Psalms 1:2

But, in the law of Yahweh, is his delight,—and, in his law, doth he talk with himself day and night.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

In Context

1How happy the man, who hath not walked in the counsel of the lawless,—and, in the way of sinners, hath not stood, and, in the seat of scoffers, hath not sat;

3So doth he become like a tree planted by streams of waters,—that yieldeth, its fruit, in its season, whose leaf, also doth not wither, and, whatsoever he doeth, prospereth.

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Cross References

Joshua 1:8This scroll of the law must not cease out of thy mouth, but thou must talk to thyself therein, day and night, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all that is written therein,—for, then, shalt thou make thy way prosperous, and, then, shalt thou have good success.

Job 23:12The command of his lips, and would not go back, and, in my bosom, have I treasured the words of his lips.

Psalms 88:1O Yahweh, God of my salvation, By day, have I made outcry, In the night, [also] before thee.

Psalms 112:1Praise ye Yah! How happy is the man who revereth Yahweh, In his commandments, delighteth he greatly;

Psalms 119:11In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.

Psalms 119:35Guide me in the path of thy commandments, for, therein, do I find pleasure.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 1:2-4

Psalms We have now before us one of the choicest and most excellent parts of all the Old Testament; nay, so much is there in it of Christ and his gospel, as well as of God and his law, that it had been called the abstract, or summary, of both Testaments. The History of Israel, which we were long upon, let us to camps and council-boards, and there entertained and instructed us in the knowledge of God. The book of Job brought us into the schools, and treated us with profitable disputations concerning God and his… Read the whole commentary →

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