Psalms 119:68
You are good, and do good; teach me your statutes.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
In Context
67Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept your word.
69The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep your precepts with my whole heart.
Cross References
Exodus 34:6And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Psalms 86:5For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; and abundant in mercy unto all them that call upon you.
Psalms 107:1O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.
Psalms 119:26I have declared my ways, and you heard me: teach me your statutes.
Isaiah 63:7I will mention the loving kindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
Matthew 19:17And he said unto him, Why call you me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if you will enter into life, keep the commandments.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:68
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. David here tells us what he had experienced, 1. Of the temptations of a prosperous condition: " Before I was afflicted, while I lived in peace and plenty, and knew no sorrow, I went astray from God and my duty." Sin is going astray; and we are most apt to wander from God when we are easy and think ourselves at home in the world. Prosperity is the unhappy occasion of much iniquity; it makes people conceited of themselves, indulgent of the flesh,… Read the whole commentary →