Psalms 1:2
But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who doth meditate in his law by day and night.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
In Context
Cross References
Joshua 1:8This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, in order that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein; for then shalt thou make thy way prosperous, and then shalt thou have good success.
Job 23:12From the commandment of his lips have I also not moved away: as a fixed statute for me have I treasured up the sayings of his mouth.
Psalms 88:1“A song or psalm of the sons of Korach, to the chief musician upon Machalath-le'annoth, a Maskil of Heman the Ezrachite.” (88:2) O Lord the God of my salvation, by day do I cry, [and] at night I am before thee.
Psalms 112:1Hallelujah. Happy is the man that feareth the Lord, that greatly delighteth in his commandments.
Psalms 119:11In my heart have I treasured up thy saying, in order that I may not sin against thee.
Psalms 119:35Guide me on the path of thy commandments; for therein do I find my delight.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 1:2-4
Psalms We have now before us one of the choicest and most excellent parts of all the Old Testament; nay, so much is there in it of Christ and his gospel, as well as of God and his law, that it had been called the abstract, or summary, of both Testaments. The History of Israel, which we were long upon, let us to camps and council-boards, and there entertained and instructed us in the knowledge of God. The book of Job brought us into the schools, and treated us with profitable disputations concerning God and his… Read the whole commentary →