80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. |
81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. |
82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? |
83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes. |
84 How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? |
85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. |
86 All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. |
87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts. |
88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. |
89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. |
90 Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. |
91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants. |
92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. |
93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. |
94 I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts. |
95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies. |
96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad. |
97 O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. |
98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. |
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. |
100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. |
101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. |
102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me. |
103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! |
104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. |
105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. |
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. |
107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word. |
108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments. |
109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. |
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts. |
111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. |
112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end. |
113 I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. |
114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. |
115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. |
116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. |
117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. |
118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. |
119 Because this psalm was very large, and the matter of it of the greatest importance, the psalmist thought fit to divide it into two and twenty several parts, according to the number of the Hebrew letters, that he might both prevent tediousness, and fix it in the memory. Each part consists of eight verses. All the verses of the first part beginning with Aleph, all the verses of the second with Beth, and so on. It is observable, that the word of God is here called by the names of law, statutes, precepts or commandments, judgments, ordinances, righteousness, testimonies, way and word. By which variety, he designed to express the nature and perfection of God's word. It is called his word, as revealed by him to us; his way, as prescribed by him for us to walk in; his law, as binding us to obedience; his statutes, as declaring his authority of giving us laws; his precepts as directing our duty; his ordinances, as ordained by him; his righteousness, as exactly agreeable to God's righteous nature and will; his judgments, as proceeding from the great judge of the world, and being his judicial sentence to which all men must submit; and his testimonies, as it contains the witness of God's will, and of man's duty. And there is but one of these one hundred and seventy six verses, in which one or other of these titles is not found. The general scope and design of this psalm is, to magnify the law and make it honourable: to shew the excellency and usefulness of divine revelation, and recommend it to us, by the psalmist's own example, who speaks by experience of the benefits of it, for which he praises God, and earnestly prays for the continuance of God's grace, to direct and quicken him in his way.
119:80 Sound - That I may love and obey them sincerely, constantly, and universally.
119:81 Fainteth - With long desire and earnest expectation.
119:83 Bottle - A leathern bottle. My natural moisture is dryed and burnt up.
119:84 The days - The days of my life. I have but a little while to live; give me some respite before I die.
119:85 Who - Who have no respect to thy law.
119:86 Faithful - Just and true.
119:89 In heaven - With thee in thy heavenly habitation.
119:91 They - The heaven and the earth. Ordinances - As thou hast appointed. For - All things are subject to thy power and pleasure.
119:96 Perfection - Of the greatest and most perfect enjoyments in this world. Commandment - Thy word; one part of it being put for the whole.Broad - Or, large, both for extent, and for continuance: it is useful to all persons: it is of everlasting truth and efficacy; it will never deceive those who trust to it, as all worldly things will, but will make men happy both here and for ever.
119:100 Because - The practice of religion is the best way to understand it.
119:102 Taught me - By thy blessed spirit, illuminating my mind, and working upon my heart.
119:108 Offerings - The sacrifices of prayer and praise.
119:109 Is - Exposed to perpetual danger.
119:118 Deceit - Their deceitful devices, shall bring that destruction upon themselves which they design for others.