Psalms 1:2

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law does he meditate day and night.

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In The King James Version

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

In Context

1Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.

3And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he does shall prosper.

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Cross References

Joshua 1:8This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; but you shall meditate therein day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

Job 23:12Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Psalms 88:1O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you:

Psalms 112:1Praise all of you the LORD. Blessed is the man that fears the LORD, that delights greatly in his commandments.

Psalms 119:11Your word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against you.

Psalms 119:35Make me to go in the path of your commandments; for therein do I delight.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 1:2-4

Psalms We have now before us one of the choicest and most excellent parts of all the Old Testament; nay, so much is there in it of Christ and his gospel, as well as of God and his law, that it had been called the abstract, or summary, of both Testaments. The History of Israel, which we were long upon, let us to camps and council-boards, and there entertained and instructed us in the knowledge of God. The book of Job brought us into the schools, and treated us with profitable disputations concerning God and his… Read the whole commentary →

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