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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 119 This psalm is generally thought to be written by David, but when is uncertain; very probably towards the decline of life; and, as some think, for the sake or his son Solomon. It seems to be a collection of observations on the word of God and its precepts, the usefulness and excellency of it, he had made in the course of his life; interspersed with various petitions for...
John Gill
Uphold me according unto thy word,.... In thy ways, that my footsteps slip not; in thine arms, and with the right hand of thy righteousness, from fainting and sinking under difficulties and discouragements, in trying circumstances; and from slipping and sliding out of the way of God; and from a total and final filling away, according to thy word of promise, that, as are the days of thy people,...
Matthew Henry
This is a psalm by itself, like none of the rest; it excels them all, and shines brightest in this constellation. It is much longer than any of them more than twice as long as any of them. It is not making long prayers that Christ censurers, but making them for a pretence, which intimates that they are in themselves good and commendable. It seems to me to be a collection of David's pious and...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Uphold me- I thought we should soon come to that petition. We have been reading about David’s resolutions, and we might have thought that he was too bold in speaking so positively, but now he shows us the modesty of his mind: “Uphold me”- Psa_119:116. According unto thy word, that I may live: The Lord upholds us as a nurse holds up a little child, and teaches him to walk. “Uphold me,” O Lord, for...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. You see, he feels his weakness, and he cries to his God.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: “Lord, I cannot even live unless thou dost uphold me according to thy promise.” The Christian man is so dependent upon God that he owes his life and the continuance of it to upholding grace. Psa_119:116. And let me not be ashamed of my hope. “If thy promise could fail me, then I should have cause to be ashamed of my hope. Therefore, O Lord, let...