Psalms 119:68
Thou art good and gracious: teach me thy statutes.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
In Context
67Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but nowe I keepe thy woorde.
69The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.
Cross References
Exodus 34:6So the Lord passed before his face, and cried, The Lord, the Lord, strong, mercifull, and gracious, slowe to anger, and abundant in goodnesse and trueth,
Psalms 86:5For thou, Lord, art good and mercifull, and of great kindenes vnto all them, that call vpon thee.
Psalms 107:1Praise the Lord, because he is good: for his mercie endureth for euer.
Psalms 119:26I haue declared my waies, and thou heardest me: teache me thy statutes.
Isaiah 63:7I wil remember the mercies of the Lord and the prayses of the Lord according vnto all that the Lord hath giuen vs, and for the great goodnesse toward the house of Israel, which hee hath giuen them according to his tender loue, and according to his great mercies.
Matthew 19:17And he said vnto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, eue God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keepe ye commandemets.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:68
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. David here tells us what he had experienced, 1. Of the temptations of a prosperous condition: " Before I was afflicted, while I lived in peace and plenty, and knew no sorrow, I went astray from God and my duty." Sin is going astray; and we are most apt to wander from God when we are easy and think ourselves at home in the world. Prosperity is the unhappy occasion of much iniquity; it makes people conceited of themselves, indulgent of the flesh,… Read the whole commentary →