Psalms 119:2
Blessed are they that observe his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
In Context
1ALEPH. Blessed are the perfect in the way, who walk in the law of Jehovah.
3Who also do no unrighteousness: they walk in his ways.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:5and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength.
1 Kings 2:3and keep the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest and whithersoever thou turnest thyself;
2 Chronicles 31:21And in every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart and prospered.
Psalms 105:45That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Hallelujah!
Psalms 119:17GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant [and] I shall live; and I will keep thy word.
Psalms 119:33HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes, and I will observe it [unto] 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 →