Berean Standard Bible
Psalms 119:103
103How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in 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 kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word. 102I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me. How sweet are Your words to my taste— sweeter than honey in my mouth! 104I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way. 105Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to 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 19:10They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
- Psalms 63:5My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
- Job 23:12I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.
- Proverbs 3:17All her ways are pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.
- Proverbs 8:11For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.
- Proverbs 24:13Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your 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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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- 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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