
Text -- Psalms 119:121 (NET)




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Wesley -> Psa 119:121
_Just judgment.
Clarke -> Psa 119:121
Clarke: Psa 119:121 - -- I have done judgment and justice - I have given the best decision possible on every case that came before me; and I have endeavored to render to all...
I have done judgment and justice - I have given the best decision possible on every case that came before me; and I have endeavored to render to all their due.
Calvin -> Psa 119:121
Calvin: Psa 119:121 - -- 121.I have done judgment and righteousness The Prophet implores the help of God against the wicked who troubled him, and he does so in such a manner ...
121.I have done judgment and righteousness The Prophet implores the help of God against the wicked who troubled him, and he does so in such a manner as at the same time to testify that the harassing treatment he received from them was on his part altogether undeserved. If we would have God to come down to succor us, it becomes us to see to it that we meet him with the testimony of a good conscience. As He everywhere promises his aid to the afflicted who are unrighteously oppressed, it is no superfluous protestation which the Prophet makes, that he had not provoked his enemies, but had restrained himself from all injury and wrong-doing, and had not even attempted to requite evil for evil. In asserting that he had at all times done judgment, he means that whatever rite wicked practiced, he steadfastly persevered in following after integrity, and never turned aside from what was just and right in any of his public or private transactions.
TSK -> Psa 119:121
TSK: Psa 119:121 - -- I have : Psa 7:3-5, Psa 18:20-24, Psa 75:2; 1Sa 24:11-15, 1Sa 25:28; 2Sa 8:15; Act 21:16; Act 25:10, Act 25:11; 2Co 1:12
leave me : Psa 37:33, Psa 57:...

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Barnes -> Psa 119:121
Barnes: Psa 119:121 - -- I have done judgment and justice - This commences a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Ayin ( ע ‛ ) - a letter ...
I have done judgment and justice - This commences a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Ayin (
Leave me not to mine oppressors - To the people who would do me wrong; who seek my hurt. He urged this on the ground that he had been obedient to the divine law, and might, therefore, with propriety, make this request, or might claim the divine protection. Man has no merit of his own, and no claim on God; but when he is his true friend, it is not improper to expect that he will interpose in his behalf; nor is it improper to present this in the form of a prayer. Our loving God, and serving him, though it is done imperfectly, is, in fact, a reason why he should and will interpose in our behalf.
Poole -> Psa 119:121
Poole: Psa 119:121 - -- Ver. 121. Judgment and justice i.e. just judgment, as Ecc 5:8 , to wit, towards mine oppressors, whom I have no way injured.
Gill -> Psa 119:121
Gill: Psa 119:121 - -- ע,
AIN.--The Sixteenth Part.
AIN. I have done judgment and justice,.... As king of Israel; which is the character given of him, 2Sa 8:15; and i...
AIN.--The Sixteenth Part.
AIN. I have done judgment and justice,.... As king of Israel; which is the character given of him, 2Sa 8:15; and in which he was a type of Christ, Jer 23:5; and as a private person; which is everyone's duty, and every good man especially will be desirous of performing it: it is not indeed perfectly done by any, and therefore not to be trusted to; nor was it so done by David; nor did he place his confidence in it; nor did he say this in a boasting way, but in defence of himself and his innocence against those who oppressed him with their calumnies, as appears from the next clause. The Syriac version takes it to be an address to God, and as describing him, "O thou that doest judgment and justice!" to whom the following petition is directed:
leave me not to mine oppressors; David had his oppressors, as all good men have, and power was on their side; but they could do no more, nor further exercise it, than as they were permitted by the Lord; for they had no power but what was given them from above; and he applies to God, and not men, for relief; and deprecates being given up to them, and left in their hands.

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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 119:121-128
MHCC: Psa 119:121-128 - --Happy is the man, who, acting upon gospel principles, does justice to all around. Christ our Surety, having paid our debt and ransom, secures all the ...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 119:121-122
Matthew Henry: Psa 119:121-122 - -- David here appeals to God, 1. As his witness that he had not done wrong; he could truly say, " I have done judgment and justice, that is, I have ma...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 119:121-128
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 119:121-128 - --
The eightfold Ajin . In the present time of apostasy and persecution he keeps all the more strictly to the direction of the divine word, and commen...
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...
