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98Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

Psalms 119:98

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

  • Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

  • Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. …

  • But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

  • Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 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 ma…

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