American Standard Version
Psalms 119:97
97Oh how love I thy law!It is my meditation all the day.
Psalms 119:97 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
- New International Version (NIV)Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.
Context of Psalms 119:97
95The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me; But I will consider thy testimonies. 96I have seen an end of all perfection; But thy commandment is exceeding broad. מ MEM. Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day. 98Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me. 99I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:97 word by word
מָֽה־אָהַ֥בְתִּי תוֹרָתֶ֑ךָ כָּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם הִ֣יא שִׂיחָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:97
- Psalms 119:48I will lift up my hands also unto thy commandments, which I have loved; And I will meditate on thy statutes. ז ZAYIN.
- Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.
- Deuteronomy 6:6And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart;
- Deuteronomy 17:19and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;
- Joshua 1:8This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
- Proverbs 2:10For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, And knowledge shall be pleasant unto thy soul;
- Proverbs 18:1He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:97
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 97O how love I thy law - This is one of the strongest marks of a gracious and pious heart, cast in the mould of obedience. Such love the precepts of Christ: in his commandments they delight; and this delight is shown by their making them frequent subjects of their meditation.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 97O how love I thy law! - This commences a new division of the Psalm, indicated by the Hebrew letter Mem (מ m The expression here, “O how love I thy law,” implies intense love - as if a man were astonished at the fervour of his own emotion. His love was so ardent that it was amazing and wonderful to himself - perhaps wonderful that he, a sinner, should love the law of God at all; wonderful that he should ever have been brought so to love a law which…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. 97-102make me wiser: God’s word provides wisdom and perspective. God is the true source of wisdom.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9797. This characteristic love for God's law (compare Psa 1:2) ensures increase.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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