PSA 119

Psalm 119:162

WEB

I rejoice at your word, as one who finds great plunder.

BSB

I rejoice in Your promise like one who finds great spoil.

KJV

I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.

Matthew Henry

Verse 162

Psalms 119:162

Here is, 1. The pleasure David took in the word of God. He rejoiced at it, rejoiced that God had made such a discovery of his mind, that Israel was blessed with that light when other nations sat in darkness, that he was himself let into the understanding of it and had had experience of the power of it. He took a pleasure in reading it, hearing it, and meditating on it, and every thing he met with in it was agreeable to him. He had just now said that his heart stood in awe of his word, and yet here he declares that he rejoiced in it. The more reverence we have for the word of God the more joy we shall find in it. 2. The degree of that pleasure - as one that finds great spoil. This supposes a victory over the enemy. It is through much opposition that a soul comes to this, to rejoice in God's word. But, besides the pleasure and honour of a conquest, there is great advantage gained by the plunder of the field, which adds much to the joy. By the word of God we become more than conquerors, that is, unspeakable gainers.

Hebrew interlinear

H7797

שׂוּשׂsûws/soos/

v — be bright, cheerful

Derivation: or שִׂישׂ; a primitive root;

to be bright, i.e. cheerful

KJV: be glad, × greatly, joy, make mirth, rejoice.

שׂוּשׂ

vb — exult

שׂוּשׂ, שִׂישׂ vb. exult, rejoice

H595

אָנֹכִיʼânôkîy/aw-no-kee'/

p — I

Derivation: sometimes, אָנֹכִי; a primitive pronoun;

I

KJV: I, me, × which.

אָֽנֹכִ֫י

pron — I

אָֽנֹכִ֫י, אָנֹ֑כִי pron. 1s. comm. I

H5921

עַלʻal/al/

prep — above, over, upon, against

Derivation: properly, the same as 5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following);

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

KJV: above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, × as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, × both and, by (reason of), × had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, × with.

כִּי עַל כֵּן

forasmuch as

כִּי עַל כֵּן forasmuch as

עַל

subst — above

עַל, עָ֑ל

I. subst. height

II. As prep. upon, and hence on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against

1. Upon, of the substratum upon which an object in any way rests, or on which an action is performed

a.

(a). of clothing, etc., which any one wears

(b). With verbs of covering or protecting, even though the cover or veil be not over or above the thing covered, but around or before it

b. Of what rests heavily upon a person, or is a burden to him

c. Of a duty, payment, care, etc., imposed upon a person, or devolving on him

d. על is used idiom. to give pathos to the expression of an emotion, by emphasizing the person who is its subject, and who, as it were, feels it acting upon him

e. חָיָה עַל to live upon (as upon a foundation or support)

f. Of the ground or basis, on which a thing is done

2. It expresses excess

3. It denotes elevation or pre-eminence

4. It expresses addition

5. It expresses the idea of being extended, or suspended over anything, without however being in contact with it, above, over

6. From the sense of inclining or impending over, על comes to denote contiguity or proximity, Engl. by (or sts. on)

7. In connection with verbs of motion (actual or fig.)

8. By writers of the silver age, על is sts. used with the force of a dative

9. With other particles:

III. As conj.

a. עַל אֲשֶׁר because that

b. עַל כִּי similar in meaning, but less frequent

c. עַל alone:

(a). because

(b). notwithstanding that, although

IV. Compounds:

1. with כְּ (rare and late)

a. as concerning, as upon

b. the like of their deeds is the like of (that which) he will repay

2. מֵעַל from upon, from over, from by

H565

אִמְרָהʼimrâh/im-raw'/

n-f — commandment

Derivation: or אֶמְרָה; feminine of 561, and meaning the same

KJV: commandment, speech, word.

אִמְרָה

n.f — utterance

[אִמְרָה] n.f. utternace, speech, word

אֶמְרָה

n.f — utterance

[אֶמְרָה] n.f. id. [a.ea.ac] La 2:17.

H4672

מָצָאmâtsâʼ/maw-tsaw'/

v — come, appear, exist, attain, find, acquire, occur, meet, be present

Derivation: a primitive root;

properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

KJV: be able, befall, being, catch, × certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), × have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), × occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.

מָצָא

vb — attain to

מָצָא 452 vb. attain to, find

Qal

1. find

2. find out

3. = come upon, light upon

4. noteworthy phrases

Niph. pass. of Qal, be found

Hiph.

1. cause to find, attain

2. cause to light upon, come upon, come

3. cause to encounter

4. present unto

H7998

שָׁלָלshâlâl/shaw-lawl'/

n-m — booty

Derivation: from 7997;

booty

KJV: prey, spoil.

שָׁלָל

n.m — prey

שָׁלָל 75 n.m. prey, spoil, plunder, booty

H7227

רַבrab/rab/

a n-m — abundant

Derivation: by contracted from 7231;

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

KJV: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).

רַב

n.m — chief

רַב 49 n.m. chief

רַב

adj — much

רַב 429 adj. much, many, great

1. (oft. opp. מְעַט)

a.

(1). much: of substances

(2). esp. of collectives, numerous

b. pl. many

c. רַב as subst. coll. pers.

d. cstr. = abounding in

e. מִן comp. = more numerous than

f. רַב = abundant, enough

g. as adv. much, exceedingly

2. less oft. great

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