God’s Word Translation
Psalms 119:97
97Oh, how I love your teachings! They are in my thoughts all day long.
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 people have waited for me in order to destroy me, ⌞yet⌟ I want to understand your written instructions. 96I have seen a limit to everything else, ⌞but⌟ your commandments have no limit. Oh, how I love your teachings! They are in my thoughts all day long. 98Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, because your commandments are always with me. 99I have more insight than all my teachers, because your written instructions are in my thoughts.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:97 word by word
מָֽה־אָהַ֥בְתִּי תוֹרָתֶ֑ךָ כָּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם הִ֣יא שִׂיחָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:97
- Psalms 119:48I lift my hands ⌞in prayer⌟ because of your commandments, which I love. I will reflect on your laws.
- Psalms 1:2Rather, he delights in the teachings of the Lord and reflects on his teachings day and night.
- Deuteronomy 6:6Take to heart these words that I give you today.
- Deuteronomy 17:19He must keep it with him and read it his entire life. He will learn to fear the Lord his God and faithfully obey everything found in these teachings and laws.
- Joshua 1:8Never stop reciting these teachings. You must think about them night and day so that you will faithfully do everything written in them. Only then will you prosper and succeed.
- Proverbs 2:10Wisdom will come into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
- Proverbs 18:1A loner is out to get what he wants for himself. He opposes all sound reasoning.
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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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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