Psalms 119:1-53
[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.]
collapse <05315> [soul.]
Revive <02421> [quicken.]
word <01697> [according.]
told <05608> [declared.]
Teach <03925> [teach.]
meditate <07878> [so shall I talk.]
I <05315> [soul.]
collapse <01811> [melteth. Heb. droppeth. strengthen.]
Remove <05493> [Remove.]
law <08451> [grant me.]
choose <0977> [chosen.]
regulations <04941> [thy judgments.]
fast <01692> [stuck.]
ashamed <0954> [put me.]
run <07323> [run.]
enable <07337> [enlarge.]
Teach <03384> [Teach.]
observe <05341> [I shall keep.]
understanding <0995> [Give me.]
observe ..... keep <05341 08104> [I shall.]
keep <08104> [observe.]
Guide <01869> [Make me.]
path <05410> [the path.]
delight <02654> [therein.]
Give <05186> [Incline.]
unjustly <01215> [and not to.]
Turn <05674> [Turn. Heb. Make to pass.]
Revive <02421> [quicken.]
Confirm <06965> [Stablish.]
honors <03374> [who is devoted.]
away <05674> [Turn.]
regulations <04941> [for thy.]
long <08373> [I have.]
Revive <02421> [quicken.]
word <01697> [So shall.]
word <01697> [have wherewith, etc. or, answer him that reproacheth me in a thing.]
trust <0982> [for I trust.]
deprive me <05337 01697> [take not.]
await <03176> [for I have.]
keep <08104> [So shall.]
The language of this verse is very emphatic. Perfect obedience will constitute a large proportion of heavenly happiness to all eternity; and the nearer we approach to it on earth, the more we anticipate the felicity of heaven.
keep <08104> [keep.]
<01980> [And I will.]
secure <07342> [at liberty. Heb. at large.]
seek <01875> [for I seek.]
speak <01696> [speak.]
ashamed <0954> [will not.]
delight <08173> [I will delight.]
love <0157> [which.]
hands <03709> [hands.]
commands <04687> [unto thy.]
meditate <07878> [and I will.]
Remember <02142> [Remember.]
hope <03176> [upon which.]
comforts <05165> [This.]
promise <0565> [for thy.]
Arrogant <02086> [proud.]
aside <05186> [yet have.]
remember <02142> [remembered.]
Rage <02152> [horror.]
{ZilÆ’phah} properly signifies the pestilential burning wind called by the Arabs {Simoom,} (see Ps 11:6.) It is here used in a figurative sense for the most horrid mental distress; and strongly marks the idea the Psalmist had of the corrupting, pestilential, and destructive nature of sin.
