Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 119:74
They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
74. Let them that fear thee see me and he glad: let them rejoice when they see in me an example of the reward of trustful patience. Cp. Psa 69:32.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
They that fear thee – Those who worship thee; thy friends; the pious and the good.
Will be glad when they see me – They will welcome me to their society; they will regard and treat me as a friend and brother. It is implied here that he considered this to be an honor – a thing to be desired. He valued the friendship and affection of those who feared and served God, and he made it an object so to live as to be worthy of their affection. Wicked men – men of the world – do not value that. They are satisfied with the friendship of those who, like themselves, have no fear of God. To a truly pious mind, the friendship of those who love God is of more value than that of any others; though in the one case they are poor and despised, and though in the other they are rich and of exalted rank. See the notes at Psa 119:63. Because I have hoped in thy word. See the notes at Psa 119:49.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Psa 119:74-79
They that fear Thee will be glad when they nee me; because I have hoped in Thy Word.
The good man
I. The spiritual interest of the good in each other (verse 74). In what, concerning each other, are they most profoundly interested? Their ripe moral condition. Because I have hoped in Thy Word. Hope in Thy Word implies–
1. That Thy Word has truth.
2. That Thy Word has good. We only hope for the good. Good men rejoice in each other, not merely because of secular or intellectual advancement, hut because of spiritual soundness and progress.
II. The confidence of the good in God (verse 75).
1. Confidence in the rectitude of the Divine procedure. I know it, not merely from the declarations of Thy Word, the testimonies of the good, but from my own experience. I know that all is right.
2. Confidence in the Divine kindness in affliction. In faithfulness Thou hast afflicted me. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten, etc.
III. The appeal of the good to Him.
1. Here is a prayer for comfort in affliction (verse 76).
2. A prayer for the preservation from dangers (verse 77). I am not only in sorrow and require comfort, hut in danger and require protection.
3. A prayer for the humiliation of enemies (verse 78). Convince them of the wrongness of their conduct towards me.
4. A prayer for the sympathy of the good (verse 79).
IV. The joy of the good in life. For Thy law is my delight. I will meditate in Thy precepts. The law of God stands for His ideas, His purposes, His sympathies, His plans, as revealed in nature and in the writings of inspired men. (Homilist.)
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Verse 74. They that fear thee] They who are truly religious will be glad – will rejoice, at this farther proof of the saving power of God.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Will be glad; partly for my sake, of whose innocency and piety they are convinced, and therefore sympathize with me; and partly for their own sakes, both for the encouragement they have by my example to trust in God, and for the manifold benefits, both spiritual and temporal, which they expect from my government.
See me, to wit, alive and in safety, notwithstanding all the force and malice of mine enemies, and advanced to the kingdom.
I have hoped in thy word; in thy promise, and have not been disappointed of my hope, which is a great confirmation of their faith and hope in God, that, they shall obtain all the good things which God hath promised them.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
74. So when He has led us torely on His truth, He will “make us to the praise of His grace”by others. “Those who fear Thee will be glad at my prosperity,as they consider my cause their cause” (Psa 34:2;Psa 142:7).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
They that fear thee will be glad when they see me,…. In outward prosperity, delivered from all troubles, set on the throne of Israel, and at rest from all enemies round about: and in spiritual prosperity, being illuminated by the Spirit of God, having a spiritual understanding of divine things, an obedience of faith to the commands of God, in the lively exercise of grace upon him, in comfortable frames of soul, and flourishing circumstances. Now they that fear the Lord, that have the grace of fear in their hearts, and are true worshippers of God, as they delight to meet together, and are glad to see one another; so they rejoice in each other’s prosperity, especially spiritual; see Ps 34:1;
because I have hoped in thy Word; in Christ the essential Word, the hope of Israel; in the written word, which gives encouragement to hope; in the word of promise, on which he was caused to hope; and in which hope he was confirmed, and not disappointed, and so it made him not ashamed: and others rejoiced at it, because it was an encouragement to their faith and hope likewise.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
Here is, 1. The confidence of this good man in the hope of God’s salvation: “I have hoped in thy word; and I have not found it in vain to do so; it has not failed me, nor have I been disappointed in my expectations from it. It is a hope that maketh not ashamed; but is present satisfaction, and fruition at last.” 2. The concurrence of other good men with him in the joy of that salvation: “Those that fear thee will be glad when they see me relieved by my hope in thy word and delivered according to my hope.” The comforts which some of God’s children have in God, and the favours they have received from him, should be matter of joy to others of them. Paul often expressed the hope that for God’s grace to him thanks would be rendered by many, 2Co 1:11; 2Co 4:15. Or it may be taken more generally; good people are glad to see one another; they are especially pleased with those who are eminent for their hope in God’s word.
Fuente: Matthew Henry’s Whole Bible Commentary
74. They who fear thee shall see me and be glad. This verse is either connected with the preceding, or it includes other benefits of God, besides the blessing mentioned in that verse. Whether the Psalmist adverts only to one particular species of blessing, or speaks generally, he by these words highly extols the benefits with which God had honored him, that all genuine saints in common might experience joy on that account. He does not mean to say that this joy proceeds solely from the trust which he reposed in God, but that it also proceeds from this, — that, having been preserved by him in a remarkable way, and loaded with many benefits, his hope had received an ample reward. As God invites all his servants in common to trust in him, it follows, that, whenever he exhibits a token of his grace towards any one of them, he testifies to all that he is faithful to his promises, and that they have no reason to be afraid of his disappointing those who trust in him.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(74) They . . . will be glad.The great truth of spiritual communion, and the mutual help and consolation derived from it, is latent here. In its primary sense, that the preservation and deliverance of the righteous, who are victims of persecution, afford comfort and joy to all truly good, the verse has been amply confirmed by history. Mat. 5:16, Let your light so shine, &c
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Psa 119:74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
Ver. 74. They that fear thee will be glad, &c. ] As hoping that they shall also in like sort be delivered and advanced.
Because I have hoped in thy word
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
fear = revere.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
fear
(See Scofield “Psa 19:9”).
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
fear thee: Psa 119:79, Psa 34:2-6, Psa 66:16, Mal 3:16
I have: Psa 119:42, Psa 119:147, Psa 108:7, Gen 32:11, Gen 32:12, Luk 21:33
Reciprocal: Psa 119:49 – upon which Psa 119:81 – but I Psa 119:111 – for they Psa 142:7 – the righteous
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Psa 119:74. They that fear thee will be glad, &c. This verse is thus paraphrased by Bishop Patrick: It will be a very great comfort and encouragement to all good men, when they see me delivered out of all these troubles; for thereby they will be confirmed in their belief of thy faithfulness to thy promises, on which it will appear I have not vainly depended. Certainly, as they who fear God, that is, who are truly pious, are naturally glad when they see one like themselves, so they are more especially so when it is one whose faith and patience have carried him through troubles, and rendered him victorious over temptations; one who hath hoped in Gods word, and hath not been disappointed. Every such instance affords fresh encouragement to all those who, in the course of their warfare, are to undergo like troubles, and to encounter like temptations. Horne.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
119:74 They that {b} fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
(b) When God shows his grace toward any, he testifies to others that he does not fail them who trust in him.