42<\/strong>. So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me (R.V.)] Personal experience of God’s manifold lovingkindness manifested in his deliverance will enable him to return a conclusive answer to those who taunt him with the uselessness of serving God. P.B.V. follows some of the Ancient Versions in reading the plural, my blasphemers<\/em>.<\/p>\n So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me – <\/B>I shall have something by which I may reply to those who calumniate me. So the Saviour replied to the suggestions of the tempter almost wholly by passages of Scripture Mat 4:4<\/span>, Mat 4:7<\/span>,Mat 4:10<\/span>; and so, in many cases, the best answer that can be given to reproaches on the subject of religion will be found in the very words of Scripture. A man of little learning, except that which he has derived from the Bible, may often thus silence the cavils and reproaches of the learned sceptic; a man of simplehearted, pure piety, with no weapon but the word of God, may often thus be better armed than if he had all the arguments of the schools at his command. Compare Eph 6:17<\/span>.<\/P> For I trust in thy word – <\/B>I believe it; I rely on it; I confide in that, as my only comfort and protection.<\/P><\/p>\n Psa 119:42<\/span><\/p>\n So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: far I trust in Thy Word.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The reproach answered<\/strong><\/p>\n His <\/em>state was this–depending upon, and trusting to that word of promise which the Holy Ghost had applied with power to his conscience; not relying upon the bare letter of truth, but leaning upon the sure word of promise which had been brought home with power to his heart. Being, then, in this state, he only had a greater hungering and thirsting after further food. What he had already received from God had not brought into his soul lasting satisfaction; it had rather enkindled his appetite for more. Fresh wants called urgently for fresh deliverances; new diseases required anew the healing hand. Being in this state, then, he longs after the mercies of God, and hungers after His salvation. He was driven as well as drawn, impelled by urgent necessity as well as allured by Divine encouragements. An enemy was at hand who dogged his steps, an accuser with a heavy bill of charges was waiting at his gate.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>The law of God reproaches every living soul to which it is spiritually applied, for disobedience to it.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>Our own heart is continually reproaching us, for our shortcomings in all we desire to perform to Gods glory.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>Professors of religion are continually casting their reproaches upon us. They treat us as Peninnah treated Hannah.<\/p>\n 4. <\/strong>Even the world will sometimes reproach Gods people for covetousness, worldliness, a slanderous tongue, resentment of injuries, levity, frivolity, carelessness, etc.<\/p>\n 5. <\/strong>Satan often reproaches the children of God (Rev 12:10<\/span>).<\/p>\n Verse 42<\/span>. So shall I have wherewith to answer<\/B><\/I>] Many say, “My hope in thy mercy is vain;” but when thou fulfillest thy promises to me, then shall I answer to the confusion of their infidelity.<\/P> <\/p>\n That reproacheth me; <\/B>that chargeth me with folly for my piety and trust in thy promises. <\/P> For I trust in thy word; <\/B>or, because I trust<\/I>, &c. This was the matter of their reproach. <\/P> <\/p>\n 42.<\/B> The possession of God’s giftof “salvation” (Ps119:41<\/span>) will be the Psalmist’s answer to the foe’s “reproach,”that his hope was a fallacious one.<\/P><\/p>\n So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me<\/strong>,…. Saying there is no help and salvation for him in God; asking where is his God, in whom he trusted? and where is the promise of salvation, on which he depended? To which an easy and ready answer might be given, when the mercies and salvation of God came unto him, and he clearly appeared to be interested in them; see Ps 3:2<\/span>;<\/p>\n for I trust in thy word<\/strong>: in Christ the essential Word, the object of trust and confidence; or in the written word, it being divinely inspired and dictated by the Spirit of God, and so to be depended on as true and faithful; or rather God’s word of promise concerning mercy, grace, and salvation, which God that has made is faithful and able to perform, as may be believed.<\/p>\n VAU.<\/strong><\/p>\n (42) So shall I have.<\/strong>Better literally, as the LXX. <\/strong>and Vulg., and I shall answer my reviler a word, for I trust in Thy word, i.e., <\/em>when reproached it will be enough to pronounce Gods promise. The repetition of davar <\/em>here and in Psa. 119:43<\/span> makes for this explanation in preference to that of the margin.<\/p>\n Psa 119:42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.<\/p>\n Ver. 42. So shall I have wherewith to answer<\/strong> ] i.e.<\/em> To stop an open mouth. Verbal apologies are sometimes necessary, but real always; we should, by a pious conversation, put to silence the ignorance of foolish men, who, like Blackamoors, despise beauty; like dogs, bark at the shining of the moon. We are also to beg deliverance of God, for the confutation of such as say we shall never be delivered.<\/p>\n wherewith = a word. Hebrew. dabar as in Psa 119:9. See App-73. <\/p>\n reproacheth. See note on “contempt”, Psa 123:3. <\/p>\n trust in = confide in. Hebrew. batah. App-69. <\/p>\n word. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read “words” (plural) <\/p>\n trust <\/p>\n (See Scofield “Psa 2:12”). <\/p>\n So shall: Psa 3:2, Psa 42:10, Psa 71:10, Psa 71:11, Psa 109:25, Mat 27:40-43, Mat 27:63 <\/p>\n have wherewith: etc. or, answer him that reproacheth me in a thing, 2Sa 16:7, 2Sa 16:8, 2Sa 19:18-20 <\/p>\n for I trust: Psa 119:49, Psa 119:74, Psa 119:81, Psa 56:4, Psa 56:10, Psa 56:11, Psa 89:19-37, 2Sa 7:12-16, 1Ch 28:3-6, Act 27:25 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Jos 1:8 – book Psa 119:22 – Remove Psa 130:5 – and in his Pro 27:11 – that I<\/p>\n 119:42 So shall I {b} have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.<\/p>\n (b) By trusting in God’s word he assures himself to be able to confute the slanders of his adversaries.<\/p>\n So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. 42. So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me (R.V.)] Personal experience of God’s manifold lovingkindness manifested in his deliverance will enable him to return a conclusive answer to those who taunt him with the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 119:42”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
I. <\/strong>There are many accusers that reproach a living soul.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>The inability of the creature to answer any of these reproaches. Can he bring forward his good works? No; the sentence of the law is within, and good works, could he perform them, are merely external things. Can he bring forward resolutions, and promises, and vows to do better for the future? No; these promises, resolutions, and vows spring from the flesh, but condemnation is written in his spirit. Shall he answer these reproaches by his own prayers? No; for the condemnation of the law is written in his spiritual conscience, and only so far as prayer is indited by the Spirit, will it go up out of a spiritual heart.<\/p>\n
III. <\/strong>The desires and breathings of the soul after such a manifestation of mercy as shall afford a sufficient answer (verse 41). If you will observe, the word mercies is in the plural, there being many mercies; but salvation is in the singular number, there being only one salvation. In what way, then, did he want these mercies? Merely as standing in the letter of the word? Only as recorded in the inspired word of truth?–as things to look at–as objects hung up, as it were, in a picture, merely for the eye to gaze upon? No; he wanted them in his heart, to come to him, to visit him, to be breathed into him, to be made part and parcel of him, to he the life-blood that should circulate in his veins, to be the very Kingdom of God set up with power in his soul. And why did he want internal mercies? Because he had internal reproaches. Why did he need mercies in his soul? because condemnation was in his soul. It was there the sentence of death was written; it was there the sentence of acquittal was to be recorded. It was there that reproach was felt; it was there the answer to the reproach was to be given.<\/p>\n
IV. <\/strong>The way in which these answers are communicated. If the law reproaches, salvation in the heart is an answer to its reproach. If our own heart condemns us, to have a sense of Gods salvation in the soul is an answer to every reproach that the heart can bring. If the world condemns us, casts out our names as evil, imputes to us practices which we abhor, tarnishes our fair fame, and throws upon us every base imputation, if we have salvation in our hearts, it is a sufficient answer to all the reproaches that are cast upon us. (J. C. Philpot.<\/em>)<\/p>\nFuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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