Psalm 119:73-80

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:73

Here, 1. David adores God as the God of nature and the author of his being: Thy hands have made me and fashioned me, Job 10:8. Every man is as truly the work of God's hands as the first man was, Ps. 139:15, 16. ?Thy hands have not only made me, and given me a being, otherwise I should never have been, but fashioned me, and given me this being, this noble and excellent being, endued with these powers and faculties;? and we must own that we are fearfully and wonderfully made. 2. He addresses... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:74

Here is, 1. The confidence of this good man in the hope of God's salvation: ?I have hoped in thy word; and I have not found it in vain to do so; it has not failed me, nor have I been disappointed in my expectations from it. It is a hope that maketh not ashamed; but is present satisfaction, and fruition at last.? 2. The concurrence of other good men with him in the joy of that salvation: ?Those that fear thee will be glad when they see me relieved by my hope in thy word and delivered according... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:75

Still David is in affliction, and being so he owns, 1. That his sin was justly corrected: I know, O Lord! that thy judgments are right, are righteousness itself. However God is pleased to afflict us, he does us no wrong, nor can we charge him with any iniquity, but most acknowledge that it is less than we have deserved. We know that God is holy in his nature and wise and just in all the acts of his government, and therefore we cannot but know, in the general, that his judgments are right,... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:76-77

Here is, 1. An earnest petition to God for his favour. Those that own the justice of God in their afflictions (as David had done, Ps. 119:75) may, in faith, and with humble boldness, be earnest for the mercy of God, and the tokens and fruits of that mercy, in their affliction. He prays for God's merciful kindness (Ps. 119:76), his tender mercies, Ps. 119:77. He can claim nothing as his due, but all his supports under his affliction must come from mere mercy and compassion to one in misery, one... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:78-79

Here David shows, I. How little he valued the will?will of sinners. There were those that dealt perversely with him, that were peevish and ill-conditioned towards him, that sought advantages against him, and misconstrued all he said and did. Even those that deal most fairly may meet with those that deal perversely. But David regarded it not, for, 1. He knew it was without cause, and that for his love they were his adversaries. The causeless reproach, like the curse causeless, may be easily... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:80

Here is, 1. David's prayer for sincerity, that his heart might be brought to God's statutes, and that it might be sound in them, not rotten and deceitful, that he might not rest in the form of godliness, but be acquainted with the subject to the power of it,?that he might be hearty and constant in religion, and that his soul might be in health. 2. His dread of the consequences of hypocrisy: That I be not ashamed. Shame is the portion of hypocrites, either here, if it be repented of, or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:73

י , JOD.--The Tenth Part . JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me ,.... Not the psalmist himself, nor his parents, but the Lord alone: for though parents are fathers of our flesh, they are but instruments in the hand of the Lord; though man is produced by natural generation, yet the formation and fashioning of men are as much owing to the power and wisdom of God, which are his hands, as the formation of Adam was. Job owns this in much the same words as the psalmist does, Job... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:74

They that fear thee will be glad when they see me ,.... In outward prosperity, delivered from all troubles, set on the throne of Israel, and at rest from all enemies round about: and in spiritual prosperity, being illuminated by the Spirit of God, having a spiritual understanding of divine things, an obedience of faith to the commands of God, in the lively exercise of grace upon him, in comfortable frames of soul, and flourishing circumstances. Now they that fear the Lord, that have the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:75

I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right ,.... His word, the doctrines and precepts of it, they are all consistent with the holiness and righteousness of God; and so are his judgments on wicked men, they are righteous, just, and true: God is righteous in all his ways, there is no unrighteousness in any dispensation of his; and such are his corrections of his own people, and which seem to be chiefly intended here and are so called, because they are done in judgment, with moderation and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:76

Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort ,.... Shown in the provision and promise of a Saviour; in the forgiveness of sins through him; a discovery and application of which yields comfort under afflictions; according to thy word unto servant ; a word of promise, in which he had assured him of his love, grace, mercy, and kindness; and that he would continue it to him, and comfort him with it: to make such a promise, and show such favour, was an instance of condescending... read more

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