Psalms 119:98
Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
In Context
97MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
99I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:6And ye shall keep and do them; for that will be your wisdom and your understanding before the eyes of the peoples that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Verily this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
1 Samuel 18:5And David went forth; whithersoever Saul sent him he prospered; and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
1 Samuel 18:30And the princes of the Philistines went forth; and it came to pass, whenever they went forth, that David succeeded better than all the servants of Saul; and his name was much esteemed.
Psalms 119:30I have chosen the way of faithfulness; thy judgments have I set [before me].
Proverbs 2:6For Jehovah giveth wisdom; out of his mouth [come] knowledge and understanding.
Colossians 3:16Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another, in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:98
13. MEM. 97 MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Here is, 1. David's inexpressible love to the word of God: O how love I thy law! He protests his affection to the word of God with a holy vehemency; he found that love to it in his heart which, considering the corruption of his nature and the temptations of the world, he could not but wonder at, and at that grace which had wrought it in him. He not only loved the promises, but loved the law, and delighted in it after the inner man. 2. An… Read the whole commentary →