Psalms 19:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.

Psalms 19:7 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 119:130
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
Psalms 111:7
The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.
Colossians 3:16
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.
Proverbs 1:4
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
Psalms 23:3
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

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Commentary

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

(vv. 7-14)

God’s glory, (that is, his goodness to man) appears much in the works of creation, but much more in and by divine revelation. The holy scripture, as it is a rule both of our duty to God and of our expectation from him, is of much greater use and benefit to us than day or night, than the air we breathe in, or the light of the sun. The discoveries made of God by his works might have served if man ha…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 7)

7-9. The law is described by six names, epithets, and effects. It is a rule, God’s testimony for the truth, His special and general prescription of duty, fear (as its cause) and judicial decision. It is distinct and certain, reliable, right, pure, holy, and true. Hence it revives those depressed by doubts, makes wise the unskilled (2Ti 3:15), rejoices the lover of truth, strengthens the desponding…