Bible Commentary

What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? 3, 4. What should he give thee, and what should he add to thee, thou deceitful tongue? Arrows of a warrior sharpened, with glowing coals of broom. The tongue, or rather its owner, is addressed. God is the subject … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 120:3”

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, [and] from a deceitful tongue. 2. Cp. Psa 52:1-4; Mic 6:12. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 2 4. The earnestness of the prayer and the severity of the condemnation point to a person or a party, fomenting feud and strife in the community by … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 120:2”

A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. 1. In my distress I called unto Jehovah, And he answered me. The Psalmist calls to mind past answers to prayer as an encouragement to fresh prayer in his present distress. Cp. Psa 3:4. This is a simpler and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 120:1”

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. 176. I have gone astray like a lost sheep ] So apparently the Ancient Versions, but the Massoretic accentuation connects like a lost sheep with seek, and suggests the rendering, If I go astray, seek thy servant … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 119:176”

Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. 175. and it shall praise thee ] Or, that it may praise thee. The object of the life for which he has prayed so often life prolonged, revived, invigorated, freed from the persecutions and trials which impede and prevent the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 119:175”

I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law [is] my delight. I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord – See the notes at Psa 119:166. The word rendered I have longed denotes an earnest desire or wish. Compare the notes at Psa 42:1, and the notes at Psa 119:20. And thy … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 119:174”

Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. 173. Let thine hand be ready to help me (R.V.). for &c.] Psa 119:174 is best taken in close connexion with Psa 119:173 b. He pleads three reasons for an answer to his prayers: he has deliberately resolved to obey God’s precepts (cp. Psa … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 119:173”

My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments [are] righteousness. My tongue shall speak of thy word – It shall speak of it in the language of praise; it shall speak of it in making it known to others. For all thy commandments are righteousness – I see this; I feel it; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 119:172”

My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. 171, 172. Let my lips pour forth praise, Because thou teachest me thy statutes. Let my tongue sing of thy word, For all thy commandments are righteousness. The optative form of the verb in Psa 119:172 is in favour of a similar rendering … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 119:171”

Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. Let my supplication come before thee – The word here rendered supplication properly means favor, mercy, pity, Jos 11:20; Ezr 9:8; then, that by which favor or mercy is sought – prayer or petition, Psa 6:9; Psa 55:1. Deliver me according to thy … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 119:170”