Psalms 119:2
Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies, and seeke him with their whole heart.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
In Context
1ALEPH. Blessed are those that are vpright in their way, and walke in the Lawe of the Lord.
3Surely they woorke none iniquitie, but walke in his waies.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:5And thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy might.
1 Kings 2:3And take heede to the charge of the Lord thy God, to walke in his wayes, and keepe his statutes, and his commandements, and his iudgements, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and in euery thing whereunto thou turnest thee,
2 Chronicles 31:21And in all the workes that he began for the seruice of the house of God, both in the Law and in the commandements, to seeke his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
Psalms 105:45That they might keepe his statutes, and obserue his Lawes. Prayse ye the Lord.
Psalms 119:17GIMEL. Be beneficiall vnto thy seruant, that I may liue and keepe thy woorde.
Psalms 119:33HE. Teach mee, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I will keepe it vnto the ende.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:2-4
1. ALEPH. 1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord . 2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. 3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. The psalmist here shows that godly people are happy people; they are, and shall be, blessed indeed. Felicity is the thing we all pretend to aim at and pursue. He does not say here wherein it consists; it is enough for us to know what we must do and be that we may attain to it, and that we are here… Read the whole commentary →