Psalms 119:1
ALEPH. Happy are they whose way is perfect, who walk in the law of the Lord.
Leeser Tanakh
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 who keep his testimonies, that seek him with all their heart.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:22For I had kept the ways of the Lord, and had not wickedly departed from my God.
2 Chronicles 31:20And the like did Hezekiah in all Judah, and he did what is good and right and true before the Lord his God.
Job 1:8Then said the Lord unto the Accuser, Hast thou directed thy attention toward my servant Job; for there is none like him on the earth, a man perfect and upright, who feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Psalms 32:1“Of David: a Maskil.” Happy is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Psalms 101:6My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may abide with me: he that walketh in the way of the perfect, he it is that shall serve me.
Psalms 128:1“A song of the degrees.” 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 →