Psalms 119:104
Out of thy precepts, will I get understanding, For this cause, do I hate every false way.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
In Context
103How smooth to my palate is thy speech, More than honey, to my mouth.
105[NUN.] A lamp to my feet, is thy word, and a light to my path.
Cross References
Job 32:9Great men, may not be wise, nor, elders, understand justice.
Psalms 97:10Ye lovers of Yahweh! be haters of wrong,—He preserveth the lives of his men of lovingkindness, From the hand of the lawless, will he rescue them.
Psalms 119:29The way of falsehood, take thou from me, and, with thy law, O favour me.
Psalms 119:98Beyond mine enemies, will thy commandment make me wise, for, age-abidingly, shall it be mine.
Psalms 119:128For this cause, all thy precepts concerning all things, I deem right, Every way of falsehood, I hate.
Proverbs 8:13The reverence of Yahweh, is to hate wickedness: pride, arrogance, and the way of wickedness; And a mouth of perverse things, do I hate.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:104-105
103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. Here is, 1. The wonderful pleasure and delight which David took in the word of God; it was sweet to his taste, sweeter than honey. There is such a thing as a spiritual taste, an inward savour and relish of divine things, such an evidence of them to ourselves, by experience, as we cannot give to others. We have heard him ourselves, John iv. 42 . To this… Read the whole commentary →