
Text -- Psalms 119:35 (NET)




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JFB -> Psa 119:33-38
JFB: Psa 119:33-38 - -- That is, the way or manner of life prescribed by them. The help we hope to obtain by prayer is to be the basis on which our resolutions should rest.
That is, the way or manner of life prescribed by them. The help we hope to obtain by prayer is to be the basis on which our resolutions should rest.
Calvin -> Psa 119:35
Calvin: Psa 119:35 - -- 35.Direct me in the path The frequent repetition of this phraseology by the prophet is not to be considered as redundant. Seeing that the end of man...
35.Direct me in the path The frequent repetition of this phraseology by the prophet is not to be considered as redundant. Seeing that the end of man’s existence ought to consist in profiting in God’s school, we nevertheless perceive how the world distracts him by its allurements, and how he also forms for himself a thousand avocations calculated to withdraw his thoughts from the main business of his life. The next clause of the verse, in it I take pleasure, must be carefully attended to. For it is an indication of rare excellence when a person so arranges his sentiments and affections as to renounce all the enticements pleasant to the flesh, and take delight in nothing so much as in the service of God. The prophet had already attained to this virtue but he still perceives that he is not yet perfect. Therefore, that his desire may be fully accomplished, he solicits fresh assistance from God, according to the saying of Paul,
“It is God that worketh in you, both to will and to do of his good pleasures” Phi 2:13.
Let it be remembered, that he does not boast of the inherent working of his nature, but sets forth the grace he has received, that God may complete the work he has begun. “Lord, thou hast given me courage, grant me also strength.” Hence in the term pleasure there is an implied opposition to the lusts of the flesh, which keep the hearts of mankind lettered by their enticements.
TSK -> Psa 119:35
TSK: Psa 119:35 - -- Make me : Psa 119:27, Psa 119:36, Psa 119:173; Eze 36:26, Eze 36:27; Phi 2:13; Heb 13:21
the path : Psa 23:3; Pro 3:17, Pro 4:11, Pro 4:18, Pro 8:20; ...
Make me : Psa 119:27, Psa 119:36, Psa 119:173; Eze 36:26, Eze 36:27; Phi 2:13; Heb 13:21
the path : Psa 23:3; Pro 3:17, Pro 4:11, Pro 4:18, Pro 8:20; Isa 2:3, Isa 48:17
therein : Psa 119:16; Isa 58:13, Isa 58:14; Rom 7:22; 1Jo 5:3

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Barnes -> Psa 119:35
Barnes: Psa 119:35 - -- Make me to go in the path ... - That is, Incline me to it; so direct me that I shall thus walk. It is an acknowledgment of his dependence on Go...
Make me to go in the path ... - That is, Incline me to it; so direct me that I shall thus walk. It is an acknowledgment of his dependence on God, that he might be able to carry out the cherished purposes of his soul.
For therein do I delight - See Psa 119:16. I am conscious of having pleasure in thy commandments; of having a strong desire to keep them, and I pray for grace that I may be able to do it. Real delight in the law of God is one of the best means of securing its observance; one of the best evidences that it will be kept.
Poole -> Psa 119:35
Poole: Psa 119:35 - -- Make me to go by directing my mind into the right way, by inclining my will, and strengthening my resolution.
For therein do I delight: forsake not...
Make me to go by directing my mind into the right way, by inclining my will, and strengthening my resolution.
For therein do I delight: forsake not him who delighteth in the: and in thy service; and as thou hast wrought in me to will work in me also to do.
Gill -> Psa 119:35
Gill: Psa 119:35 - -- Make me to go in the path of thy commandments,.... Lead, guide, direct me in the path, and use me to it; work in me both to will and to do; give both ...
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments,.... Lead, guide, direct me in the path, and use me to it; work in me both to will and to do; give both ability and a willing mind to walk therein; by granting fresh supplies of grace, and more spiritual strength; by drawing with the cords of love, and by putting in him the good spirit of grace, to cause to walk in the statutes of the Lord, and keep his judgments and do them, Eze 36:27;
for therein do I delight; in the law of God, after the inward man; in the commandments of Christ, which are not grievous; in wisdom's ways and paths, which are pleasantness and peace.

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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 119:33-40
MHCC: Psa 119:33-40 - --Teach me thy statutes, not the mere words, but the way of applying them to myself. God, by his Spirit, gives a right understanding. But the Spirit of ...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 119:35-36
Matthew Henry: Psa 119:35-36 - -- He had before prayed to God to enlighten his understanding, that he might know his duty, and not mistake concerning it; here he prays to God to bow ...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 119:33-40
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 119:33-40 - --
The eightfold He . He further prays for instruction and guidance that he may escape the by-paths of selfishness and of disavowal. The noun עקב ...
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...
