Psalms 119:98
Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
In Context
97Oh how love I 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 4:6Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
1 Samuel 18:5And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, [and] behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul`s servants.
1 Samuel 18:30Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
Psalms 119:30I have chosen the way of faithfulness: Thine ordinances have I set [before me].
Proverbs 2:6For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding:
Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms [and] hymns [and] spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto 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 →