Psalm 119:25-32

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:25

Here is, I. David's complaint. We should have thought his soul soaring to heaven; but he says himself, My soul not only rolls in the dust, but cleaves to the dust, which is a complaint either, 1. Of his corruptions, his inclination to the world and the body (both which are dust), and that which follows upon it, a deadness to holy duties. When he would do good evil was present with him. God intimated that Adam was not only mortal, but sinful, when he said, Dust thou art, Gen. 3:19. David's... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:26-27

We have here, 1. The great intimacy and freedom that had been between David and his God. David had opened his case, opened his very heart to God: ?I have declared my ways, and acknowledged thee in them all, have taken thee along with me in all my designs and enterprises.? Thus Jephthah uttered all his words, and Hezekiah spread his letters, before the Lord. ?I have declared my ways, my wants, and burdens, and troubles, that I meet with in my way, or my sins, my by-ways (I have made an... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:28-29

Here is, 1. David's representation of his own griefs: My soul melteth for heaviness, which is to the same purport with Ps. 119:25; My soul cleaveth to the dust. Heaviness in the heart of man makes it to melt, to drop away like a candle that wastes. The penitent soul melts in sorrow for sin, and even the patient soul may melt in the sense of affliction, and it is then its interest to pour out its supplication before God. 2. His request for God's grace. (1.) That God would enable him to bear his... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:30-32

Observe, I. That those who will make anything to purpose of their religion must first make it their serious and deliberate choice; so David did: I have chosen the way of truth. Note, 1. The way of serious godliness is the way of truth; the principles it is founded on are principles of eternal truth, and it is the only true way to happiness. 2. We must choose to walk in this way, not because we know no other way, but because we know no better; nay we know no other safe and good way. Let us... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:25

ד DALETH.--The Fourth Part . DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust ,.... Either to the dust of death, having the sentence of it; being almost in despair of life, upon the brink of the grave seemingly, and free among the dead: or in a very low estate of mind, in great dejection and humiliation, rolling himself in the dust, and putting his mouth in it; if there might be any hope of deliverance; but despairing of it, unless the Lord appeared; or finding a proneness in him to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:26

I have declared my ways ,.... That is, to the Lord; either the ways he had chose and desired to walk in, and not wander from, and therefore entreated help and assistance, guidance and direction, in them; or his sinful ways and actions, which he acknowledged and confessed, lamented and bewailed, and entreated the forgiveness of; or all his counsels and cares, his affairs and business, in which he was concerned, and which he declared and committed to the Lord, to be directed and assisted in;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:27

Make me to understand the way of thy precepts ,.... The meaning of them, to have a more comprehensive, clear, and distinct knowledge of them; and to be led into the way they direct unto, and walk therein; so shall I talk of thy wondrous works ; the works of creation, providence, redemption, and grace; with more knowledge and understanding, with more spirit and cheerfulness, with more readiness and liberty, more to his own satisfaction, and for the good of others: or, "meditate on thy... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:28

My soul melteth for heaviness ,.... Like wax before the sun or fire; or flows like water; drops F1 דלפה "stillavit"; Pagninus, Montanus; "distillet", Vatablus; "stillat", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Michaelis. , as the word signifies, and dissolves into tears, through grief and sorrow for sins committed; or by reason of Satan's temptations, or divine desertions, or grievous troubles and afflictions; which cause heaviness, lie heavy, and press hard; strengthen thou... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:29

Remove from me the way of lying ,.... Not the sin of lying to men, and a course of it, which David was not addicted to; but a "false way", or "way of falsehood" F2 דרך שקר "viam falsitatis", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Gejerus, Michaelis. ; as it may be rendered, and so the Targum; and is the same with what he expresses his abhorrence of, Psalm 119:128 ; and is opposed to the way of truth in Psalm 119:30 ; and designs all false doctrine and false worship, all... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:30

I have chosen the way of truth ,.... Christ, who is the way and the truth, the true way to God and to eternal happiness; and to choose him is to choose the good part, which shall never be taken away; and which choice is made, not by the free will of man, as left to itself, but under the influence and by the direction of the Spirit and grace of God; whereby a soul sees a preferableness in Christ to every thing else, and which determines the choice of him: or, "the way of faith", as the... read more

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