Psalms 119:1
A Song of Degrees. 1 In mine affliction I cried to the Lord, 1 And he hearkened to me. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
In Context
2Deliver my soul, O Lord, from unjust lips, 1 And from a deceitful tongue. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:22Because I kept the ways of the Lord, 1 And did not wickedly depart from my God. 1
2 Chronicles 31:20And Hezekiah did so through all Judah, and did that which was good and right before the Lord his God.
Job 1:8And the Lord said to him, 1 Hast thou diligently considered my servant Job, 1 That there is none like him on the earth, 1 A man blameless, true, godly, 1 Abstaining from everything evil? 1
Psalms 32:1A Psalm of David. 1 Rejoice in the Lord, ye righteous; 1 Praise becomes the upright. 1
Psalms 101:6By reason of the voice of my groaning, 1 My bone has cloven to my flesh. 1
Psalms 128:1A Song of Degrees. 1 Many a time have they warred against me from my youth, 1 Let Israel now say: 1
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 →