Psalms 119:68
Thou are good, and do good. Teach me thy statutes.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
In Context
67Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I observe thy word.
69The proud have forged a lie against me. With my whole heart I will keep thy precepts.
Cross References
Exodus 34:6And LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, LORD, LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,
Psalms 86:5For thou, LORD, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in loving kindness to all those who call upon thee.
Psalms 107:1O give thanks to LORD, For he is good, for his loving kindness [is] forever.
Psalms 119:26I declared my ways, and thou answered me. Teach me thy statutes.
Isaiah 63:7I will make mention of the loving kindnesses of LORD, [and] the praises of LORD, according to all that LORD has bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has bestowed on them according to his merci
Matthew 19:17And he said to him, Why do thou call me good? There is none good except one, God. But if thou want to enter into life, keep the commandments.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:68
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. David here tells us what he had experienced, 1. Of the temptations of a prosperous condition: " Before I was afflicted, while I lived in peace and plenty, and knew no sorrow, I went astray from God and my duty." Sin is going astray; and we are most apt to wander from God when we are easy and think ourselves at home in the world. Prosperity is the unhappy occasion of much iniquity; it makes people conceited of themselves, indulgent of the flesh,… Read the whole commentary →