Psalms 119:1
אַשְׁרֵי תְמִֽימֵי ־ דָרֶךְ הַֽהֹלְכִים בְּתוֹרַת יְהוָֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
In Context
2אַשְׁרֵי נֹצְרֵי עֵדֹתָיו בְּכָל ־ לֵב יִדְרְשֽׁוּהוּ ׃
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:22כִּי שָׁמַרְתִּי דַּרְכֵי יְהוָה וְלֹא רָשַׁעְתִּי מֵאֱלֹהָֽי ׃
2 Chronicles 31:20וַיַּעַשׂ כָּזֹאת יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ בְּכָל ־ יְהוּדָה וַיַּעַשׂ הַטּוֹב וְהַיָּשָׁר וְהָאֱמֶת לִפְנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהָֽיו ׃
Job 1:8וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל ־ הַשָּׂטָן הֲשַׂמְתָּ לִבְּךָ עַל ־ עַבְדִּי אִיּוֹב כִּי אֵין כָּמֹהוּ בָּאָרֶץ אִישׁ תָּם וְיָשָׁר יְרֵא אֱלֹהִים וְסָר מֵרָֽע ׃
Psalms 32:1לְדָוִד מַשְׂכִּיל אַשְׁרֵי נְֽשׂוּי ־ פֶּשַׁע כְּסוּי חֲטָאָֽה ׃
Psalms 101:6עֵינַי ׀ בְּנֶֽאֶמְנֵי ־ אֶרֶץ לָשֶׁבֶת עִמָּדִי הֹלֵךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ תָּמִים הוּא יְשָׁרְתֵֽנִי ׃
Psalms 128:1שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת אַשְׁרֵי כָּל ־ יְרֵא יְהוָה הַהֹלֵךְ בִּדְרָכָֽיו ׃
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 →