Psalms 119:1
Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the LORD’s law.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
In Context
2Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:22For I have kept the LORD’s ways, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
2 Chronicles 31:20Hezekiah did so throughout all Judah; and he did that which was good, right, and faithful before the LORD his God.
Job 1:8The LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.”
Psalms 32:1Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Psalms 101:6My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me.
Psalms 128:1Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks 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 →