
Text -- Psalms 119:48 (NET)




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Wesley -> Psa 119:48
To receive and embrace thy precepts and promises.
JFB -> Psa 119:45-48; Psa 119:48
JFB: Psa 119:45-48 - -- To freedom from reproach, when imbued with God's truth, there is added "great boldness in the faith" [1Ti 3:13], accompanied with increasing delight i...
To freedom from reproach, when imbued with God's truth, there is added "great boldness in the faith" [1Ti 3:13], accompanied with increasing delight in the holy law itself, which becomes an element of happiness.

JFB: Psa 119:48 - -- That is, I will prayerfully (Psa 28:2) direct my heart to keep Thy commandments.
That is, I will prayerfully (Psa 28:2) direct my heart to keep Thy commandments.
Clarke -> Psa 119:48
Clarke: Psa 119:48 - -- My hands also will I lift up - I will present every victim and sacrifice which the law requires. I will make prayer and supplication before thee, li...
My hands also will I lift up - I will present every victim and sacrifice which the law requires. I will make prayer and supplication before thee, lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting
TSK -> Psa 119:48
TSK: Psa 119:48 - -- hands : Psa 10:12; Eze 44:12; Mic 5:9
unto thy : Mat 7:21; Joh 13:17, Joh 15:14; Jam 1:22-25
and I will : Psa 119:15, Psa 1:2
hands : Psa 10:12; Eze 44:12; Mic 5:9
unto thy : Mat 7:21; Joh 13:17, Joh 15:14; Jam 1:22-25
and I will : Psa 119:15, Psa 1:2

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Barnes -> Psa 119:48
Barnes: Psa 119:48 - -- My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments ... - As an expression of delight or rejoicing, as people lift up their hands with their voi...
My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments ... - As an expression of delight or rejoicing, as people lift up their hands with their voice when they give expression to joy. It denotes a high statue of joy, such as leads to an outward expression; not merely that which exists in calm contemplation, but where the heart is full, and when it finds outward expression.
And I will meditate in thy statutes - See the notes at Psa 1:2. I will indicate my joy - my happiness - in thy commandments in every way possible; by outward expressions, and by deep and calm contemplation when I am alone; in my daily employments, in solitude, in the night-watches. This is indicative always of true religion.
Poole -> Psa 119:48
Poole: Psa 119:48 - -- Lift up to lay hold upon them, to receive and embrace thy precepts and promises by faith and love, and cheerfully and vigorously to put them in pract...
Lift up to lay hold upon them, to receive and embrace thy precepts and promises by faith and love, and cheerfully and vigorously to put them in practice; for as the hanging down of the hands is a gesture of sloth and listlessness, as 2Ch 15:7 , and elsewhere; so the lifting up of the hands is the posture of a man entering upon action, as Gen 41:44 2Sa 20:21 .
I will meditate in thy statutes my deepest thoughts, as well as my hands, shall be exercised in them.
Gill -> Psa 119:48
Gill: Psa 119:48 - -- My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved,.... Showing by such a gesture his great esteem of them, and affection for them...
My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved,.... Showing by such a gesture his great esteem of them, and affection for them; stretching out his hands, and embracing them with both arms, as it were: and this being a praying gesture, 2Ti 2:8, may signify his earnest desire and request that he might have grace and spiritual strength to enable him to observe them; and it being used in swearing, Gen 14:22, may express his firm resolution in the strength of divine grace to keep them; and the phrase signifying a doing or an attempt to do anything, Gen 41:44, may denote his practical observance of the commands, his putting his hand to do them with all his might;
and I will meditate in thy statutes; and thereby get a better understanding of them, and be in a better disposition and capacity to keep them.

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NET Notes -> Psa 119:48
NET Notes: Psa 119:48 Lifting the hands is often associated with prayer (Pss 28:2; 63:4; Lam 2:19). (1) Because praying to God’s law borders on the extreme, some pref...

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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 119:41-48
MHCC: Psa 119:41-48 - --Lord, I have by faith thy mercies in view; let me by prayer prevail to obtain them. And when the salvation of the saints is completed, it will plainly...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 119:45-48
Matthew Henry: Psa 119:45-48 - -- We may observe in these verses, 1. What David experienced of an affection to the law of God: " I seek thy precepts, Psa 119:45. I desire to know an...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 119:41-48
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 119:41-48 - --
The eightfold Vav . He prays for the grace of true and fearlessly joyous confession. The lxx renders Psa 119:41 : καὶ ἔλθοι ἐπ ...
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...
