Psalms 119:1
[ALEPH.] How happy the men of blameless life, who walk in the law of Yahweh.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
In Context
2How happy they who observe his testimonies, with a whole heart, they seek him.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:22For I had kept the ways of Yahweh,—and not broken away from my God;
2 Chronicles 31:20And Hezekiah did thus, throughout all Judah,—and he did that which was good and right and faithful, before Yahweh his God.
Job 1:8And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Hast thou applied thy heart unto my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man blameless and upright, one revering God and avoiding evil?
Psalms 32:1How happy is he whose transgression is forgiven! whose sin is pardoned!
Psalms 101:6Mine eyes, shall be upon the faithful of the land, That they may dwell with me,—he that walketh in a blameless way, he, shall attend me.
Psalms 128:1How happy is every one that revereth Yahweh, who walketh in his ways!
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 →