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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 119:69

The proud - The psalmist had before referred to the “proud” as those from whom he had suffered injury, or as having been exposed to their derision. See the notes at Psalms 119:51. He here reverts to another form in which he had suffered from them.Have forged a lie against me - Compare Job 13:4. The word rendered “forged,” means to patch together; and then it is applied to charges or accusations against anyone, perhaps from their being made up (as they often are) of shreds and patches - hints,... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 119:70

Their heart is as fat as grease - They are prospered. They have health, property, influence, comforts of all kinds. heaven appears to smile upon them, and it seems as if it were one effect of a wicked course of life to make people prosperous. See Psalms 17:10, note; Psalms 73:7, note.But I delight in thy law - Though its observance should not be attended by any such results as seem to follow wickedness, though I am poor, emaciated, pale - disappointed, slandered, persecuted - though my lot in... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 119:71

It is good for me that I have been afflicted - See the notes at Psalms 119:67. Whatever may have been the form of the affliction, it was good for me. The design was benevolent; the result has been my own benefit. This will be the experience sooner or later resulting from all the afflictions of the righteous.That I might learn thy statutes - That I might be brought more fully to understand what they require; and that I might be led to conform to them. It is implied here(a) that this is the... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 119:72

The law of thy mouth - The law which proceeds out of thy mouth, or which thou hast spoken.Is better unto me - The Hebrew is, “Good to me is the law of thy mouth above thousands of gold and silver.”Than thousands of gold and silver - Than any amount of wealth. It is to me the most valuable possession; that which I prize above all other things. Compare the notes at Psalms 19:10. read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 119:73

Thy hands have made me - This commences a new division of the psalm, in which each verse begins with the Hebrew letter Jod (י y) - or “i” - the smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet, called in Matthew 5:18, “jot;” “one jot or tittle shall in no wise pass from the law.” The words “thy hands have made me” are expressive of the idea that he had been formed or moulded by God - as the “hands” are the instruments by which we do anything. See the notes at Job 10:8; compare Psalms 100:3.And fashioned... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 119:74

They that fear thee - Those who worship thee; thy friends; the pious and the good.Will be glad when they see me - They will welcome me to their society; they will regard and treat me as a friend and brother. It is implied here that he considered this to be an honor - a thing to be desired. He valued the friendship and affection of those who feared and served God, and he made it an object so to live as to be worthy of their affection. Wicked men - men of the world - do not value that. They are... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 119:75

I know, O Lord - I feel assured; I entertain no doubt on the subject. This was the conviction of the mind of the psalmist in affliction. Mysterious as the trial may have been, hard as it may have been to bear, long as it may have been continued, and varied as may have been the forms of the trial, yet he had no doubt that it was all right; that it was for the best purposes; and that it was in strict accordance with what was best.That thy judgments - This does not here refer to the laws of God,... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 119:76

Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort - Margin, as in Hebrew, “to comfort me.” The word rendered merciful-kindness means mercy, favor, grace, kindness; and the idea is, that all his consolation - all that he expected or desired - must be derived from mere favor; from the goodness of God. He had no source of comfort in himself, and he had no claim on God for comfort. It was through mercy alone that he could have happiness of any kind.According to thy word ... - See the notes... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 119:77

Let thy tender mercies come unto me - See the notes at Psalms 119:41.That I may live - It is evident that this was uttered in view of some great calamity by which his life was threatened. He was dependent for life - for recovery from sickness, or for deliverance from danger - wholly on the compassion of God.For thy law is my delight - See the notes at Psalms 119:16; compare Psalms 119:24, Psalms 119:47. This is urged here as a reason for the divine interposition. The meaning is, that he was a... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 119:78

Let the proud be ashamed - Referring here to his enemies, who appear to have been in the higher ranks of life, or to have been those who prided themselves on their wealth, their station, or their influence. See the notes at Psalms 119:51. The psalmist asks here that they might be confounded or put to shame; that is, that they might fail of accomplishing their purposes in regard to him. See Psalms 25:2-3, notes; Job 6:20, note.For they dealt perversely with me - They were not honest; they... read more

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