Psalms 119:2
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
In Context
1Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
3Yea, they do no unrighteousness; they walk in his ways.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:5and thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
1 Kings 2:3and keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
2 Chronicles 31:21And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
Psalms 105:45That they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalms 119:17Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live; so will I observe thy word.
Psalms 119:33Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep 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 →