?EXPOSITION This octrain deals with the comfort of the word. It begins by seeking the main consolation, namely, the Lord's fulfilment of his promise,...
?EXPOSITION Verse 176. This is the finale, the conclusion of the whole matter: I have gone astray like a lost sheep -- often, wilfully, wantonly, and ...
Providence of God The word providence comes from the Latin providentia (Gk. pronoia [provnoia]) and means essentially foresight or making provision be...
?EXPOSITION Verse 28. My soul melteth for heaviness. He was dissolving away in tears. The solid strength of his constitution was turning to liquid as ...
?EXPOSITION Verse 40. Behold, I have longed after thy precepts. He can at least claim sincerity. He is deeply bowed down by a sense of his weakness an...
?EXPOSITION Verse 42. So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me. This is an unanswerable answer. When God, by granting us salvation,...
?EXPOSITION Verse 172. My tongue shall speak of thy word. When he had done singing he began preaching. God's tender mercies are such that they may be ...
?EXPOSITION Verse 105. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet. We are walkers through the city of this world, and we are often called to go out into its dark...
?EXPOSITION Verse 31. I have stuck unto thy testimonies, -- or I have cleaved, for the word is the same as in Psalms 119:25 . Though cleaving to the ...
Nature, Natural The Hebrew language has no word for nature equivalent to the Greek word physis [fuvsi]. Hebrew thought and language were essentially c...
?EXPOSITION Verse 47. And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. Next to liberty and courage comes delight. When we have done ...
?EXPOSITION Verse 10. With my whole heart have I sought thee. His heart had gone after God himself: he had not only desired to obey his laws, but to c...
Joy [T] [B]Attributed to God Deuteronomy 28:63 ; 30:9 ; Jeremiah 32:41 In heaven Luke 15:10-32 UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Deuteronomy...
Faithfulness [N] [T]In the Old Testament, God's faithfulness and covenant love are closely related ( Deut 7:9 ; Psalm 25:10 ; 85:10 ). The most prof...
?EXPOSITION Verse 15. I will meditate in thy precepts. He who has an inward delight in anything will not long withdraw his mind from it. As the miser ...
?EXPOSITION Verse 87. They had almost consumed me upon earth. His foes had almost destroyed him so as to make him altogether fail. If they could they ...
?EXPOSITION Verse 93. I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. When we have felt the quickening power of a precept we n...
Psalms, Theology of The Book of Psalms is a sizable collection of musical poems and prayers of diverse authorship and form. Psalms are independent lit...
Joy [N] [T]Happiness over an unanticipated or present good. In the Old Testament joy (Heb. sama[;j;m'f])covers a wide range of human experiences?from ...
?EXPOSITION Verse 92. Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. That word which has preserved the heavens a...