Psalms 119:1
ALEPH. Blessed are those that are vpright in their way, and walke in the Lawe of the Lord.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
In Context
2Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies, and seeke him with their whole heart.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:22For I kept the wayes of the Lord, and did not wickedly against my God.
2 Chronicles 31:20And thus did Hezekiah throughout al Iudah, and did well, and vprightly, and truely before the Lord his God.
Job 1:8And the Lord saide vnto Satan, Hast thou not considered my seruant Iob, how none is like him in the earth? an vpright and iust man, one that feareth God, and escheweth euill?
Psalms 32:1A Psalme of David to give instruction. Blessed is he whose wickednes is forgiuen, and whose sinne is couered.
Psalms 101:6Mine eyes shalbe vnto the faithfull of the lande, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfite way, he shall serue me.
Psalms 128:1A song of degrees. Blessed is euery one that feareth the Lord and walketh in his wayes.
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 →