
Text -- Psalms 119:151 (NET)




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JFB -> Psa 119:150-152
JFB: Psa 119:150-152 - -- Though the wicked are near to injure, because far from God's law, He is near to help, and faithful to His word, which abides for ever.
Though the wicked are near to injure, because far from God's law, He is near to help, and faithful to His word, which abides for ever.
Clarke -> Psa 119:151
Clarke: Psa 119:151 - -- Thou art near - As they are near to destroy, so art thou near to save. When the enemy comes in as a flood, the Spirit of the Lord lifts up a standar...
Thou art near - As they are near to destroy, so art thou near to save. When the enemy comes in as a flood, the Spirit of the Lord lifts up a standard against him.
Calvin -> Psa 119:151
Calvin: Psa 119:151 - -- 151.Thou, O Jehovah! art near He encourages himself from the consolatory consideration, that God, when he sees his own people sore pressed, comes for...
151.Thou, O Jehovah! art near He encourages himself from the consolatory consideration, that God, when he sees his own people sore pressed, comes forward, seasonably to afford them succor; even as Paul on this subject says,
“Be not over-careful, the Lord is at hand, let your moderation be known to all men ”
(Phi 4:5)
The concluding sentence of the verse is to this effect, That God never forsakes nor disappoints his people in their necessity, because he is true to his promises; and in them he assures us, that the welfare of his people will always be the object of his care. That therefore we may be fully persuaded that the hand of God is always ready to repulse the assaults of our enemies, let us retain a settled belief of the truth, that he does not in vain promise in his word to be the guardian of our welfare.
TSK -> Psa 119:151
TSK: Psa 119:151 - -- near : Psa 46:1, Psa 75:1, Psa 139:2, Psa 145:18; Deu 4:7; Mat 1:23
all : Psa 119:138, Psa 119:142
near : Psa 46:1, Psa 75:1, Psa 139:2, Psa 145:18; Deu 4:7; Mat 1:23
all : Psa 119:138, Psa 119:142

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Barnes -> Psa 119:151
Barnes: Psa 119:151 - -- Thou art near, O Lord - God was present with him; he was ready to hear his cry; he was at hand to save him. Compare Psa 145:18. The psalmist ha...
Thou art near, O Lord - God was present with him; he was ready to hear his cry; he was at hand to save him. Compare Psa 145:18. The psalmist had the assurance, springing from deep feeling, and the conscious presence of God, which the people of God often have, that God is very near to them; that he is ready to hear them; that their prayers are answered; that they are in the presence of a heavenly Friend. Such are among the precious experiences of the life of a religious man.
And all thy commandments are truth - All that thou hast ordained; all that thou hast promised. The psalmist felt this. He was experiencing the truth of what God had assured him of. Not a doubt came into his mind - for God was near him. This conviction that God is "near"us - this manifestation of God to the soul as a present God - is one of the most certain assurances to our own minds of the truth of religion, and of our acceptance with him.
Poole -> Psa 119:151
Poole: Psa 119:151 - -- Ver. 151. Thou art near to me. Thou art as ready and present to succour me as they are to molest me.
Thy commandments considered with the promises...
Ver. 151. Thou art near to me. Thou art as ready and present to succour me as they are to molest me.
Thy commandments considered with the promises and threatenings, which are frequently annexed to them. Or, the promises, as this word seems to be used, Psa 111:7 , and elsewhere in this Psalm. And God is said to command not only his precepts, or the observation thereof, but also his covenant, Psa 105:8 111:9 , which is a collection or body of the promises; and his loving-kindness, Psa 42:8 , which is the fountain of the promises; and his blessing, Psa 133:3 , which is the fruit of his promises; and deliverances, Psa 44:4 , which are the things promised. And therefore it is not strange if he promises be sometimes called commandments.
Gill -> Psa 119:151
Gill: Psa 119:151 - -- Thou art near, O Lord,.... This was the comfort of the psalmist, that though his enemies drew nigh with a mischievous design upon him, yet his God wa...
Thou art near, O Lord,.... This was the comfort of the psalmist, that though his enemies drew nigh with a mischievous design upon him, yet his God was also near, and nearer than they; he was near as to relation to him, being his God and Father; near as to union, the bond of which is his everlasting love, which can never be dissolved; near as to communion, which he admits all his people to at one time or another; so that they are said to be "a people near unto the Lord"; Psa 148:14; and near as to his gracious presence, and the divine assistance he affords; he is a present help in time of need; he is nigh to all that call on him in truth, and in all things in which they do call upon him for, Psa 145:18;
and all thy commandments are truth; not only the precepts of the word of God, but his covenant, and the promises of it; the word which he has commanded to a thousand generations, Psa 105:8; and even the whole word of God, doctrines and duties; see Joh 17:17.

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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 119:145-152
MHCC: Psa 119:145-152 - --Supplications with the whole heart are presented only by those who desire God's salvation, and who love his commandments. Whither should the child go ...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 119:150-151
Matthew Henry: Psa 119:150-151 - -- Here is, I. The apprehension David was in of danger from his enemies. 1. They were very malicious, and industrious in prosecuting their malicious de...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 119:145-152
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 119:145-152 - --
The eightfold Koph . Fidelity to God's word, and deliverance according to His promise, is the purport of his unceasing prayer. Even in the morning ...
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...
