Other people analyze this differently with disagreement. Psalm 119 the wonder of the word psalm 119 has as its theme the word of god. This makes it clear that it is no doityourself manual which god has. Calvins commentary on the psalms, anew translation of which is now in course of being presented to theenglish reader, is distinguished by many of the. Psalm 119 is remarkable for how often it refers to gods written revelation, his word. The masorites said that the word of god is mentioned in every verse except psalm 119. But writing the commentary for this passage was a challenge due to the length of. Psalms 119 commentary, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely. As far as our views, desires, and affections agree with what is here expressed, they come from the influences of the holy spirit, and no further. Psalm 119 6409 final basic training bible ministries. Regardless of writer, psalm 119 has some very special qualities. It is written in a format that will allow us to read and study the key concepts with. Psalms 9, 10, 25, 34, 37, 111, 112 and 145 are examples. Psalm 119 was written somewhere between 24003000 years ago.
The bible is the instruction manual for wise and blessed living. Each stanza contains eight verses, and the first letter of each verse is that which gives name to the stanza. The pardoning mercy of god in christ, is the only source of a sinners happiness. Psalm 119 is the longest of the 150 psalms, it has 176 verses broken up into 22 stanzas of 8 verses per stanza. The main theme of psalm 119 is the word of god, which is mentioned in 169 of its. The masoretes a group of jewish scholars between the 6 th and 10 th centuries ad said that the word of god is mentioned in every verse except psalm 119. My usual practice when writing the commentary for a biblical passage is to treat each verse or phrase individuallyalbeit with an introduction to help the reader appreciate the context. See the note on verse 3 with regard to the meaning of ways. Other people reckon differently with disagreement about verses 84, 90, 121, and 2. The form of psalm 119 the hebrew psalter contains a number of acrostic, or alphabetic, psalms.
Readers of this work on psalm 119 will soon understand why archbishop ussher. Commentary on the book of psalms calvin university. We believe that revival will happen again in the same. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the lord, ver.
Study guide for psalm 119 by david guzik blue letter bible. In this psalm there are 8 basic words used to describe the scriptures, gods written revelation to us. All formats, multimedia, audiomp3, video, ebook, epub, kindle mobi, pdf. Biblical commentary bible study psalm 119 exegesis. But, dont let the length of the chapter hinder you. Here the author of psalm 119 uses, for the first time.
It is divided into twentytwo parts or stanzas, denoted by the twentytwo letters of the hebrew alphabet. But scripture is mentioned in at least 171 of 176 verses. Where needed, i include verses that the lectionary skipped. First of all, it has the distinction of being the longest chapter in the bible.
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