New Living Translation
Psalms 119:97
97Oh, how I love your instructions! I think about them 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
95Though the wicked hide along the way to kill me, I will quietly keep my mind on your laws. 96Even perfection has its limits, but your commands have no limit. Oh, how I love your instructions! I think about them all day long. 98Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are my constant guide. 99Yes, I have more insight than my teachers, for I am always thinking of your laws.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:97 word by word
מָֽה־אָהַ֥בְתִּי תוֹרָתֶ֑ךָ כָּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם הִ֣יא שִׂיחָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:97
- Psalms 119:48I honor and love your commands. I meditate on your decrees.
- Psalms 1:2But they delight in the law of the Lord, meditating on it day and night.
- Deuteronomy 6:6And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today.
- Deuteronomy 17:19He must always keep that copy with him and read it daily as long as he lives. That way he will learn to fear the Lord his God by obeying all the terms of these instructions and decrees.
- Joshua 1:8Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.
- Proverbs 2:10For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will fill you with joy.
- Proverbs 18:1Unfriendly people care only about themselves; they lash out at common sense.
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
Topics related to Psalms 119:97
In the dictionaries
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
New Living Translation — © 1996, 2004, 2015 Tyndale House Foundation
Commentaries