Psalm 119:1-4 WEB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:1-3

The psalmist here shows that godly people are happy people; they are, and shall be, blessed indeed. Felicity is the thing we all pretend to aim at and pursue. He does not say here wherein it consists; it is enough for us to know what we must do and be that we may attain to it, and that we are here told. All men would be happy, but few take the right way; God has here laid before us the right way, which we may be sure will end in happiness, though it be strait and narrow. Blessednesses are to... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:4-6

We are here taught, 1. To own ourselves under the highest obligations to walk in God's law. The tempter would possess men with an opinion that they are at their liberty whether they will make the word of God their rule or no, that, though it may be good, yet it is not so necessary as they are made to believe it is. He taught our first parents to question the command: Hath God said, You shall not eat? And therefore we are concerned to be well established in this (Ps. 119:4): Thou hast commanded... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:1

א . ALEPH.--The First Part . ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way ,.... Who are in the right way to heaven and happiness, which is Jesus Christ; the strait gate, and narrow way to eternal life; the only true way of life and salvation, in which way believers walk by faith. All out of this way are altogether become filthy; but all in this way are clean, even every bit: they are without spot and blemish, blameless and unreproveable, and without fault, before the throne of God... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:2

Blessed are they that keep his testimonies ,.... The whole word of God, the Scriptures of truth, are his testimonies: they testify of the mind of God, and of his love and grace in the method of salvation by Christ; they testify of Christ, his person, offices, and grace; of the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow; and of all the happiness that comes to the people of God thereby. The law is called a testimony, which being put into the ark, that had the name of the ark of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:3

They also do no iniquity ,.... Not that they are free from indwelling sin, nor from the acts of sin, nor that what they do are not sins; but they do not make a trade of sinning, it is not the course of their lives; nor do they do iniquity with that ease and pleasure, without reluctance and remorse, as others do: or rather as new creatures, as born again, they do not and cannot commit sin; for the new man is pure, spiritual, and holy; and nothing can come out of that, or be done by it, which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:4

Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. Here, and in the following verses, the psalmist expresses his great regard to the precepts, commandments, statutes, and judgments of God; and that as such, because they were commanded by him; were not the precepts of men, but the commands of God; who had a right to command, as Creator, Preserver, Redeemer, and King; and whose commands are not to be reckoned as indifferent things, that are at the option and choice of a creature, to be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:1

Blessed are the undefiled in the way - דרך תמימי אשרי ashrey temimey darech , "O the blessedness of the perfect ones in the way." This Psalm begins something like the first, where see the notes Psalm 1:1-6 ; (note). By the perfect, which is the proper meaning of the original word, we are to undertsand those who sincerely believe what God has spoken, religiously observe all the rules and ceremonies of his religion, and have their lives and hearts regulated by the spirit of love, fear,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:3

They also do no iniquity - They avoid all idolatry, injustice, and wrong; and they walk in God's ways, not in those ways to which an evil heart might entice them, nor those in which the thoughtless and the profligate tread. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:4

Thy precepts diligently - מאד meod , "superlatively, to the uttermost." God has never given a commandment, the observance of which he knew to be impossible. And to whatsoever he has commanded he requires obedience; and his grace is sufficient for us. We must not trifle with God. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:1

Verse 1 1Blessed are they who are upright In these words the prophet sets forth the same paradox which we met with at the commencement of the Book of Psalms. All men naturally aspire after happiness, but instead of searching for it in the right path, they designedly prefer wandering up and down through endless by-paths, to their ruin and destruction. The Holy Spirit deservedly condemns this apathy and blindness. And but for man’s cupidity, which, with brutish impetuosity, hurries him in the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:1-3

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 119:4-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 119:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 119:1

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