Teks -- Psalms 119:136 (NET)

119:136 Tears stream down from my eyes, because people do not keep your law.

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Wesley: Psa 119:136 - Rivers

Plentiful tears, witness of my deep sorrow for God's dishonour, and for the miseries which sinners bring upon themselves.

JFB: Psa 119:136

Zealous himself to keep God's law, he is deeply afflicted when others violate it (compare Psa 119:53). Literally, "Mine eyes come down (dissolved) like water brooks" (Lam 3:48; Jer 9:1).

JFB: Psa 119:136 - because, &c.

(Compare Eze 9:4; Jer 13:17).

Clarke: Psa 119:136 - Rivers of waters run down mine eyes

Rivers of waters run down mine eyes - How much had this blessed man the honor of God and the salvation of souls at heart! O for more of that spirit which mourns for the transgressions of the land! But we are not properly convinced of the exceeding sinfulness of sin

Calvin: Psa 119:136 - Rivers of waters run from my eyes

136.Rivers of waters run from my eyes ¹⁵ Here David affirms that he was inflamed with no ordinary zeal for the glory of God, inasmuch as he dissolved wholly into tears on account of the contempt put upon the divine law. He speaks hyperbolically; but still he truly and plainly expresses the disposition of mind with which he was endued; and it corresponds with what he says in altogether place, “The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.” (Psa 69:9.) Wherever the Spirit of God reigns, he excites this ardent zeal, which burns the hearts of the godly when they see the commandment of the Most High God accounted as a thing of nought. It is not enough that each of us endeavor to please God; we must also desire that his law may be held in estimation by all men. In this way holy Lot, as the Apostle Peter testifies, vexed his soul when he beheld Sodom a sink of all kinds of wickedness. (2Pe 2:8.) If, in former times, the ungodliness of the world extorted from the children of God such bitter grief, so great is the corruption into which we at this day are fallen, that those who can look upon the present state of things unconcerned and without tears, are thrice, yea four times, insensible. How great in our day is the frenzy of the world in despising God and neglecting his doctrine? A few, no doubt, are to be found who with the mouth profess their willingness to receive it, but scarcely one in ten proves the sincerity of his profession by his life. Meanwhile countless multitudes are hurried away to the impostures of Satan and to the Pope; others are as thoughtless and indifferent about their salvation as the lower animals; ¹⁶ and many Epicureans openly mock at all religion. If there is, then, the smallest portion of piety remaining in us, full rivers of tears, and not merely small drops, will flow from our eyes. But if we would give evidence of pure and uncorrupted zeal, let our grief begin at ourselves — at our seeing that we are yet far from having attained to a perfect observance of the law; yea, that the depraved lusts of our carnal nature are often rising up against the righteousness of God.

TSK: Psa 119:136

Psa 119:53, Psa 119:158; 1Sa 15:11; Jer 9:1, Jer 9:18, Jer 13:17, Jer 14:17; Eze 9:4; Luk 19:41; Rom 9:2, Rom 9:3

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Poole: Psa 119:136

Ver. 136. Rivers of waters plentiful and perpetual tears, witnesses of my deep sorrow for God’ s dishonour and displeasure, and for the miseries which sinners bring upon themselves and others. They, to wit, the wicked, as before, Psa 119:126 , who were not worthy to be mentioned; for this pronoun is oft used in way of contempt, as Luk 14:24 19:27 Joh 7:11 8:10 Act 16:36 .

PBC: Psa 119:136

We must face the present condition of our land, and as we do we will be compelled to acknowledge our deep sorrow. Righteous people have always done this. Solomon said in (Pr 29:2) "When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn." David was so grieved when he saw the conduct of the ungodly that he said in (Ps 119:136) "Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law." He said further in (Ps 119:158) "I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word."

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Gill: Psa 119:136 - Rivers of waters run down mine eyes // because they keep not thy law

Rivers of waters run down mine eyes,.... That is, "out of" them; as the Syriac version: or, "mine eyes let down rivers of waters" ^t; see Lam 3:48; that is, an abundance of tears, which flowed like a river; an hyperbolical expression, setting forth the excessiveness of grief. The reason follows,

because they keep not thy law; the persons are not mentioned, but must be understood of wicked men; whose open and impudent transgression of the law in innumerable instances, and in the most flagrant manner, gave the psalmist great distress, as it does all good men; because the law of God is despised, his authority is trampled on, his name is dishonoured, and he has not the glory which is due unto him. The gloss of Arama is,

"because Adam and Eve kept not thy law;''

which transgression brought ruin on all mankind. The Septuagint and Arabic versions very wrongly read, "because I have not kept thy law": as if his grief was on account of his own sins: and so Kimchi indeed interprets it; and both he and Ben Melech by "they" understand his eyes, from whence his tears flowed in such abundance; because they were the caterers for sin, and the cause and occasion of the transgressions of the law of God by him: and this sense is made mention of by Aben Ezra.