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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
Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old,.... Or, "from thy testimonies, I have known of old" (d): by carefully reading the Scriptures which testify of God, his mind an will, and frequently meditating on them, he had learned a long time ago, even from his youth, what follows, that thou hast founded them for ever; that the things contained in them are sure and certain, established and...
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
And all thy commandments are truth, Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. So that this Psalm was written by David when he was an old man. He had known the Lord’s commandments when he was young, and now, in his declining days, he can say, “I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.” O young men, if you want to be happy old men, begin...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. Oh! believer, what comfort there is in this for you! If you have known it all your years, it has been a blessed thing to know that God changes not —that as he spake, or ever the earth was, so will that word abide when this world shall cease to be.