?EXPOSITION In this section the Psalmist seems to take firm hold upon God himself; appropriating him ( Psalms 119:57 ), crying out for him ( Psalms 1...
?EXPOSITION Verse 88. Quicken me after thy loving kindness. Most wise, most blessed prayer! If we are revived in our own personal piety we shall be ou...
?EXPOSITION Verse 97. O how love I thy law! It is a note of exclamation. He loves so much that he must express his love, and in making the attempt he ...
?EXPOSITION Verse 171. My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught we thy statutes. He will not always be pleading for himself, he will rise abo...
?EXPOSITION Verse 43. And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth. Do not prevent my pleading for thee by leaving me without deliverance; f...
?EXPOSITION Verse 9. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? How shall he become and remain practically holy? He is but a young man, full of ho...
?EXPOSITION Verse 51. The proud have had me greatly in derision. Proud men never love gracious men, and as they fear them they veil their fear under a...
Praise [N] [B] God is worthy of 2?Samuel 22:4 Christ is worthy of Revelation 5:12 God is glorified by Psalms 22:23 ; 50:23 Offered to Chr...
Counselor Old Testament Significance. The Old Testament counselor served to advise the king on such matters as national defense and plans for war ( 1 ...
?EXPOSITION Verse 39. Turn away my reproach which I fear. He feared just reproach, trembling lest he should cause the enemy to blaspheme through any g...
?EXPOSITION This portion of the gigantic psalm sees the Psalmist in extremis. His enemies have brought him to the lowest condition of anguish and dep...
?EXPOSITION Verse 101. I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. There is no treasuring up the holy word unless there ...
Prayer [N] [B] [E] [S] Commanded Isaiah 55:6 ; Matthew 7:7 ; Philippians 4:6 TO BE OFFERED To God Psalms 5:2 ; Matthew 4:10 To Christ ...
Ordinance [N]With the defeat of Og of Bashan and Sihon of Heshbon, Israel was poised on the east bank of the Jordan to enter Canaan. Moses led a coven...
Psalms 1:2 But his delight [is] in the law of the Lord Not the law of nature, which was inscribed on Adam's heart in innocence, but now greatly impair...
?EXPOSITION Verse 99. I have more understanding than all my teachers. That which the Lord had taught him had been useful in the camp, and now he finds...
?EXPOSITION Verse 125. I am thy servant. This is the third time he has repeated this title in this one section: he is evidently fond of the name, and ...
?EXPOSITION Verse 138. Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. All that which God hath testified in his word is righ...
Light [N] [T] [E]Light always involves the removal of darkness in the unfolding of biblical history and theology. The contrast of light and darkness i...
?EXPOSITION The Psalmist is approaching the end of the psalm, and his petitions gather force and fervency; he seems to break into the inner circle of...