Psalms 119:1-24
[A.M. 3560. B.C. 444. (Title.)]
This Psalm, which was probably composed by Ezra, is another of the alphabetical Psalms: it consists of twenty-two parts, answering to the number of the Hebrew letters; every part being divided into eight verses, and each verse beginning with that letter which forms the title of the part; that is, the first part of eight verses with [Aleph,] the second with [Bˆyth,] etc. It is an elegant, important, and useful composition; the chief subjects of which are the excellence of God's laws, and the happiness of those who observe them. ALEPH
blessed <0835> [Blessed.]
blameless <08549> [undefiled. or, perfect, or sincere.]
obey <01980> [walk.]
observe <05341> [keep.]
seek <01875> [seek.]
ashamed <0954> [shall I.]
focused <05027> [I have.]
give you ... thanks <03034> [I will.]
learn <03925> [when.]
just regulations <06664 04941> [thy righteous judgments. Heb. judgments of thy righteousness.]
keep <08104> [I will.]
abandon <05800> [O forsake.]
young person <05288> [shall.]
guarding ...... instructions <08104> [by taking.]
heart <03820> [my whole.]
stray <07686> [O let me.]
words <0565> [Thy word.]
sin <02398> [that I.]
praise <01288> [Blessed.]
Teach <03925> [teach.]
proclaim <05608> [I declared.]
rejoice <07797> [rejoiced.]
meditate <07878> [meditate.]
focus <05027> [have respect.]
delight <08173> [delight.]
forget <07911> [not forget.]
Gimel <01580> [Deal.]
{Gemol,} "reward" thy servant: let him have the return of his faith and prayers. From this word is derived the name of [GÅ’ymel,] {gimmel,} the third letter of the alphabet, which is prefixed to every verse in this part: this is a stroke of the Psalmist's art and ingenuity.
live <02421> [I may live.]
Open <01540> [Open. Heb. Reveal.]
marvelous <06381> [wondrous.]
foreigner <01616> [a stranger.]
hide <05641> [hide.]
I <05315> [soul.]
times <06256> [at all times.]
reprimand <01605> [rebuked.]
doomed <0779> [cursed.]
Spare <01556> [Remove.]
observe <05341> [for I have.]
rulers <08269> [Princes.]
servant <05650> [thy servant.]
rules <05713> [testimonies.]
<0582> [my counsellors. Heb. men of my counsel.]
