Psalms 119:130
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The entrance of thy words giveth light; Those who are most ignorant, and have least confidence in their own abilities, will nevertheless become very wise if they study God’s Word.
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Psalms 119:130-131
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It giveth understanding unto the simple. I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments. What a wonderful verse that is! The psalmist cannot describe his longing for God’s commandments except by going to the brute creation for a suitable metaphor. He had probably seen the hunted stag stand still, and pant to get its breath, all...
Psalms 119:131
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I opened my mouth, and panted: That was an admirable way of praying; no words were used by the psalmist, but his soul expressed itself by panting: “As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.” Psa_119:131. For I longed for thy commandments. The very best kind of prayer is that inarticulate panting, in which...
Psalms 119:132-133
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Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. Order my step, in thy word: “Lord, I have found the way into thy Word, that is the road I intend to travel; now I pray thee to guide my every step.” They say that “Order is heaven’s first law,” and certainly a Christian should lead an orderly life. He...
Psalms 119:132
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Look thou upon me, — That is all the psalmist wants, and all that we want, too. If a look from us to God will save us, what must a look from God to us do for us? “Look thou upon me,” —
Psalms 119:132-134
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And be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts. Some of you, perhaps, may hardly be able to do as you would if you were perfectly free to act, for you are to a certain extent...
Psalms 119:133
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And let not any iniquity have dominion over me. A hypocrite says to himself, “I do not swear, I do not steal, and I do not lie, yet I allow other sins to have dominion over me;” but a true man of God will not have any master but the Lord Jesus Christ. He will not put his neck under the foot of even the most attractive sin: “Let not any iniquity...
Psalms 119:134
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Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts. He does not mean that he will not keep God’s precepts if he is not delivered from man’s oppression; but there are persons in such circumstances, — Christian wives with wicked husbands, godly servants with ungodly masters, believers who are greatly oppressed by evil men, —and they...
Psalms 119:135
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Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; What a blessed prayer that is! Let each one here pray it tonight: “Make thy face to shine upon thy servant.” The Lord is our sun; he is the very sun of heaven; they need no sun there because they see his face. Psa_119:135. And teach me thy statutes. The Lord’s servant ought to know the law of his Lord’s...
Psalms 119:135
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Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; That is the best sunshine for us; let us but have the light of God’s countenance, and nothing can put us out of countenance. If the Lord will smile, men may frown as much as they please. So we pray with the psalmist, “Make thy face to shine upon thy servant.”
Psalms 119:135-136
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And teach me thy statues. Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. The psalmist felt for others as well as for himself. It was not enough for him to be holy; he would have others to be the same. Sin in other men brought sorrow to his heart: “Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.”
Psalms 119:136
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Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. Some think that the psalmist meant that his eyes wept because they, that is, his eyes did not keep God’s law. You know how easily sin comes in through the eyes, and goes out through the eyes, too. Well may those eyes weep in sorrow that have lusted towards sin. But I think the...
Psalms 119:137
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Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. It is always well to set God in contrast with wicked men. If others are unjust, he is not. If they forsake the truth, he does not.
Psalms 119:137
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Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. After having wept over the sin of men, the psalmist turns with sweet calmness of spirit to the goodness of God.
Psalms 119:137
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Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. It is well to be able to say this when you are being tried, when the hand of God lies heavy upon you; it is hard to kick against the pricks, but it is very sweet to submit, and to say, “Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments.”
Psalms 119:138
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Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. True to the letter, true always, true to the core.
Psalms 119:138
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Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. “Very faithful.” You who have tried and proved God’s promises must have found them so; not only faithful, but very faithful, faithful to the letter, faithful to the moment. God seems rather to exceed his promise than ever to fall short of it.
Psalms 119:138
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Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. “Righteous” for the present, “faithful” for the future. There is no mistake about God’s Word, it will never fail, we may trust it implicitly, and we shall never be disappointed.
Psalms 119:139
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Thy zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. Yes, God’s faithful servants become the more zealous when others grow cold. When they see that God’s words are forgotten by others, they remember them all the more, and they grow exceedingly zealous for the law of the Lord.
Psalms 119:139-140
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My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. Thy word is very pure: — Just now the psalmist said, “Thy testimonies are very faithful. Now he says, “Thy word is very pure.” There is no adulteration in this blessed Book; it is pure truth. You cannot add to it or take from it without making it imperfect: “Thy word is very...