Psalms 119:2
How happy they who observe his testimonies, with a whole heart, they seek him.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
In Context
1[ALEPH.] How happy the men of blameless life, who walk in the law of Yahweh.
3Yea, they have not wrought perversity, In his ways, have they walked.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:5Thou shalt therefore love Yahweh thy God,—with all thy heart and with all thy soul, and with all thy might;
1 Kings 2:3and keep the observances of Yahweh thy God, by walking in his ways, by keeping his statutes, his commandments, and his regulations and his testimonies, as written in the law of Moses,—to the end thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself;
2 Chronicles 31:21And, in all the work which he began in the service of the house of God—and in the law—and in the commandment, to seek unto his God, with all his heart, he wrought, and prospered.
Psalms 105:45In order that they might observe his statutes, And, over his laws, might keep watch, Praise ye Yah.
Psalms 119:17[GIMEL.] Bestow thy bounties upon thy servant—let me live, That I may observe thy word.
Psalms 119:33[HE.] Point out to me, O Yahweh, the way of thy statutes, that I may observe it unto the end.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:2-4
1. ALEPH. 1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord . 2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. 3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. The psalmist here shows that godly people are happy people; they are, and shall be, blessed indeed. Felicity is the thing we all pretend to aim at and pursue. He does not say here wherein it consists; it is enough for us to know what we must do and be that we may attain to it, and that we are here… Read the whole commentary →