Psalms 119:97
MEM. Oh howe loue I thy Lawe! it is my meditation continually.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
In Context
96I haue seene an ende of all perfection: but thy commandement is exceeding large.
98By thy commandements thou hast made mee wiser then mine enemies: for they are euer with mee.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:6And these wordes which I commaund thee this day, shalbe in thine heart.
Joshua 1:8Let not this booke of the Law depart out of thy mouth, but meditate therin day and night, that thou mayest obserue and doe according to all that is written therein: for then shalt thou make thy way prosperous, and then shalt thou haue good successe.
Psalms 119:15I will meditate in thy precepts, and consider thy waies.
Psalms 119:48Mine handes also will I lift vp vnto thy commandements, which I haue loued, and I will meditate in thy statutes.
Psalms 119:127Therefore loue I thy commandements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.
Psalms 119:165They that loue thy Law, shall haue great prosperitie, and they shall haue none hurt.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:97
96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad. Here we have David's testimony from his own experience, 1. Of the vanity of the world and its insufficiency to make us happy: I have seen an end of all perfection. Poor perfection which one sees an end of! Yet such are all those things in this world which pass for perfections. David, in his time, had seen Goliath, the strongest, overcome, Asahel, the swiftest, overtaken, Ahithophel, the wisest, befooled, Absalom, the fairest,… Read the whole commentary →