IiNdumiso 119:153

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

153 Khangela ukucinezeleka kwam, undihlangule, Ngokuba ndingawulibali umyalelo wakho.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Consider: Psalms 119:159, Psalms 9:13, Psalms 13:3, Psalms 13:4, Psalms 25:19, Exodus 3:7, Exodus 3:8, Nehemiah 9:32, Lamentations 2:20, Lamentations 5:1

for I: Psalms 119:16, Psalms 119:98, Psalms 119:109, Psalms 119:141, Psalms 119:176

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 26:13 - forgotten Job 10:15 - see Psalms 25:18 - Look Psalms 31:7 - for Proverbs 3:1 - forget Lamentations 1:9 - behold

Gill's Notes on the Bible

r, RESH.--The Twentieth Part.

Ver. 153. RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me,.... Or, "look upon mine affliction" e; as in Psalms 25:18. The Lord seems as if he did not, when he does not grant his gracious presence to his people; or does not arise to the help and deliverance of them so soon as they desire and expect: but he always sees and beholds their afflictions; he cannot do otherwise, since he is the omniscient God; and not only so, but he is the author, appointer, and orderer of them; yea, he looks upon them with an eye of pity and compassion, which is what is here prayed for: he sympathizes with his people in all their afflictions, supports them under them, pays kind visits to them, sanctifies his hand, and in his own time delivers them out of all; which none else can but himself, and he has power to do it, and has promised it, and does perform: see Psalms 50:15;

for I do not forget thy law: the precepts of it; to observe it as a rule of walk and conversation, as a lamp to the feet, and a light to the path, as a directory of the good and perfect will of God: or, "thy doctrine"; the doctrine of the word, the precious truths of it, which were his support under afflictions; and when either of them have a place in the heart, and are written there, they cannot easily be forgotten. This the psalmist mentions, not as if his not forgetting the law or doctrine of God was meritorious of deliverance from affliction, but as a descriptive character of such the Lord does deliver.

e ראה "vide", Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Cocceius; "intuere", Gejerus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Consider mine affliction ... - This commences a new division of the psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Resh (ר r), corresponding to our “r.” The prayer here is, that God would look upon his trial; that he would regard it as it really was; that he would not turn away from it, or pass it by, as if it were a trifle - a thing not worthy to claim his attention. See the notes at Psalms 9:13.

For I do not forget thy law - I endeavor to be obedient, submissive, patient. As a suffering child of thine, I come to thee, and beseech thee to interpose and save me.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

LETTER ר RESH. - Twentieth Division

Verse Psalms 119:153. Consider mine affliction — See mine affliction or humiliation: but the eye of the Lord affects his heart; and therefore he never sees the distresses of his followers without considering their situation, and affording them help.