Psalm 119:72-75 ESV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:72

This is a reason why David reckoned that when by his afflictions he learned God's statutes, an the profit did so much counterbalance the loss, he was really a gainer by them; for God's law, which he got acquaintance with by his affliction, was better to him than all the gold and silver which he lost by his affliction. 1. David had but a little of the word of God in comparison with what we have, yet see how highly he valued it; how inexcusable then are we, who have both the Old and New... read more

Matthew Henry

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:72

The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. The word of God, the doctrines contained in it; which, coming out of the mouth of God, and spoken by him, carries in it weight and authority, commands reverence and respect; and ought to be considered as indeed the word of God and not of man; and so of more value than thousands of pieces of gold and silver; or, as the Targum, than a thousand talents of gold and silver. The truths and doctrines of the word of God are... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:72

The law of thy mouth is better - Who can say this? Who prefers the law of his God, the Christ that bought him, and the heaven to which he hopes to go, when he can live no longer upon earth, to thousands of gold and silver? Yea, how many are there who, like Judas, sell their Savior even for thirty pieces of silver? Hear this, ye lovers of the world and of money! As the letter ט teth begins but few words, not forty, in the Hebrew language, there is less variety under this division than... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:73

Thy hands have made me - Thou hast formed the mass out of which I was made; and fashioned me - thou hast given me that particular form that distinguishes me from all thy other creatures. Give me understanding - As thou hast raised me above the beasts that perish in my form and mode of life, teach me that I may live for a higher and nobler end, in loving, serving, and enjoying thee for ever. Show me that I was made for heaven, not for earth. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:72

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:73

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:74

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:75

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:72

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

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:72

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:73

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