Psalms 119:91

They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
continue	עָמְד֣וּ 'a.me.Du	H5975	to stand · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
day	הַיּ֑וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
ordinances	לְֽ֭מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ Le.mish.pa.tei.kha	H4941	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
servants	עֲבָדֶֽיךָ 'a.va.Dei.kha	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Psalms 148:5-6 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.
Isaiah 48:13 Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up toget…
Jeremiah 33:25 Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
Matthew 8:9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and…
Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
Matthew 5:45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain o…
Judges 5:20 They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
Deuteronomy 4:19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shoulde…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:89-91

Here, 1. The psalmist acknowledges the unchangeableness of the word of God and of all his counsels: "For ever, O Lord! thy word is settled. Thou art for ever thyself (so some read it); thou art the same, and with thee there is no variableness, and this is a proof of it. Thy word, by which the heavens were made, is settled there in the abiding products of it;" or the settling of God's word in heaven is opposed to the changes and revolutions that are here upon earth. All flesh is grass; but the word of the Lord endures for ever. It is settled in heaven, that is, in the secret counsel of God, which is hidden in himself and is far above out of our sight, and is immovable, as mountains of brass.…

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John Gill on Psalms 119:91

They continue this day according to thine ordinances,.... That is, the heavens and the earth do, before mentioned, just as they were from the beginning of the creation. The heavenly bodies have the same motion, magnitude, distance, and influence; the sun rises and sets as it did; the moon keeps her appointed seasons of full and change, of increase and decrease; the fixed stars retain their place, and the planets have their exact revolutions: and on earth things are as they were; seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night; thus they are at this day, and will continue, according to the wise order and appointment of God. Aben Ezra and Kimchi interpret it, "they stand…

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John Calvin on Psalms 119:89-96

Psalm 119:89-96 l 89. Thy word, O Jehovah! endureth for ever in heaven. l 90. Thy truth is from generation to generation: thou hast, established the earth, and it abideth. l 91. By thy judgments they continue to this day; for all are thy servants. l 92. Had not thy law been my delight, I had then perished in my affliction. l 93. I will never forget thy statutes, for thou hast quickened me in them. l 94. I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy statutes. l 95. The wicked wait for me to destroy me: but I consider thy testimonies. l 96. In all perfection I have see, the end: thy commandment is exceeding broad. 89 Thy word, O Jehovah I endure for ever. Many explain this verse as if David add…

The Church Fathers

"Day continues according to Your ordinance" [Psalm 119:91]. For all these things are day: "and this is the day which the Lord has made: let us rejoice and be glad in it:" and "let us walk honestly as in the day." [Romans 13:13] "For all things serve You." He said all things of some: "all" which belong to this day "serve You." For the ungodly of whom it is said, "I have compared your mother unto the night," do not serve You.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 119

If we are to believe this [that God knows the past, present and future] about the ages, much more must we believe it about the day of judgment, on the ground that the Son of God has knowledge of it, as being already made by him. For it is written, "According to your ordinance the day will continue." He did not merely say "the day continues" but even "will continue," so that the things that are to come might be governed by his ordinance. Does he not know what he ordered? "He who planted the ear, shall he not hear? He who formed the eye, shall he not see?"
— Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith 5.4.198

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Dictionary and topics

Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…

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Psalms 119:91

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:89-91

John Gill on Psalms 119:91

John Calvin on Psalms 119:89-96

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 119:91

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:89-91

John Gill on Psalms 119:91

John Calvin on Psalms 119:89-96

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 119:89-96

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 119:89-96