Psalms 119:68
Good Thou [art], and doing good, Teach me Thy statutes.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
In Context
67Before I am afflicted, I — I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.
69Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.
Cross References
Exodus 34:6and Jehovah passeth over before his face, and calleth: 'Jehovah, Jehovah God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth,
Psalms 86:5For Thou, Lord, [art] good and forgiving. And abundant in kindness to all calling Thee.
Psalms 107:1'Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age [is] His kindness:'
Psalms 119:26My ways I have recounted, And Thou answerest me, teach me Thy statutes,
Isaiah 63:7The kind acts of Jehovah I make mention of, The praises of Jehovah, According to all that Jehovah hath done for us, And the abundance of the goodness to the house of Israel, That He hath done for them, According to His mercies, And according to the abundance of His kind acts.
Matthew 19:17And he said to him, 'Why me dost thou call good? no one [is] good except One — God; but if thou dost will to enter into the life, keep the commands.'
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 →