Psalms 119:103
How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth!
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
In Context
102I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.
104I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
Cross References
Job 23:12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
Psalms 19:11By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.
Proverbs 2:10For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will delight your soul.
Proverbs 8:11For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
Song of Solomon 1:2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.
Ezekiel 3:3“Son of man,” He said to me, “eat and fill your stomach with this scroll I am giving you.” So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:103
102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me. Here is, 1. David's constancy in his religion. He had not departed from God's judgments; he had not chosen any other rule than the word of God, nor had he wilfully deviated from that rule. A constant adherence to the ways of God in trying times will be a good evidence of our integrity. 2. The cause of his constancy: " For thou hast taught me; that is, they were divine instructions that I learned; I was satisfied that the doctrine was of God, and… Read the whole commentary →