American Standard Version
Psalms 119:103
103How sweet are thy words unto my taste!Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Psalms 119:103 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
- New International Version (NIV)How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
- English Standard Version (ESV)How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
- New King James Version (NKJV)How sweet are Your words to my taste, Sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Context of Psalms 119:103
101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word. 102I have not turned aside from thine ordinances; For thou hast taught me. How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 104Through thy precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way. נ NUN. 105Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:103 word by word
מַה־נִּמְלְצ֣וּ לְ֭חִכִּי אִמְרָתֶ֗ךָ מִדְּבַ֥שׁ לְפִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:103
- Psalms 19:10More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.
- Psalms 63:5My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips;
- Job 23:12I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
- Proverbs 3:17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.
- Proverbs 8:11For wisdom is better than rubies; And all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it.
- Proverbs 24:13My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:
Commentaries on Psalms 119:103
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 103Sweeter than honey to my mouth! - What deep communion must this man have had with his Maker! These expressions show a soul filled with God. O Christians, how vastly superior are our privileges! and alas! how vastly inferior in general, are our consolations, our communion with God, and our heavenly-mindedness!Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 103How sweet are thy words unto my taste - Margin, as in Hebrew, “palate.” The reference is to the taste, perhaps because the sense of taste was supposed to reside in the palate. The Hebrew word “may” include also the whole of the inside of the mouth. The word rendered “sweet” does not occur elsewhere. It properly means “to be smooth,” and hence, is applied to kind or agreeable words. On the sentiment here, see the notes at Psalm 19:10.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 97-104Verses 97-104 What we love, we love to think of. All true wisdom is from God. A good man carries his Bible with him, if not in his hands, yet in his head and in his heart. By meditation on God's testimonies we understand more than our teachers, when we understand our own hearts. The written word is a more sure guide to heaven, than all the fathers, the teachers, and ancients of the church. We cannot, with any comfort or boldness, attend God in holy…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 103-104Wisdom is better than the finest food (Psalm 19:10; 81:16). The psalmist had already turned away from the false promises of foolishness (see Psalm 119:18, 78, 86, 163).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 101-104101-104. Avoidance of sinful courses is both the effect and means of increasing in divine knowledge (compare Psa 19:10). NUN. (Psa 119:105-112).Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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