Psalms 119:68
You are good, and your works are good; give me knowledge of your rules.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
In Context
67Before I was in trouble I went out of the way; but now I keep your word.
69The men of pride have said false things about me; but I will keep your orders in my heart.
Cross References
Exodus 34:6And the Lord went past before his eyes, saying, The Lord, the Lord, a God full of pity and grace, slow to wrath and great in mercy and faith;
Psalms 86:5You are good, O Lord, and full of forgiveness; your mercy is great to all who make their cry to you.
Psalms 107:1O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
Psalms 119:26I put the record of my ways before you, and you gave me an answer: O give me knowledge of your rules.
Isaiah 63:7I will give news of the mercies of the Lord, and his great acts, even all the things the Lord has done for us, in his great grace to the house of Israel; even all he has done for us in his unnumbered mercies.
Matthew 19:17And he said to him, Why are you questioning me about what is good? One there is who is good: but if you have a desire to go into life, keep the rules of the law.
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 →