Psalms 119:2
Happy are they who keep his unchanging word, searching after him with all their heart.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
In Context
1ALEPH Happy are they who are without sin in their ways, walking in the law of the Lord.
3They do no evil; they go in his ways.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:5And the Lord your God is to be loved with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
1 Kings 2:3And keep the orders of the Lord your God, walking in his ways, keeping his laws and his orders and his rules and his words, as they are recorded in the law of Moses; so that you may do well in all you do and wherever you go,
2 Chronicles 31:21And for everything he undertook, in connection with the work of the house of God and his law and orders, he got directions from God and did it with serious purpose; and things went well for him.
Psalms 105:45So that they might keep his orders, and be true to his laws. Give praise to the Lord.
Psalms 119:17GIMEL Give me, your servant, the reward of life, so that I may keep your word;
Psalms 119:33HE O Lord, let me see the way of your rules, and I will keep it to the end.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:2-4
1. ALEPH. 1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord . 2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. 3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. The psalmist here shows that godly people are happy people; they are, and shall be, blessed indeed. Felicity is the thing we all pretend to aim at and pursue. He does not say here wherein it consists; it is enough for us to know what we must do and be that we may attain to it, and that we are here… Read the whole commentary →