› Preface - A considerable portion of the Sacred Volume (as the Book of Psalms and Canticles in the Old Testament, and a large part of the several Epistles in the ...read |
› Verses 1 - 15 - Verse 1. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
This most interesting and instructive Psalm, like the Psalter its ...read |
› Verses 16 - 30 - Verse 16. I will delight myself in Your statutes: I will not forget Your word.
As delight quickens to meditation, so does the practical habit of ...read |
› Verses 31 - 45 - Verse 31. I have stuck to Your testimonies; O Lord, put me not to shame.
We have just seen the choice of the man of God, and the rule by which he ...read |
› Verses 45 - 60 - Verse 46. I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
"Liberty in walking" in the Lord's ways will naturally pro ...read |
› Verses 61 - 75 - Verse 61. The bands of the wicked have robbed me; but I have not forgotten Your law.
Are we not too apt to cull out the easy work of the Gospel, ...read |
› Verses 76 - 90 - Verse 76. Let, I pray You, Your merciful kindness be for my comfort: according to Your word unto Your servant.
What! does the Psalmist then seek ...read |
› Verses 91 - 105 - Verse 91. They continue this day according to Your ordinances, for all are Your servants.
The Christian extends his survey far beyond the limits ...read |
› Verses 106 - 120 - Verse 106. I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
The blessing of the guidance of the Lord's word natura ...read |
› Verses 121 - 135 - Verse 121. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to my oppressors.
Verse 122. Be surety for Your servant for good: let not the proud o ...read |
› Verses 136 - 150 - Verse 136. Rivers of waters run down my eyes, because they keep not Your law. (Comp. Jer. 9:1; 14:17; Lam. 2:18)
If the Lord teaches us the privi ...read |
› Verses 151 - 165 - Verse 151. You are near, O Lord: and all Your commandments are truth.
The imminent danger in which David was living quickened his cries to his Go ...read |
› Verses 166 - 176 - Verse 166. Lord, I have hoped for Your salvation, and done Your commandments.
The great peace connected with the love of God's law, is at once th ...read |