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Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 119:73

Psalms 119:73Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding.The right attitude of man in relation to GodI. Recognizing God as the author of his existence. “Thy hands.” I am not the creature of chance or of necessity, the product of the blind forces of nature. I recognize Thy hands, the hands of infinite skill and goodness. He made us.1. Then, to study our constitutions is to study Him.2. Then His claims upon our activities are absolute. No one has a right to us but Himself. We... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 119:74-79

Psalms 119:74-79They that fear Thee will be glad when they nee me; because I have hoped in Thy Word.The good manI. The spiritual interest of the good in each other (verse 74). In what, concerning each other, are they most profoundly interested? Their ripe moral condition. “Because I have hoped in Thy Word.” Hope in Thy Word implies--1. That Thy Word has truth.2. That Thy Word has good. We only hope for the good. Good men rejoice in each other, not merely because of secular or intellectual... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 119:75

Psalms 119:75I know, O Lord, that Thy judgments are right, and that Thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. Divine rectitude and fidelityI. The truths declared.1. In all the afflictive events of life, we are to recognize, not only a directing and an overruling Providence in general, but also the application of its provisions and dispensations to individuals.2. All God’s providential dispensations, not excepting the most painful ones, are in accordance with perfect rectitude.3. The dispensations... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 119:77

Psalms 119:77Let Thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live. Mercy to live wellHe prayed before for mercy; now again he prayeth for mercy. The children of’ God have such an earnest desire of mercy, that whatever sense thereof they get, they still cry for more; and sure it is in this life they can never be satisfied. Nevertheless, happy are they who hunger and thirst, for hereafter they shall be satisfied. But if we mark more narrowly, we shall find that David here seeks another sort of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 119:80

Psalms 119:80Let my heart be sound in Thy statutes.A sound heartA heathen prayed for a “sound mind in a sound body.” A sound body is, of all earthly blessings, the most priceless. But a sound heart is a far greater blessing. A sound heart, like the AEolian harp, can catch music from the tempest, or, like the bee, gather honey from weeds and briers.I. A sound heart throbs is unison with the moral laws of the universe. Those laws are the laws of benevolence and truth.II. A sound heart is a united... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:65

Psa 119:65 TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word. Ver. 65. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant ] Men must be no less praiseful than prayerful. Shall we come to the well of life thirsty, and then turn our backs upon the Rock that followeth us? According to thy word ] sc. Of promise; this sweeteth a blessing. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:66

Psa 119:66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. Ver. 66. Teach me good judgment ] Heb. good taste, for the soul also hath her senses; and as the mouth tasteth meat, so the ear trieth words; the mind relisheth religion. For I have believed thy commandments ] But would do yet more: 1 John 5:13 . "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that ye have eternal life; and that ye may believe on the name... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:67

Psa 119:67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. Ver. 67. Before I was afflicted I went astray ] Especially through high mindedness and earthly mindedness, which are purged out by affliction, and grace increased; as fish thrive better in cold and salt waters, as the walnut tree is most fruitful when most beaten. Master Ascham was a good schoolmaster to Queen Elizabeth, but affliction was a better, &c. See my Treatise on Revelation 3:19 . But now I have kept... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:68

Psa 119:68 Thou [art] good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. Ver. 68. Thou art good, and doest good ] Good in thyself (indeed there is none good but thyself) and good to thy creatures, inexpressibly bounteous and beneficial. Teach me thy statutes ] And so impart unto me thy special goodness, that I may resemble thee in being and doing good; full of goodness, filled with knowledge, Romans 15:14 . read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:69

Psa 119:69 The proud have forged a lie against me: [but] I will keep thy precepts with [my] whole heart. Ver. 69. The proud have forged a lie against me ] Heb. They have cunningly and finely aspersed me. Mendacium mendacio assuentes, piecing one lie to another, and drawing together iniquity with the cart ropes of vanity. Concinnarunt, artificiose confinxerunt. But l will keep thy precepts ] Notwithstanding their slanders; and the rather. read more

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