Psalms 119:1
ALEPH. Happy are they that are upright in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
In Context
2Happy are they that keep His testimonies, that seek Him with the whole heart.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:22For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
2 Chronicles 31:20And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah; and he wrought that which was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God.
Job 1:8And the LORD said unto Satan: 'Hast thou considered My servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a whole-hearted and an upright man, one that feareth God, and shunneth evil?'
Psalms 32:1A Psalm of David. Maschil. Happy is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is pardoned.
Psalms 101:6Mine eyes are upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he that walketh in a way of integrity, he shall minister unto me.
Psalms 128:1A Song of Ascents. Happy is every one that feareth the LORD, that walketh in His ways.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:1
This is a psalm by itself, like none of the rest; it excels them all, and shines brightest in this constellation. It is much longer than any of them more than twice as long as any of them. It is not making long prayers that Christ censurers, but making them for a pretence, which intimates that they are in themselves good and commendable. It seems to me to be a collection of David's pious and devout ejaculations, the short and sudden breathings and elevations of his soul to God, which he wrote down as they… Read the whole commentary →