Psalms 119:88-176
Revive <02421> [Quicken.]
keep <08104> [so shall I.]
Lamed <05769> [For ever.]
faithfulness <0530> [faithfulness.]
all generations <01755> [unto all generations. Heb. to generation and generation.]
established <03559> [thou hast]
stood <05975> [abideth. Heb. standeth.]
Today ... stand <05975 03117> [They continue this.]
servants <05650> [all are.]
law <08451> [thy law.]
died <06> [I should.]
never <05769> [will never.]
Deliver <03467> [I am thine.]
seek <01875> [for I have.]
wicked <07563> [wicked.]
concentrate <0995> [but I.]
realize <07200> [I have seen.]
That is, I have seen that all human wisdom or knowledge, however extensive, noble, and excellent, has it bounds, and limits, and end; but Thy law, a transcript of Thine own mind, is infinite, and extends to eternity.
commands <04687> [but thy.]
love <0157> [O how.]
commandments <04687> [through.]
always <05769> [they are ever. Heb. it is ever.]
teachers <03925> [than all.]
rules <05715> [for thy.]
discerning <0995> [understand.]
observe <05341> [because.]
<03607> [refrained.]
aside <05493> [departed.]
teach <03384> [for thou.]
sweeter <04452> [sweet.]
mouth <02441> [taste. Heb. palate.]
precepts <06490> [Through.]
hate <08130> [therefore.]
deceitful actions <0734 08267> [false way.]
word <01697> [word.]
lamp <05216> [lamp. or, candle.]
vowed <07650> [sworn.]
keep <08104> [that I will.]
terribly <06031> [afflicted.]
revive <02421> [quicken.]
accept <07521> [Accept.]
Teach <03925> [teach.]
life <05315> [My soul.]
Rather, "My life {naphshee} is continually in my hand;" i.e., it is in constant danger; every hour I am on the confines of death. The LXX., Syriac, and Ethiopic read, "in thy hand;" but this is a conjectural and useless alteration.
forget <07911> [yet do I not.]
wicked <07563> [wicked.]
wander <08582> [yet I erred.]
rules <05715> [Thy testimonies.]
joy <08342> [for they.]
determined <05186> [inclined.]
obey <06213> [perform. Heb. do. the end.]
hate <08130> [hate.]
divided loyalties <05588> [vain thoughts.]
Or, "divided thoughts," {saiÆ’phim,} or, as Gesenius renders, {bie Bneybeutigen (in ber Religion)} "ambiguities (or indecisions) in Religion;" Luther, {Flattergeister,} "inconstant fellows;" LXX. [paranomoi,] "transgressors," Vulgate {iniqui,} "iniquitous," and Jerome, {tumultuosos,} "tumultuous."
law <08451> [thy law.]
hiding <05643> [my hiding.]
shield <04043> [my shield.]
hope <03176> [I hope.]
Turn <05493> [Depart.]
observe <05341> [for I will.]
Sustain <05564> [Uphold.]
disappoint <0954> [and let me.]
Support <05582> [Hold.]
focus <08159> [and I will.]
despise <05541> [trodden.]
stray <07686> [err.]
unreliable <08649> [their deceit.]
remove <07673> [Thou.]
When Thou triest them in the refining fire, they are burnt up, fly off in fumes, or in {scori‘,} which Thou sweepest away.
remove <07673> [puttest away. Heb. causest to cease.]
love <0157> [therefore.]
body <01320> [My flesh.]
do <06213> [I have.]
abandon ..... oppressors <03240 06231> [leave me.]
Guarantee <06148> [surety.]
arrogant <02086> [let not.]
Show <06213> [Deal.]
Teach <03925> [teach.]
servant <05650> [I am thy.]
insight <0995> [give.]
understand <03045> [that I.]
time <06256> [time.]
<06213> [to work.]
That is, "to take vengeance," as {Æ’sah} signifies, Jer 18:23; Mal 3:17, by an ellipsis of the noun. When infidels, profligates, and Pharisees, "make void the law of God," generally, then it is time for God to arise to vindicate His own honour and maintain His cause among men.
break <06565> [they.]
love <0157> [I love.]
precepts <06490> [I esteem.]
<03474> [all things.]
{Kol,} "all" seems to have been omitted by all the versions, except the Chaldee; which reads simply, "all thy precepts;" and this renders the text more perspicuous and unembarrassed.
hate <08130> [and I.]
rules <05715> [testimonies.]
<05315> [doth.]
doorway <06608> [entrance.]
Or, "opening;" {paithach:} the Scriptures give satisfactory light to the mind upon every subject of which they treat; and speedily communicate more useful knowledge to the simplest believer, upon the most important topics, than the acutest philosophers have been able to develop through successive ages.
insight <0995> [it giveth.]
open <06473> [opened.]
long <02968> [I longed.]
Turn <06437> [Look.]
typically ..... loyal <04941 0157> [as thou usest to do unto those. Heb. according to the custom toward those.]
Direct <03559> [Order.]
sin <0205> [let not.]
<06440> [Make.]
Teach <03925> [and teach.]
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.]
