108<\/strong>. the freewill offerings of my mouth<\/em> ] The sacrifice of prayer and praise (Heb 13:15<\/span>); voluntary vows of devotion to the law. Cp. Psa 19:14<\/span>.<\/p>\n teach me<\/em> &c.] Cp. Psa 119:12<\/em><\/span> &c. Vows of obedience are vain without Divine instruction and grace.<\/p>\n Accept, I beseech thee, the free-will offerings of my mouth – <\/B>Or, the meaning of the word here rendered free-will, see the notes at Psa 110:3<\/span>. It conveys the idea that there is no constraint or compulsion; that the offering is a prompting of the heart. The offering might be that of flour, or grain, or fruits, or property of any kind, as devoted to God; or it might be, as here, an offering of the lips, expressed in prayer and praise. Either of them might be acceptable to God; their being accepted in either case would depend on the good pleasure of God, and hence, the psalmist prays that his offering might be thus acceptable. Compare Heb 13:15<\/span>.<\/P> And teach me thy judgments – <\/B>Thy commands; thy laws. See the notes at Psa 119:12<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Psa 119:108<\/span><\/p>\n Accept, I beseech Thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me Thy judgments.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n An aspiration of piety<\/strong><\/p>\n This <\/em>short prayer cries out for two things.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>Worship is an offering. It is the soul offering its highest devotions.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>Worship is an offering proclaimed of my mouth. The soul rings out aloud in speech and song its devotion.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>Worship is an offering of freewill. No constraint; it goes out as the aroma from the rose, as the beam from the <\/strong>sun.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>Knowledge of the laws of God is the most important of all knowledge.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>This most important knowledge can only be imparted by God. (Homilist.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Gods acceptance of our sufferings<\/strong><\/p>\n It <\/em>is a great grace that the Lord should accept anything from us, if we consider these three things. First, who the Lord is. Next, what we are. Thirdly, what it is we have to give unto Him. As for the Lord, He is all-sufficient, and stands in need of nothing we can give Him. As for us, we are poor creatures living by His liberality; yea, begging from all the rest of His creatures; from the sun and moon; from the air, the water, and the earth; from fowls and fishes; yea, from the worms; some give us light; some meat, some cloth; and are such beggars as we meet to give to a King? And thirdly, if we well consider, what is it that we give? Have we anything to give but that which we have received from Him? (Bp. Cowper.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Sincere offerings <\/strong><\/p>\n There is nothing so small but if it come from a good heart God will accept it: <\/strong>the widows mite; a cupful of cold water; yea, and the praise of our lips, although it have no other external oblation joined with it; but, where men may do more and will not, it is an argument their heart is not sincerely affected toward Him, and their praises are not welcome to Him. (Bp. Cowper.<\/em>)<\/p>\n Verse 108<\/span>. The freewill-offerings of my mouth<\/B><\/I>] nidboth<\/I> pi<\/I>, the voluntary offerings which I have promised<\/I>. Or, As we are in captivity<\/I>, and cannot sacrifice to thee, but would<\/I> if we could;<\/I> accept the praises<\/I> of our mouth<\/I>, and the purposes<\/I> of our hearts<\/I>, instead of the sacrifices and offerings which we would<\/I> bring to thy altar, but cannot<\/I>.<\/P> <\/p>\n The free-will offerings of my mouth; <\/B>either, <\/P> 1. Those which I have promised with my mouth, though I am not now in a capacity of performing my promises, as being banished from thy house. Or rather, <\/P> 2. The sacrifices of prayer and praises, which I do freely and frequently offer unto thee; which are called sacrifices<\/I>, as Psa 50:14<\/span>, and calves of our lips<\/I>, Hos 14:2<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n 108. freewill offerings<\/B>thespontaneous expressions of his gratitude, as contrasted with theappointed<\/I> “offerings” of the temple (Hos 14:2<\/span>;Heb 13:15<\/span>). He determines topursue this way, relying on God’s quickening power (Ps119:50<\/span>) in affliction, and a gracious acceptance of his”spiritual sacrifices of prayer and praise” (Psa 50:5<\/span>;Psa 50:14<\/span>; Psa 50:23<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth<\/strong>,<\/p>\n O Lord<\/strong>,…. Not sacrifices out of his flocks and herds, such as were the voluntary and freewill offerings brought to the priests under the law, though there may be an allusion to them; nor out of his substance, such as David and his people willingly offered towards the building of the temple; but these are not the freewill offerings of his hands, but of his mouth; the spiritual sacrifices of prayer praise: prayer is an offering; see Ps 141:2<\/span>; and it is a freewill offering, when a man is assisted by the free Spirit of God, and can pour out his soul freely to the Lord, in the exercise of faith and love. Praise is an offering more pleasing to God than an ox or bullock that has horns and hoofs, because it glorifies him; and it is a freewill offering when it is of a man’s own accord, comes from his heart; when he calls upon his soul, and all within him, to bless the Lord: and as every good man is desirous of having his sacrifices accepted with the Lord, so they are accepted by him when offered up through Christ, 1Pe 2:5<\/span>;<\/p>\n and teach me thy judgments<\/strong>; for though he was wiser than his enemies, and had more understanding than his teachers, or than the ancients; yet needed to be instructed more and more, and was desirous of being taught of God. This petition, or what is similar to it, is often put up.<\/p>\n 108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD<\/B>, and teach me thy judgments.<\/P> Two things we are here taught to pray for, in reference to our religious performances:– 1. Acceptance of them. This we must aim at in all we do in religion, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of the Lord. What David here earnestly prays for the acceptance of are the free-will-offerings,<\/I> not of his purse, but of his mouth,<\/I> his prayers and praises. The calves of our lips<\/I> (Hos. xiv. 2<\/span>), the fruit of our lips<\/I> (Heb. i. 15<\/span>), these are the spiritual offerings which all Christians, as spiritual priests, must offer to God; and they must be free-will-offerings,<\/I> for we must offer them abundantly and cheerfully, and it is this willing mind that is accepted. The more there is of freeness and willingness in the service of God the more pleasing it is to him. 2. Assistance in them: Teach me thy judgments.<\/I> We cannot offer any thing to God which we have reason to think he will accept of, but what he is pleased to instruct us in the doing of; and we must be as earnest for the grace of God in us as for the favour of God towards us.<\/P> <\/p>\n 108. O Jehovah! I beseech thee, let the flee-will-offerings of my mouth. This verse may be read in one connected sentence, as well as divided into two members. According to the former view, the sense will be, Receive, e Lord, my sacrifices, to this end, that thou mayest teach me thy commandments. If we prefer dividing the verse into two clauses, then it will consist of two separate prayers; first, a prayer that God would accept the prophet’s sacrifices; and, secondly, a prayer that he would instruct him in the doctrine of the law. I am rather inclined to follow the first opinion. The prophet affirms, as we have seen elsewhere, that nothing was more precious to him than to understand the doctrine of the law. Lord, as if he had said, do thou, according to thy good pleasure, accept the sacrifices which I offer thee; and as my chief desire is, to be instructed aright in thy law, grant that I may be a partaker of this blessing, which I am so anxious to obtain. We should mark all the places in which the knowledge of divine truth is preferred to all the other benefits bestowed upon mankind; and doubtless, since it contains in it the pledge of everlasting salvation, there is good reason why it should be esteemed as an inestimable treasure. Yet the prophet begins at a point remote from this, praying that God would vouchsafe to approve of and accept his services. By the word נדבות, nidboth, I have no doubt he denotes the sacrifices which were called free-will-offerings. I indeed grant that he speaks properly of vows and prayers; but as the chosen people to propitiate God, were wont to offer sacrifices, according as every man had ability, he alludes to that custom which prevailed under the law; even as Hosea (Hos 14:2<\/span>) designates the praises of God “the calves of the lips.” It was the design of God, by that ceremony, to testify to the fathers that no prayers were acceptable to him, but those which were joined with sacrifice, that they might always turn their minds to the Mediator. In the first place, he acknowledges that he was unworthy of obtaining any thing by his prayers, and that, if God heard him, it proceeded from his free and unmerited grace. In the second place, he desires that God would be favorable to him in the way of enabling him to profit aright in the doctrine of the law. The verb, רצה ratsah, which he uses: signifies to favor of mere good will. Whence it follows, that there is nothing meritorious in our prayers, and that, whenever God hears them, it is in the exercise of his free goodness. <\/p>\n (108) Freewill offerings of my mouth<\/strong>i.e., <\/em>thanks and praise.<\/p>\n Psa 119:108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.<\/p>\n Ver. 108. Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings<\/strong> ] My prayers and praises; prayers for thine assistance, and praises for thine enablements, Psa 50:14<\/span> ; Psa 107:22<\/span> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And teach me thy judgments<\/strong> ] This is a request that David hath never done with.<\/p>\n Accept: Num 29:39, Hos 14:2, Heb 13:15 <\/p>\n teach: Psa 119:12, Psa 119:26, Psa 119:130, Psa 119:169 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 2Ch 31:14 – the freewill Psa 19:14 – Let<\/p>\n 119:108 Accept, I beseech thee, the {c} freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.<\/p>\n (c) That is, my prayer and thanksgiving which Hosea calls the calves of the lips, Hos 14:2.<\/p>\n Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments. 108. the freewill offerings of my mouth ] The sacrifice of prayer and praise (Heb 13:15); voluntary vows of devotion to the law. Cp. Psa 19:14. teach me &c.] Cp. Psa 119:12 &c. 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I. <\/strong>For Divine acceptance of true worship. Accept, I beseech <\/strong>Thee, etc.<\/p>\n
II. <\/strong>For Divine instruction. Teach me Thy judgments, or laws.<\/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: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/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
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