Psalms 119:98
Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for I'm always thinking about your instructions.
Free Bible 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
97I really love your law! I meditate on it all day long.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:6Be careful to observe them, because this will demonstrate your wisdom and insight to the other people living there who are watching. They will find out about all these rules and say, “The people of this great nation are very wise and have good insight.”
1 Samuel 18:5David was successful in doing everything Saul asked him to do, so Saul made him an officer in the army. This pleased everyone, including Saul's other officers.
1 Samuel 18:30Whenever the Philistine commanders attacked, David was more successful in battle than all of Saul's officers, so that his reputation grew rapidly.
Psalms 119:30I have chosen to trust in you. I always pay attention to what you say.
Proverbs 2:6The Lord is the source of wisdom; what he says provides knowledge that makes sense.
Colossians 3:16Let Christ's message fully live in you. In every wise way teach and instruct one another through psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing praises to God in gratitude and sincerity.
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 →