoidance of sinful courses is both the effect and means of increasing in divine knowledge (compare Psa 19:10).
Avoidance of sinful courses is both the effect and means of increasing in divine knowledge (compare Psa 19:10).
Clarke -> Psa 119:101
Clarke: Psa 119:101 - -- I have refrained my feet - By avoiding all sin, the spirit of wisdom still continues to rest upon me.
I have refrained my feet - By avoiding all sin, the spirit of wisdom still continues to rest upon me.
Calvin -> Psa 119:101
Calvin: Psa 119:101 - -- 101.I have restrained my feet from every evil path He intimates that he proclaimed war against every vice, that he might wholly devote himself to the...
101.I have restrained my feet from every evil path He intimates that he proclaimed war against every vice, that he might wholly devote himself to the service of God. From this we learn the profitable lesson, that in order to our keeping God’s Law, we must, from the commencement, beware lest our feet should step aside into crooked by-paths; for with a nature so corrupted as ours is, amidst so many allurements, and with minds so fickle, we are in the greatest danger of being led astray; yea, it is a rare miracle if any man hold on in his life in a right course, without turning aside in one direction or another. The faithful, therefore, have need to exercise the greatest circumspection, in order to keep their feet from going astray.
In the next verse, David commends his own constancy in observing the Law. He declares that ever since he had learned from God the right manner of living, he had pursued the right course. As the way is so slippery, and our feet so feeble, and our whole disposition so prone to go astray after innumerable errors, no small exertions are requisite on our part, in order to avoid declining from God’s judgments. But we must attend to the manner of teaching to which the Psalmist refers; for though all, without exception, to whom God’s word is preached, are taught, yet scarce one in ten so much as tastes it; yea, scarce one in a hundred profits to the extent of being enabled, thereby, to proceed in a right course to the end. A peculiar manner of teaching is, therefore, here pointed out — that which consists in God’s drawing his chosen people to himself. I have been brought, as if the Psalmist had said, into the way of salvation, and preserved in it by the secret influence of the Holy Spirit.
TSK -> Psa 119:101
TSK: Psa 119:101 - -- refrained : Psa 119:59, Psa 119:60, Psa 119:104, Psa 119:126, Psa 18:23; Pro 1:15; Isa 53:6, Isa 55:7; Jer 2:36; Tit 2:11, Tit 2:12; 1Pe 2:1, 1Pe 2:2,...
refrained : Psa 119:59, Psa 119:60, Psa 119:104, Psa 119:126, Psa 18:23; Pro 1:15; Isa 53:6, Isa 55:7; Jer 2:36; Tit 2:11, Tit 2:12; 1Pe 2:1, 1Pe 2:2, 1Pe 3:10, 1Pe 3:11

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Barnes -> Psa 119:101
Barnes: Psa 119:101 - -- I have refrained my feet from every evil way - I have walked in the path which thy law marks out. I have avoided the way of wickedness, and hav...
I have refrained my feet from every evil way - I have walked in the path which thy law marks out. I have avoided the way of wickedness, and have not yielded to the seductions of a sinful life.
That I might keep thy word - I have avoided all those allurements which would turn me from obedience, and which would prevent a right observance of thy commands. This indicates a purpose and a desire to keep the law of God, and shows the method which he adopted in order to do this. That method was to guard against everything which would turn him from obedience; it was, to make obedience to the law of God the great aim of the life.
Poole -> Psa 119:101
Poole: Psa 119:101 - -- Ver. 101. Evil way or, way of evil ; which either is evil, or leads to it; sin, and the temptations or occasions of sin.
That, I might keep thy wo...
Ver. 101. Evil way or, way of evil ; which either is evil, or leads to it; sin, and the temptations or occasions of sin.
That, I might keep thy word I did this not for any carnal reasons, as some men abstain from divers sins for their credit or advantage, but out of pure respect to thy word.
Gill -> Psa 119:101
Gill: Psa 119:101 - -- I have refrained my feet from every evil way,.... Of error or immorality, forbidden and condemned by the word of God; every way that is evil in itself...
I have refrained my feet from every evil way,.... Of error or immorality, forbidden and condemned by the word of God; every way that is evil in itself, or leads to evil, and in which evil men walk; and though there may be many snares and temptations to walk in such a way, yet a good man cannot allow himself to walk therein, as others do; he has not so learned the word of God; he is under the influence of divine grace, and withholds himself from it; he abstains from all appearance of evil, and lays a restraint, as upon his mouth and lips, so upon his feet, or guards his walk and conversation. This shows, that as David had an affection for the word of God, and made great proficiency in knowledge by it; so it had an influence on his life and conversation, and his knowledge appeared to be not merely speculative, but practical: his end, in laying such a restraint upon his feet, was not out of vain glory, and to gain popular applause nor through fear of losing his credit among men, nor of the wrath of God; but out of love to God, and to his word, as follows:
that I might keep thy word; such was his love to it, and his regard to the honour of it; considering whose word it was, and with whose authority it was clothed, and whose glory was concerned therein; that he was careful to walk according to it, and in the way that directed to, and shun every other way.

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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 119:97-104
MHCC: Psa 119:97-104 - --What we love, we love to think of. All true wisdom is from God. A good man carries his Bible with him, if not in his hands, yet in his head and in his...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 119:101
Matthew Henry: Psa 119:101 - -- Here is, 1. David's care to avoid the ways of sin: " I have refrained my feet from the evil ways they were ready to step aside into. I checked myse...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 119:97-104
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 119:97-104 - --
The eightfold Mem . The poet praises the practical wisdom which the word of God, on this very account so sweet to him, teaches. God's precious law,...
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...
