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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:97

Here is, 1. David's inexpressible love to the word of God: O how love I thy law! He protests his affection to the word of God with a holy vehemency; he found that love to it in his heart which, considering the corruption of his nature and the temptations of the world, he could not but wonder at, and at that grace which had wrought it in him. He not only loved the promises, but loved the law, and delighted in it after the inner man. 2. An unexceptionable evidence of this. What we love we love... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:98-100

We have here an account of David's learning, not that of the Egyptians, but of the Israelites indeed. I. The good method by which he got it. In his youth he minded business in the country as a shepherd; from his youth he minded business in the court and camp. Which way then could he get any great stock of learning? He tells us here how he came by it; he had it from God as the author: Thou hast made me wise. All true wisdom is from God. He had it by the word of God as the means, by his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:97

מ , MEM.--The Thirteenth Part . MEM. O how love I thy law !.... The whole word of God, the preceptive part of it; the commands of the moral law, which are holy, just, and good, and to be loved: but they are not loved by carnal men, whose minds are enmity to them, and therefore are not and cannot be subject to them, but despise and reject them; but to a good man, on whose heart they are written, they are delightful, and loved to admiration: though this is wholly owing to the grace of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:98

Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies ,.... David had his enemies, as every good man has: and these are often cunning and crafty ones, at least in wickedness; many of them are wise and prudent as to natural things, wiser in worldly things and political matters than the children of light, and often lay deep schemes and take crafty counsel against the saints; and yet they, by attending to the word and commands of God, and being under his direction and counsel,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:99

I have more understanding than all my teachers ,.... Such as had been or would have been his teachers, who were bad ones in religious matters; especially such might be the religious teachers in Saul's time, when David was a young man: as the priests, whose lips should keep knowledge, and deliver it to the people, were in the times of Malachi; and as the Scribes and Pharisees, who, sat in Moses's chair, were in Christ's time; and as those legal teachers were in the apostles' times, who would... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:100

I understand more than the ancients ,.... Than those that had lived in ages before him; having clearer light given him, and larger discoveries made unto him, concerning the Messiah, his person and offices particularly, as it was usual for the Lord to do; or than aged men in his own time: for though wisdom, knowledge, and understanding, may be reasonably supposed to be with ancient men; who have had a long experience of things, and have had time and opportunity of making their observations,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:97

O 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 more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:98

Wiser than mine enemies - Some have thought that this Psalm was composed by Daniel, and that he speaks of himself in these verses. Being instructed by God, he was found to have more knowledge than any of the Chaldeans, magicians, soothsayers, etc., etc.; and his wisdom soon appeared to the whole nation vastly superior to theirs. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:99

I have more understanding than all my teachers - As he had entered into the spiritual nature of the law of God, and saw into the exceeding breadth of the commandment, he soon became wiser than any of the priests or even prophets who instructed him. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:100

I understand more than the ancients - God had revealed to him more of that hidden wisdom which was in his law than he had done to any of his predecessors. And this was most literally true of David, who spoke more fully about Christ than any who had gone before him; or, indeed, followed after him. His compositions are, I had almost said, a sublime Gospel. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:97

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:98-100

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:97

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:98

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:99

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:100

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:97

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:98

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:99

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:100

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