Psalm 119:65-67 WEB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:65-66

Here, 1. David makes a thankful acknowledgment of God's gracious dealings with him all along: Thou hast dealt well with thy servant. However God has dealt with us, we must own he has dealt well with us, better than we deserve, and all in love and with design to work for our good. In many instances God has done well for us beyond our expectations. He has done well for all his servants; never any of them complained that he had used them hardly. Thou hast dealt well with me, not only according to... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:67

David here tells us what he had experienced, 1. Of the temptations of a prosperous condition: ?Before I was afflicted, while I lived in peace and plenty, and knew no sorrow, I went astray from God and my duty.? Sin is going astray; and we are most apt to wander from God when we are easy and think ourselves at home in the world. Prosperity is the unhappy occasion of much iniquity; it makes people conceited of themselves, indulgent of the flesh, forgetful of God, in love with the world, and deaf... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:65

ט , TETH.--The Ninth Part . TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant ,.... In a providential way, ever since he had a being; by the protection and preservation of him, by following and loading him with benefits, by raising him from a low estate to the throne of Israel, by delivering him from many dangers and enemies, and by giving him rest from them all; and in a way of special grace and mercy, by making an everlasting covenant with him, by blessing him with all spiritual... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:66

Teach me good judgment and knowledge ,.... Or, "a good taste" F16 טוב טעם "bonitatem gustus", Piscator, Michaelis. : of the Lord himself, how good and gracious he is; of his grace and love, which is better than wine; of his word and the truths of it, which are sweeter to a spiritual taste than honey or the honeycomb; and of the things of the Spirit of God, which are seventy to a spiritual man, a distinguishing taste of things; for as "the taste discerns perverse things" in food, so... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:67

Before I was afflicted, I went astray ,.... From God; from his word, his ways and worship; like a lost sheep from the shepherd, the fold, the flock, and the footsteps of it; see Psalm 119:176 ; Not that he wilfully, wickedly, maliciously, and through contempt, departed from his God; this he denies, Psalm 18:21 ; but through the weakness of the flesh, the prevalence of corruption, and force of temptation, and very much through a careless, heedless, and negligent frame of spirit, he got... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:65

Thou hast dealt well with thy servant - Whatsoever thy word has promised, thou hast fulfilled. Every servant of God can testify that God has done him nothing but good, and therefore he can speak good of his name. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:66

Teach me good judgment and knowledge - למדני ודעי טעם טוב tob taam vedaath lammnedeni . Teach me (to have) a good taste and discernment. Let me see and know the importance of Divine things, and give me a relish for them. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:67

Before I was afflicted I went astray - Many have been humbled under affliction, and taught to know themselves and humble themselves before God, that probably without this could never have been saved; after this, they have been serious and faithful. Affliction sanctified is a great blessing; unsanctified, it is an additional curse. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:65

Verse 65 65.O Jehovah! thou hast done good to thy servant. Some understand this generally, as if the prophet protested that, in whatever way God dealt with him, he took it in good part, convinced that it would ultimately issue in his welfare; but as express mention is made of the Divine word or promise, the prophet, I have no doubt, celebrates the faithfulness of God in performing the grace which he had promised. I have really experienced (as if he had said) that Thou art true, and dost not... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:66

Verse 66 66.Teach me goodness of taste and acknowledge After having confessed that he had found, by experience, the faithfulness of God to his promises, David here adds a request similar to what is contained in the 64th verse, namely, that he may grow in right understanding; although the phraseology is somewhat different; for instead of thy statutes, as in that verse, he here uses goodness of taste and knowledge. As the verb טעם taam, signifies to taste, the noun which is derived from it... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:65-66

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:67

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:65

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:66

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:67

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:65

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:66

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:67

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:65

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:66

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