Psalms 119:2
O the happiness of those keeping His testimonies, With the whole heart they seek Him.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
In Context
1[Aleph.] O the happiness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the law of Jehovah,
3Yea, they have not done iniquity, In His ways they have walked.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:5and thou hast loved Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might,
1 Kings 2:3and kept the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commands, and His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, so that thou dost wisely all that thou dost, and whithersoever thou turnest,
2 Chronicles 31:21and in every work that he hath begun for the service of the house of God, and for the law, and for the command, to seek to his God, with all his heart he hath wrought and prospered.
Psalms 105:45That they may observe His statutes, And His laws may keep. Praise ye Jehovah!
Psalms 119:17[Gimel.] Confer benefits on Thy servant, I live, and I keep Thy word.
Psalms 119:33[He.] Show me, O Jehovah, the way of Thy statutes, And I keep it — [to] 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 →