107<\/strong>. Resolute observance of the law however has exposed him to persecution; therefore he prays God to preserve his life according to His promise. Cp. Psa 119:25<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n I am afflicted very much – <\/B>The form of the affliction is not mentioned. There are frequent allusions in the psalm to the fact that the author was and had been afflicted – as, in fact, must be the case in the life of every good man. Compare Psa 119:71<\/span>, Psa 119:75<\/span>. If David was the author of the psalm, we know that there were numerous occasions in his life when this language would be appropriate. As designed for the people of God at all times, it was important that there should be these allusions to affliction.<\/P> Quicken me … – <\/B>Make me live; give me life and vigor, that I may bear up under my trials. See the notes at Psa 119:25<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Psa 119:107<\/span><\/p>\n I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord, according unto Thy Word.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n A common condition and an indispensable blessing<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>The penal. All the sufferings of wicked men come on them as righteous punishment.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>Disciplinary. To the genuine disciples of Christ afflictions are the chastisements of the Father.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>In faith. Faith in God.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>In love. Supreme love to the supremely good.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>In hope. Hope for a complete transformation into the image of his God. (Homilist.<\/em>)<\/p>\n Verse 107<\/span>. I am afflicted very much<\/B><\/I>] ad meod<\/I>, “to extremity, excessively.” We are in the most oppressive captivity.<\/P> <\/P> Quicken me<\/B><\/I>] Deliver us from our bondage.<\/P> <\/p>\n I am afflicted very much<\/strong>,…. In a temporal sense, in his body, in his family, and by his enemies; in a spiritual sense, with the corruptions of his heart, with the temptations of Satan, and with the hidings of God’s face; and what with one thing or another, he was pressed above measure, and his spirits sunk under the weight of the affliction, so that he was as a dead man; and therefore prays,<\/p>\n quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word<\/strong>;<\/p>\n [See comments on Ps 119:25]<\/span>.<\/p>\n 107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD<\/B>, according unto thy word.<\/P> Here is, 1. The representation David makes of the sorrowful condition he was in: I am afflicted very much,<\/I> afflicted in spirit; he seems to mean that especially. He laboured under many discouragements; without were fightings, within were fears. This is often the lot of the best saints; therefore think it not strange if sometimes it be ours. 2. The recourse he has to God in this condition; he prays for his grace: “Quicken me, O Lord!<\/I> make me lively, make me cheerful; quicken me by afflictions to greater diligence in my work. Quicken me,<\/I> that is, deliver me out of my afflictions, which will be as life from the dead.” He pleads the promise of God, guides his desires by it, and grounds his hopes upon it: Quicken me according to thy word.<\/I> David resolved to perform his promises to God (v.<\/I><\/span> 106<\/span>) and therefore could, with humble boldness, beg of God to make good his word to him.<\/P> <\/p>\n 107. I am greatly afflicted, O Jehovah! This verse teaches, that God did not cherish the fathers under the law in his bosom so delicately as not to exercise them with grievous temptations; for the Psalmist declares that he was not afflicted lightly, or in an ordinary degree, but above measure. His prayer to be quickened implies that he was at the point of death. He, however, at the same time, shows, that though he was besieged by death, he yet fainted not, because he leaned upon God — a point worthy of special notice; for though, at the beginning, we may call upon God with much alacrity, yet when the trial increases in severity, our hearts quail, and, in the extremity of fear, our confidence is extinguished. Yet the prophet implores God for grace, not in order to his life being preserved in safety, but in order to his recovering the life he had lost, which indicates both the low condition to which he was reduced, and his continued confidence in God. We must also observe attentively the last part of the clause, according to thy word We will pray coldly, or rather we will not pray at all, if God’s promise does not inspire us with courage in our sorrow and distress. In short, as we have said elsewhere, it is indispensably necessary that we should have this key at hand, in order to our having free access to the throne of grace. <\/p>\n Psa 119:107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.<\/p>\n Ver. 107. I am adflicted very much<\/strong> ] Usque valde,<\/em> extremely. If David be so fully bent to obey God, he shall have troubles great store; 1Ti 3:12<\/span> , All that will live godly, and are set upon it, shall suffer persecution. Zeal for Christ draweth troubles to itself, as the wind Caecias doth clouds. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word<\/strong> ] Help me to keep my promise, to perform mine oath, notwithstanding these troubles growing upon me. A vow made without prayer is never kept.<\/p>\n afflicted: Psa 6:1, Psa 22:14-18, Psa 34:19 <\/p>\n quicken: Psa 119:25, Psa 119:88, Psa 143:11 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Psa 80:18 – quicken Psa 119:40 – quicken Psa 119:143 – Trouble<\/p>\n I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word. 107. Resolute observance of the law however has exposed him to persecution; therefore he prays God to preserve his life according to His promise. Cp. Psa 119:25. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges I am afflicted very much – The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 119:107”<\/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-16016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16016","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=16016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16016"}],"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>A condition that is common to man. How varied the afflictions of men, personal and social, physical and mental–disease, poverty, bereavement, oppression, etc. Our human afflictions may be divided into two classes.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>A blessing that is indispensable to man. The quickening of the spiritual nature, the <\/strong>soul.<\/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
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Matthew Henry’s Whole Bible Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"