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Psalms 119:13

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. Not the judgments of his hand, what he executes on an ungodly world; nor the intricate dispensations of his providence; those judgments of his now unsearchable, though before long will be manifest; these the psalmist could not declare: but the revelation of the will of God, what his...

Psalms 119:13

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. I must take leave to claim a special property in this text, and there are some among us here, following that same holy craft of preaching the divine Word, who can, each one, lay his hand upon his heart, and say to God, “With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.” This...

Psalms 119:13-14

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. A man’s walking will be right when his delight is of this kind, for where the heart goes, the life will go. To some people religion is a task. It will never have much power over them. But when it becomes a delight,...

Psalms 119:13

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. I am a learner, but I have tried to be a teacher too. I have not kept the Word of God to myself as though it were only a personal treasure for me, but what I have heard in the secret-chamber of fellowship, that have I spoken on the housetops. Have you published abroad what you know? Then...

Psalms 119:14

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies,.... The way which the Scriptures, that testify of God and Christ, direct unto; and the principal way is Christ himself, the only way of life and salvation; in which believers walk and go on rejoicing; rejoicing in his person, offices, grace, righteousness, and salvation: the lesser ways the Scriptures...

Psalms 119:14

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. Not only as much as in riches, but as in all riches. David had gathered together a vast sum of money for the building of the house of the Lord; but whatever joy he had in those accumulations (and I daresay he had great gladness when he thought of the purpose to which all...

Psalms 119:15

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

I will meditate in thy precepts,.... In his own mind; revolve them in his thoughts; consider well the nature, excellency, usefulness, and importance of them, and the obligations he lay under to observe them. The Targum is, "I will speak of thy precepts;'' in conversation to others, and recommend them to them; so the Arabic version: and have...

Psalms 119:15

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. Blessed meditation! The lack of meditation is one of the faults of the days in which we live, we are so very busy that we have not time to study God’s Word; but the psalmist said, “I will meditate in thy precepts:” that is the secret strength; “and have respect unto thy ways:” that...

Psalms 119:15

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. An excellent way of keeping the life clean is to keep the thoughts clean. Our boys .are brought to prison by reading the abominable trash that is poured forth for juveniles; and many and many a crime has been the result of the fiction of the present day. It is often not only light...

Psalms 119:15

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy way. Meditation treads the wine press and gets the juice out of the grapes. A man may read too much if he reads without meditation. “I will meditate.” It is the harvesting by reaping of what we have sown by reading.

Psalms 119:16

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

I will delight myself in thy statutes,.... In looking over them; in meditating on them; in obeying them, and walking according to them; as every good man does delight in the law of the Lord, after the inward man, Romans 7:22; see Psalms 119:24; I will not forget thy word: he took all proper methods to fix it in his memory; he laid it up in his...

Psalms 119:16

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. I will take a deep pleasure in them, and I will find an intense joy in every pondering of them. “I will not forget thy word.” I will never let it go out of the precincts of my memory: I will recall again and again. I will always have a text of thy precious Book ready to my tongue.

Psalms 119:17

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

g, GIMEL.--The Third Part. Ver. 17. GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant,.... Which character is mentioned, not by way of plea or argument for favour, but as expressive of modesty, sense of duty, and obligation to it. He pleads not his services by way of merit; but prays that God would deal bountifully with him, in a way of grace and mercy: or...

Psalms 119:17

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. Does it want much grace, then, to keep a child of God alive — even to keep him alive? Yes, it does. Little grace will be of no use to us. We must have great grace, for our needs are great. Sometimes our troubles are great: at other times our temptations are great. We are always...

Psalms 119:17

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. Give me much of thy comfort, royally of thyself: deal bountifully with me: I have great necessities, am a mass of wants, therefore, “ Deal bountifully with me that I may live.” And I have great tendencies to wander. Great risks and perils. Give me abundance of grace that I may...

Psalms 119:17

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. O Lord, I am thy servant; yet, I pray thee, do not pay me wages according to my deserts, but according to the greatness of thy mercy, “deal bountifully with thy servant.” Little mercy will not be enough for such great sins and such great needs as mine. Deal very generously with...

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