Psalms 119:97
O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
King James Version
In Context
96I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
98Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Joshua 1:8This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Psalms 119:15I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
Psalms 119:48My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
Psalms 119:127Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
Psalms 119:165Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
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 →