
Text -- Psalms 119:16 (NET)




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JFB -> Psa 119:10-16
JFB: Psa 119:10-16 - -- We must carefully treasure up the word of God, declare it to others, meditate on it, and heartily delight in it; and then by His grace we shall act ac...
We must carefully treasure up the word of God, declare it to others, meditate on it, and heartily delight in it; and then by His grace we shall act according to it.
Clarke -> Psa 119:16
Clarke: Psa 119:16 - -- I will delight myself - The word is very emphatical: אשתעשע eshtaasha , I will skip about and jump for joy
14. He must exult in God’ s w...
I will delight myself - The word is very emphatical:
14. He must exult in God’ s word as his treasure, live in the spirit of obedience as his work, and ever glory in God, who has called him to such a state of salvation
15. He must never forget what God has done for him, done in him, and promised farther to do; and he must not forget the promises he had made, and the vows of the Lord that are upon him. Any young man who attends to these fifteen particulars will get his impure way cleansed; victory over his sin; and, if he abide faithful to the Lord that bought him, an eternal heaven at last among them that are sanctified
Defender -> Psa 119:16
Defender: Psa 119:16 - -- This is the eighth (and last) verse of the psalmist's second stanza again emphasizing the "Word" (dabar). The same word is used in the first verse of ...
This is the eighth (and last) verse of the psalmist's second stanza again emphasizing the "Word" (
TSK -> Psa 119:16
TSK: Psa 119:16 - -- delight : Psa 119:14, Psa 119:24, Psa 119:35, Psa 119:47, Psa 119:70, Psa 119:77, Psa 119:92, Psa 40:8; Rom 7:22; Heb 10:16, Heb 10:17
not forget : Ps...
delight : Psa 119:14, Psa 119:24, Psa 119:35, Psa 119:47, Psa 119:70, Psa 119:77, Psa 119:92, Psa 40:8; Rom 7:22; Heb 10:16, Heb 10:17
not forget : Psa 119:11, Psa 119:83, Psa 119:93, Psa 119:109, Psa 119:141, Psa 119:176; Pro 3:1; Jam 1:23, Jam 1:24

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Barnes -> Psa 119:16
Barnes: Psa 119:16 - -- I will delight myself in thy statutes - I will find my happiness in thy laws. See Psa 1:2, note; Psa 112:1, note. I will not forget thy wo...
Gill -> Psa 119:16
Gill: Psa 119:16 - -- I will delight myself in thy statutes,.... In looking over them; in meditating on them; in obeying them, and walking according to them; as every good ...
I will delight myself in thy statutes,.... In looking over them; in meditating on them; in obeying them, and walking according to them; as every good man does delight in the law of the Lord, after the inward man, Rom 7:22; see Psa 119:24;
I will not forget thy word: he took all proper methods to fix it in his memory; he laid it up in his mind; he meditated upon it in his heart, and he talked of it with his lips, Psa 119:11.

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NET Notes -> Psa 119:16; Psa 119:16
NET Notes: Psa 119:16 Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss as well as the LXX read the plural here.

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TSK Synopsis -> Psa 119:1-176
TSK Synopsis: Psa 119:1-176 - --1 This psalm contains sundry prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.
MHCC -> Psa 119:9-16
MHCC: Psa 119:9-16 - --To original corruption all have added actual sin. The ruin of the young is either living by no rule at all, or choosing false rules: let them walk by ...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 119:13-16
Matthew Henry: Psa 119:13-16 - -- Here, I. David looks back with comfort upon the respect he had paid to the word of God. He had the testimony of his conscience for him, 1. That he h...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 119:9-16
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 119:9-16 - --
The eightfold Beth . Acting in accordance with the word of God, a young man walks blamelessly; the poet desires this, and supplicates God's graciou...
Constable: Psa 107:1--150:6 - --V. Book 5: chs. 107--150
There are 44 psalms in this section of the Psalter. David composed 15 of these (108-110...

Constable: Psa 119:1-176 - --Psalm 119
The anonymous psalmist who wrote this longest psalm sought refuge from his persecutors and fou...

Constable: Psa 119:9-16 - --2. The cleansing power of God's Word 119:9-16
A person can cleanse his or her conduct by obeying...
