Psalms 119:138-176
rules <05713> [testimonies.]
just <06664> [righteous. Heb. righteousness. faithful. Heb. faithfulness.]
zeal <07068> [zeal.]
consumes ..... enemies <06789 06862> [consumed me. or, cut me off. because.]
word <0565> [Thy word.]
Gold has need to be refined; but thy word is purity itself, reflecting the holiness of Jehovah's character and government, and requiring and leading to purity of heart and life.
pure <06884> [pure. Heb. tried, or refined.]
insignificant <06810> [small.]
forget <07911> [yet do.]
<06666> [Thy righteousness.]
Men, as Bp. Horne observes, may decree wickedness by a law; or they may change their decrees, and with them what is right to-day may be wrong to-morrow; but the law of God is righteousness, and it is truth, to-day and for ever.
endures <05769> [an everlasting.]
law <08451> [and thy.]
Distress <06862> [Trouble.]
confront ......... commands <04672 04687> [taken hold on me. Heb. found me. yet thy.]
just <06664> [righteousness.]
insight <0995> [give me.]
insight <0995> [understanding.]
cried <07121> [cried.]
observe <05341> [I will.]
keep <08104> [and I shall keep. or, that I may keep.]
before <06923> [I prevented.]
That is, I anticipated, or rose before, the morning dawn; and was before hand with the light itself.
hope <03176> [hoped.]
eyes <05869> [eyes.]
nighttime hours <0821> [the night watches.]
The ancient Jews divided the night into three watches of four hours each, beginning at six o'clock in the evening; before the last of which, "the day break," or "morning watch," as the LXX. and Vulgate read, the Psalmist was awake.
Listen <08085> [Hear.]
loyal love <02617> [according unto.]
revive ..... typically do <02421 04941> [quicken me.]
<07126> [draw nigh.]
[for from.]
near <07138> [near.]
commands <04687> [all.]
rules <05713> [thy testimonies.]
See <07200> [Consider.]
forget <07911> [for I.]
Fight for <07378> [Plead.]
Revive <02421> [quicken.]
deliverance <03444> [Salvation.]
seek <01875> [for they.]
great <07227> [Great. Heb. Many. are thy.]
Revive <02421> [quicken.]
numerous <07227> [Many.]
aside <05186> [yet do I.]
See <07200> [Consider.]
revive <02421> [quicken.]
instructions .... reliable <01697 0571 07218> [Thy word is true from the beginning. Heb. The beginning of the word is true.]
just <06664> [and every one.]
Rulers <08269> [Princes.]
disobeying <03820> [my heart.]
rejoice <07797> [rejoice.]
finds <04672> [as one.]
hate <08130> [hate.]
Seven <07651> [Seven times.]
That is, probably many times, or frequently, as the term seven frequently denotes; but Rabbi Solomon says that this is to be understood literally; for they praised God twice in the morning before reading the decalogue, and once after; twice in the evening before the same reading, and twice after; making in the whole seven times.
just <06664> [because.]
completely <07227> [Great.]
stumble <04383> [nothing shall offend them. Heb. they shall have no stumbling block.]
<03068> [Lord.]
<06213> [and done.]
your <05315> [soul.]
love <0157> [and I love.]
<01870> [for all my.]
cry <07440> [Let my cry.]
insight <0995> [give me.]
Deliver ..... promised <05337 0565> [deliver me.]
lips <08193> [my lips, etc.]
Or, more literally, and accordant with the context. "My lips shall pour forth (tabbÆ’nah) praise; for (kee) thou hast taught me thy statues."
tongue <03956> [tongue.]
commands <04687> [for all thy.]
hand <03027> [Let.]
choose <0977> [for.]
long <08373> [longed.]
law <08451> [and thy law.]
<05315> [Let my.]
regulations <04941> [and let thy.]
wandered <08582> [gone astray.]
looking <01245> [seek.]
forget <07911> [for I do.]
