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47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. …
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 45-48)We may observe in these verses, 1. What David experienced of an affection to the law of God: “ I seek thy precepts , Ps. 119:45. I desire to know and do my duty, and consult thy word accordingly; I do all I can to understand what the will of the Lord is and to discover the intimations of his mind. I seek thy precepts , for I have loved them , Ps. 119:47 , 48 . I not only give consent to them as go…
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