Psalms 119:97
[MEM.] Oh how I love thy law! All the day, is it my meditation.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
In Context
96To all perfection, have I seen an end, Broad is thy commandment, exceedingly.
98Beyond mine enemies, will thy commandment make me wise, for, age-abidingly, shall it be mine.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:6so shall these words which I am commanding thee to-day, be upon thy heart;
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.
Psalms 119:15In thy precepts, will I meditate, that I may discern thy paths.
Psalms 119:48That I may lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and may meditate in thy statutes.
Psalms 119:127For this cause, do I love thy commandments, More than gold, yea than fine gold!
Psalms 119:165Blessing in abundance, have the lovers of thy law, and nothing to make them stumble.
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 →