the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Psalms 119:164
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Seven times a day I praise You,Because of Your righteous judgments.
Seven times a day I praise You, Because of Your righteous ordinances.
I do prayse thee seuen tymes euery day: for loue of the iudgementes of thy iustice.
Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
Seven times a day I praise You, Because of Your righteous judgments.
I praise You seven times a day because of Your righteous judgments.
Seven times a day I praise you because your laws are fair.
Seven times a day, I praise you, Because of your righteous ordinances.
Seuen times a day doe I praise thee: because of thy righteous iudgements.
Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
Seuen tymes a daye do I prayse the, because of thy rightuous iudgmentes.
Seven times a day I praise You, Because of Your righteous ordinances.
Seven times a day do I praise thee, Because of thy righteous ordinances.
Seven times a day do I give you praise, because of your upright decisions.
Seven times a day I praise you, Because of your righteous ordinances.
Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy righteous judgments.
Seven times a day I praise you because of your just regulations.
I praise you seven times a day because your laws are fair.
I praise you seven times a day because of your righteous rulings.
Seuen times a day doe I praise thee, because of thy righteous iudgements.
Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
Seven times a day, I praise you, Because of your righteous ordinances.
I will praise you seven times a day because all your regulations are just.
I praise You seven times a day, because Your Law is right.
Seven times in a day have I praised thee because of the judgments of thy righteousness.
Seven times a day do I praise thee, because of thy righteous judgments.
Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.
Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous ordinances.
Seven times in the day, have I praised thee, For thy righteous regulations.
(118-164) Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the judgments of thy justice.
I praise you seven times in the day for your righteous ordinances.
Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous rules.
Seven times a day I praise You Because of Your righteous judgments.
Seven times a day I praise you for your fair laws.
Seven times each day I thank you for your righteous judgments.
I praise You seven times a day for Your righteous judgments.
I seide heriyngis to thee seuene sithis in the dai; on the domes of thi riytfulnesse.
Seven times a day I praise thee for thy righteous ordinances.
Seven [times] in a day I have praised Thee, Because of the judgments of Thy righteousness.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Seven times: That is, probably many times, or frequently, as the term seven frequently denotes; but Rabbi Solomon says that this is to be understood literally; for they praised God twice in the morning before reading the decalogue, and once after; twice in the evening before the same reading, and twice after; making in the whole seven times. Psalms 119:62, Psalms 55:17
because: Psalms 48:11, Psalms 97:8, Revelation 19:2
Reciprocal: Leviticus 20:22 - judgments Leviticus 26:18 - seven times Psalms 19:9 - judgments Psalms 145:2 - Every day
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Seven times a day do I praise thee,.... That is, very often in a day; not a day passed over his head but he praised the Lord, and often in the day; so the phrase "seven times" is used, Psalms 12:6. Praise is comely for the saints, delightful and well pleasing to God, being offered up in faith and through Christ; and should be frequent, since our mercies, temporal and spiritual, are daily renewed; and therefore we should always, in everything, for everything, and at all seasons, give thanks to God, Ephesians 5:20 1 Thessalonians 5:18;
because of thy righteous judgments: either upon his enemies, the persecuting princes, as Aben Ezra; so saints may and should, and will praise the Lord, for his righteous judgments on the enemies of his church and people, because not only of their deliverance from them, but because of the honour of his justice, and the glory of his name; see
Revelation 18:20; or because of the word of God, the precepts, ordinances, and doctrines of it, which are all righteous; for his knowledge of them, and for the benefit and comfort received from them; see Psalms 119:7.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Seven times a day - The word seven may be used here, as it is often in the Scriptures, indefinitely to denote many, or often. There is, however, nothing which makes it necessary to understand it in this sense. The number of times in which it is proper and profitable to engage in secret or public devotion is nowhere specified in the Scriptures, but it is left, under a general direction, to be determined by each one as he shall find it desirable and convenient; as his feelings or his circumstances shall suggest. On another occasion Psalms 55:17 David mentions that he prayed “evening, and morning, and at noon;” at other times, perhaps, he might have found it in accordance with his feelings, or with his circumstances, to engage in devotion seven times in a day. There are circumstances in the lives of all good men when they are prompted to do this: times of trouble, of sickness, of bereavement, of danger, or of religious interest. There are states of mind which prompt to this, and when secret devotion becomes frequent, and almost constant; when nothing will satisfy the mind but prayer. No one would be injured by making it a rule, unless unavoidably prevented, to engage seven times each day in secret prayer, though, at the same time, no one could maintain that this is required as a rule by the Scriptures. The times, the circumstances, the manner, the place of secret devotion are wisely and properly left to each individual to be determined by himself. Religion is essentially voluntary, and the times of secret devotion must be voluntary, and therefore a man can easily determine, by his own secret devotions, whether he has any special interest at any particular time in religion, or whether he has any religion at all.
Do I praise thee - Do I engage in devotion.
Because of thy righteous judgments - Thy law, considered as righteous. I love that law, as such, and I praise thee for it.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 164. Seven times a day do I praise thee — We have often seen that seven was a number expressing perfection, completion, c., among the Hebrews and that it is often used to signify many, or an indefinite number, see Proverbs 24:16; Leviticus 26:28. And here it may mean no more than that his soul was filled with the spirit of gratitude and praise, and that he very frequently expressed his joyous and grateful feelings in this way. But Rabbi Solomon says this is to be understood literally, for they praised God twice in the morning before reading the decalogue, and once after; twice in the evening before the same reading, and twice after; making in the whole seven times. The Roman Church has prescribed a similar service.
In a manuscript Saxon Homily, Domin. 3, in Quadrag, A.D. 971, I find the following singular directions: -
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Every Christian man is commanded that he always his body seven times bless with the sign of Christ's cross.
1. First, at day-break.
2. Second time at undern tide, (nine o'clock in the morning.)
3. The third time at midday.
4. The fourth time at noon-tide. (3 o'clock P.M.)
5. The fifth time in the evening.
6. The sixth time at night ere he go to rest.
7. The seventh time at midnight. A good man would do so if he awoke.
It seems that the sign of the cross was thought sufficient, even without prayer.
