John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 119:48

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved, etc.] Showing by such a gesture his great esteem of them, and affection for them; stretching out his hands, and embracing them with both arms, as it were: and this being a praying gesture, (<550208>2 Timothy 2:8), may signify his earnest desire and request that he might have grace and spiritual strength to enable him to observe them; and it being used in swearing, (<011422>Genesis 14:22), may express his firm resolution in the strength of divine grace to keep them; and the phrase signifying a doing or an attempt to do anything, (<014144>Genesis 41:44), may denote his practical observance of the commands, his putting his hand to do them with all his might; and I will meditate in thy statutes; and thereby get a better understanding of them, and be in a better disposition and capacity to keep them. z, ZAIN.--The Seventh Part.

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